Automated road survey and pavement management on porous asphalt

Additional guidelines for the execution of tyre-road noise measurements with a CPX (Close Proximity) measurement trailer

The Dutch practice of assessment of the noise reducing properties of pavements according to the CPX (Close Proximity) Method has revealed that relatively large differences may occur between test results produced by different CPX operators. Due to these differences road authorities are facing questions and uncertainties about the acoustical...

CPX trailer comparison round robin test data analysis

One of the methods to determine the influence of the road surfaces characteristics on the emission of noise by road traffic is the so-called Close Proximity (CPX) method, which measures the noise emission of the tyre-road contact in the near field of a sound radiating tyre. These measurements are executed with CPX measurement trailers....

Aanvullende richtlijnen voor de uitvoering van band-wegdekgeluidmetingen met een CPX (Close Proximity)-meetaanhanger

In de Nederlandse praktijk van het meten van de geluidsreductie van wegdekken met behulp van de CPX-methode [1] is gebleken dat er tussen de resultaten van verschillende uitvoerders van deze methode relatief grote verschillen bestaan die voor opdrachtgevers leiden tot vragen en onduidelijkheden over de akoestische kwaliteit van de gemeten...

Comparison of CPX systems with Round Robin Test

The CPX method (ISO/CD 11819-2) is regularly used for assessing the acoustic quality of road surface within the frame work of checking with compliance to contract requirements nd conformity-of-production. The reproducibility of the test procedure is investigated ith a Round Robin test in which 7 operators of CPX systems, coming from Belgium,...

Urban strategy: Noise mapping in instrument for interactive spatial planning

Spatial planning in urban areas is complex. Besides noise from different source types, many other aspects play a role. In order to support local authorities and others involved in spatial planning, TNO has developed an interactive instrument: 'Urban Strategy', which integrates a detailed interactive noise map with other aspects such as traffic...

Vehicle motion-state-estimation using distributed sensing

Knowing the position and speed of the vehicles on the road network in real-time is one of the major challenges that vehicle control and traffic management applications are facing. Wireless sensor networks received significant attention in the last decade and successful research put them in the forefront to answer this challenge. Wireless sensor...

Tyre and road wear prediction

Both tyre wear and road polishing are complex phenomenon, which are obviously strongly related; the energy that polishes the road is the energy that wears the tyre. The both depend non-linearly on numerous parameters, like materials used, vehicle and road usage, environmental conditions (i.e. temperature) and many others. Based on these...