Development of Approaching Vehicle Sound for Pedestrians (VSP) for Quiet Electric Vehicles

SAE International Journal of Engines

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1217-1224

  Konet, Heather ^a   Sato, Manabu ^a   Schiller, Todd ^a   Christensen, Andy ^a   Tabata, Toshiyuki ^b   Kanuma, Tsuyoshi ^b  

^a Nissan Technical Center North America   (United States)

^b NISSAN MOTOR CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC NOISE; AUDITORY CUES; DETECTABILITY; FREQUENCY CONTENTS; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE VEHICLES; LOW NOISE; LOW SPEED; REAL-WORLD TESTS; SIGNAL PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL STRUCTURES; TESTING RESULTS; TIRE NOISE; VISUALLY IMPAIRED; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEDESTRIANS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; COMBUSTION; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; ENGINES; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; RESEARCH LABORATORIES;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

EID: 79959549971     PISSN: 19463936     EISSN: 19463944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2011-01-0928     Document Type: Article

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