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Possibilities of Evaluating the Effectiveness of Noise Barriers in Slovakia
Applied Sciences, 2021 This paper presents environmental acute problems from increasing noise levels caused by automobile and rail transport. Noise barriers are considered to be an effective element in reducing noise in densely populated urban areas. However, do these barriers
Alžbeta Pultznerová +2 more
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Fluids, 2019 Recent research has suggested that noise barriers have significant impacts on near-road automobile emissions reduction. T-shaped noise barriers have better performance on reducing noise than others, however, their effects on automobile emissions ...
Shaoguang Wang, Xiuling Wang
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Applied Sciences, 2020 The primary function of noise barriers is to shield inhabitants of affected areas from excessive noise generated by road traffic. To enhance the performance of noise barriers while simultaneously adhering to height restrictions, the attachment of ...
Domingo Pardo-Quiles +3 more
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Fluids, 2018 Roadside noise barrier helps to reduce downwind pollutant concentrations from vehicle emission. This positive characteristic of the construction feature can be explained by its interaction with flow distribution and species dispersion.
Liyuan Gong, Xiuling Wang
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Evaluation of noise exposure before and after noise barriers, a simulation study in Istanbul
Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management, 2016 İstanbul is the most prominent Turkish city in terms of the gradually worsening noise problems associated with the rapid increase in population. This study aims to investigate the noise exposure in the settlements around the link roads connecting the ...
Nuri İlgürel +2 more
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Urban Science, 2020 Noise barriers are a critical part of noise mitigation in urban and rural areas. In this study, a comparison of the insertion loss calculations of noise barriers via the Finite Element Method (FEM) and various formulae (Kurze–Anderson, ISO 9613-2/Tatge ...
Nikolaos M. Papadakis +1 more
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Traffic Noise Reduction Strategy in a Large City and an Analysis of Its Effect
Applied Sciences, 2022 A noise reduction strategy was proposed for Panyu District of Guangzhou City based on its traffic noise map, which considered both road and railway traffic noise.
Hsiao Mun Lee +3 more
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Građevinar, 2020 Traffic noise measurements on the Skopje – Tetovo Section of the Mother Teresa A2 Motorway in the Republic of Macedonia are presented in the paper. The first measurement was conducted in 2003 immediately after the motorway was opened to traffic, while ...
Goran Mijoski +3 more
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Soil Science Annual, 2017 Despite the existence of various methods aimed at protecting the environment from the negative influence of roads, there is a lack of adequate techniques for monitoring and reducing the spread of roadside pollution into the air and soils. The aim of this
Wawer Małgorzata +2 more
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Performance of FHWA model for predicting traffic noise: A case study of Metropolitan city, Lucknow (India) [PDF]
Transport, 2009 Industrial and transport activities are the two major sources of noise pollution in any metropolitan city. Lucknow city, the capital of the largest populated state Uttar Pradesh in India has an area of 310 sq.
Arvind Kumar Shukla +3 more
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