Exterior structure on infrastructure used to prevent loud sounds from escaping
The sound tube in Melbourne, Australia, designed to reduce roadway noise without detracting from the area's aesthetics.
A noise barrier (also called a soundwall, noise wall, sound berm, sound barrier, or acoustical barrier) is an exterior structure designed to protect inhabitants of sensitive land use areas from noise pollution. Noise barriers are the most effective method of mitigating roadway, railway, and industrial noise sources –
other than cessation of the source activity or use of source controls.
In the case of surface transportation noise, other methods of reducing the source noise intensity include encouraging the use of hybrid and electric vehicles, improving automobile aerodynamics and tire design, and choosing low-noise paving material. Extensive use of noise barriers began in the United States after noise regulations were introduced in the early 1970s.
A noisebarrier (also called a soundwall, noise wall, sound berm, sound barrier, or acoustical barrier) is an exterior structure designed to protect inhabitants...
increasing the distance between source and receiver, decoupling, using noisebarriers to reflect or absorb the energy of the sound waves, using damping structures...
tool of noise mitigation, the practice of minimizing noise pollution or reverberation. An important type of sound baffle is the noisebarrier constructed...
gradients or thermoclines, effectively dismissing the effect of some noisebarriers or terrain intervention. Geometry of area structures is an important...
on noisebarriers have shown mixed results on their ability to effectively reduce noise pollution. Electric and hybrid vehicles could reduce noise pollution...
roadway noise is measured as ambient sound, prior to introducing a hypothetical noisebarrier intended to reduce that ambient noise level. Ambient noise level...
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A Jersey barrier, Jersey wall, or Jersey bump is a modular concrete or plastic barrier employed to separate lanes of traffic. It is designed to minimize...
Noise pollution, or sound pollution, is the propagation of noise or sound with ranging impacts on the activity of human or animal life, most of which are...
including source intensity reduction, land-use planning strategies, noisebarriers and sound baffles, time of day use regimens, vehicle operational controls...
Traffic barriers (known in North America as guardrails or guard rails, in Britain as crash barriers, and in auto racing as Armco barriers) keep vehicles...
A barrier transfer machine, also known as zipper machine or road zipper, is a type of heavy vehicle that is used to transfer concrete lane dividers, such...
for the water. Dry culverts are used to channel a fire hose beneath a noisebarrier for the ease of firefighting along a highway without the need or danger...
berm is a physical, stationary barrier of some kind. For example, in highway construction, a berm is a noisebarrier constructed of earth, often landscaped...
have set guidelines for noise level decibel limits for rapid transit. Noise levels can be reduced by installing noisebarriers next to the track. Traditional...
to two emergency exit lanes, two edge strips, parallel crash barriers and noisebarriers on both sides. The project costs a total of ₹17,843 crore (US$2...
be conducted to influence and minimize noise generation. Noise barriers can reduce noise pollution near built-up areas. Regulations can restrict the use...
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patches, it also results in a very rough surface that leads to louder rolling noise from automobile wheels. Although chipseal is an effective low-cost way to...
prevent snow and ice accumulation. Alternatives: such as a vehicle arresting barrier. Emergency escape ramps are usually located on steep, sustained grades...
output noise level of a shot noise generator is easily set by the DC bias current. Typically, the barrier in a diode is used. Different noise generator...
carriage wheels, horse hooves and even modern automobiles make a lot of noise when rolling over cobblestone paving might be thought a disadvantage, but...
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