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An investigation on the noise reduction performance of profiled rigid median barriers at highways
Mohammad Reza Monazzam1, Samaneh Momen Bellah Fard2
1 Department of Occupational Hygiene, School of Public Health and Center for Air Pollution Research (CAPR), Institute for Environmental Research (IER), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
2 Environmental Science, Graduate School of the Environment and Energy, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Correspondence Address:
Mohammad Reza Monazzam
Occ Hyg Department, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 13155 119
Iran
Median barriers as a portion of a divided highway are provided to minimize the cross-median crashes. Moreover, median barriers similar to roadside noise barriers could protect people from transportation noise. Thus, there is a need to investigate various median barrier models to identify changes of insertion loss over a simple rigid barrier. In order to estimate the acoustical influence of median barrier«SQ»s profile in the shadow zone, different median barrier models are presented and their insertion losses are calculated over a frequency range from 50 to 4000 Hz using a two-dimensional boundary element method. The present investigation has clearly revealed that among the profiled median barriers, T-shape, Y-shape, and L-shape provide better performance than that of the other shapes. It is also found that among inclined barriers, V-shape barrier significantly presents higher values of attenuation. Based on the calculation of different geometrics, it has been shown that a further 2 dB (A) in efficiency could be obtained by a better design of the median barrier which is labeled model «DQ»L.«DQ»
How to cite this article:
Monazzam MR, Fard SB. An investigation on the noise reduction performance of profiled rigid median barriers at highways.Noise Health 2012;14:106-112
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How to cite this URL:
Monazzam MR, Fard SB. An investigation on the noise reduction performance of profiled rigid median barriers at highways. Noise Health [serial online] 2012 [cited 2023 Mar 30 ];14:106-112
Available from: https://www.noiseandhealth.org/article.asp?issn=1463-1741;year=2012;volume=14;issue=58;spage=106;epage=112;aulast=Monazzam;type=0 |
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