Expeditious noise mapping at a municipal level

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2000

Authors

António Carvalho (Author) FEUP; Rui Calejo Rodrigues (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: Proceedings of the Inter-Noise 2000

Inter-Noise 2000

Nice, França, 27 a 30 de Agosto de 2000

Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Civil engineering

CORDIS: Physical sciences > Physics > Acoustics

Other information

Abstract (EN): The 1987 Portuguese Noise Code requires noise zoning using the LA50 parameter in two periods (day and night). The new Portuguese Noise Code (to be published soon) will use the parameter LAeq for the same periods and purposes but enforces the municipalities to determine their noise maps. This will be a huge task for the 307 municipalities. Therefore there is a need to find a fast but valid method to perform that work with not many means in equipment or manpower. This paper describes recent studies in order to find such expeditious model. Work has been done to characterize and group municipal sound fields in

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 4