Investigation of Exterior Noise Generated by Vehicles Traveling over Transverse Rumble Strips

An, Deok-Soon; Kwon, Soo-Ahn; Lee, Jaejun; Suh, Young-Chan

doi:10.1061/(asce)cf.1943-5509.0000951

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“…[26][27][28] The range of height or depth also varies between 0.188 and 1.5 in. 24,25 An et al 14 and Haron et al 17 evaluated the in-vehicle noise with different shapes and dimensions (including 2$ width, 0.4$ depth, 8$ center-to-center distance; 0.35$ width, 0.25$ depth, 1.85$ center-to-center distance; 12$ width, 0.25$ depth, 18$ center-to-center distance) for rectangular shaped and semicircular shaped TRS (4$ width radius, 0.4$ depth, 12$ center-to-center distance). The authors concluded that all variants of TRS regardless of their shape and dimension were effective to generate sufficient in-vehicle noise that could alert drivers, which was supported by other similar studies as well.…”

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“…While the earlier research has included various studies that identify the optimal dimensions of TRS to increase in-vehicle noise while reducing roadside noise, 14,19,23 there are no universally accepted designs for TRS. For example, in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, and South Dakota, raised strips are used, whereas in Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, and West Virginia, grooved rectangular rumbles cut into pavements are used.…”

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“…In other states, including Illinois, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin, both raised and grooved TRS are used. 14,17,24 Furthermore, the strips in use have varying dimensions. For example, the number of strips in a set vary from 5 to 25, 25 and strip width changes between 3 ft and the full length of a lane.…”

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“…The accelerometer was mounted on the steering column to minimize the effects of the vehicle's suspension on the measured vibration. 14 The accelerometer was placed between two 5-lb soft mesh lead shot weights to absorb high-frequency vibrations and to ensure its stability during the experiment.…”

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Design and preliminary testing of demand-responsive transverse rumble strips

Hossen

Kappes

Trabia

et al. 2019

Advances in Mechanical Engineering

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Transverse rumble strips are common practice to alert drivers by engaging their auditory and tactile senses in addition to visual senses by traffic signals. However, continuous exposure to noise and vibration by transverse rumble strips often results in diminished effectiveness and erratic behaviors, leading to additional safety challenges. In response, demand-responsive transverse rumble strips were developed as traffic safety countermeasures that reduce unnecessary noise and vibration associated with transverse rumble strips by incorporating active control of the rumble strips. Rather than staying static, demand-responsive transverse rumble strips are activated based on the presence of pedestrians, at predesignated times, or in response to abrupt changes in traffic flow. To evaluate the effectiveness of demand-responsive transverse rumble strips, the research team assessed noise and vibration data, both inside the vehicles and on the roadside, for various types of vehicles traveling at different speeds. The test data indicate that demand-responsive transverse rumble strips produced noticeable in-vehicle noise and vibration that could alert drivers to downstream events. Furthermore, demand-responsive transverse rumble strips generated sufficient noise to alert roadside pedestrians to vehicle presence but at low enough level to be considered as acceptable for a residential neighborhood use. Accordingly, demand-responsive transverse rumble strips could address the challenges that static transverse rumble strips face, by providing a design with relatively limited noise while enhancing safety.

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Section: Design and Dimension Of Trsmentioning

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Design and preliminary testing of demand-responsive transverse rumble strips

Hossen

Kappes

Trabia

et al. 2019

Advances in Mechanical Engineering

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“…The excessive noise produced by TRS installation is annoyance to the neighborhood, as stated by Othman et al [9] and Datta et al [10]. Vehicle speed and type were the subject of interested investigation towards the generation of sound pressure level (SPL) when vehicle transit on TRS [11][12][13][14][15]. Most extensive reports on noise level changes due to TRS were from the milled or grooved TRS on road surface [11,13,16,17], whereas very little were from the thermoplastic TRS [18,14,19,20].…”

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The effect of vehicle weight on the sound produced by transverse rumble strips

Haron

Darus

Yahya

et al. 2019

JMES

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Transverse rumble strips (TRS) are commonly used as traffic calming measure in the vicinity of premises. So far research have been extensively concentrated on the effect of vehicle type and speed on the noise produced by TRS, and very little research focused on the effect of vehicle weight. Do these vehicles produce extremely higher sound level parallel to their heavier weight? This is important as in reality, traffic flow consist of light, medium and heavy vehicles, which are also important sources of noise. This study investigated the effect of vehicle weight, such as gross vehicle weight (GVW) when transited on TRS, particularly with emphasis on impulsivity content. The objectives of this research were to: (1) determine the effect of GVW on noise generation when a vehicle transits on TRS and (2) assess the effect of GVW on the impulsivity of noise. Data from vehicles with weight between 800 kg - 8000 kg were collected based on previous research where these vehicles were tested on speed values of 30km/h and 50km/h. It was found that when the vehicles transited on TRS, the generated noise was strongly related with the vehicle weights (R2=0.71) higher than those normal road surface (R2=0.49). However, the changes of noise were not well represented by direct relation. It was found that TRS can increase and decrease the sound pressure level, depending on GVW, but on average, TRS can increase the sound pressure level by 1 dBA. Despite that, TRS was found to have an impulsive characteristic within the tested speed range. This finding can facilitate the authority to evaluate the environmental noise produced by TRS.

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Measurement and analysis of transport noise and vibration: A review of techniques, case studies, and future directions

Khan¹,

Burdzik²

2023

Measurement

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Investigation of Exterior Noise Generated by Vehicles Traveling over Transverse Rumble Strips

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Design and preliminary testing of demand-responsive transverse rumble strips

Design and preliminary testing of demand-responsive transverse rumble strips

The effect of vehicle weight on the sound produced by transverse rumble strips

Measurement and analysis of transport noise and vibration: A review of techniques, case studies, and future directions

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