Effects of operation time of pavement and traffic flow on the traffic noise of the highways in an urban area

Journal of Environmental Informatics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 121-130

  Huang, K ^a   Dai, L M ^a   Huang, W W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic measurement; Highway pavement; Noise pollution; Traffic flow; Traffic noise; Traffic noise pressure

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DATA; NOISE POLLUTION; PAVEMENT; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84920885814     PISSN: 17262135     EISSN: 16848799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3808/jei.201400288     Document Type: Article

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