典型城市地铁站台噪声满意度*

地铁是城市轨道交通重要组成部分,地铁站台噪声对乘客身心健康有重要影响。以合肥轨道交通一号线为例,具体选择地下侧式、地下双岛式和地下岛式3个典型空间类型的地铁站台为研究对象,通过噪声测量和问卷调查相结合的方法,针对地铁在不同运营时段的乘客站台噪声满意度与噪声声元素舒适度进行评价,探讨性别、声元素舒适度以及站台噪声对乘客噪声满意度的影响。结果表明：对地铁站台噪声满意度评价,乘客性别差异不显著;在乘车高峰期时段,地铁站台广播提示声、地铁工作人员吹哨声、列车进站声和列车出站声是影响乘客站台噪声满意度主观评价的主要噪声声元素;乘客噪声满意度主观评价与站台噪声值呈强负相关,噪声值越高,满意度越低;乘客噪声满意度为可接受时的地铁站台噪声阈值,在乘车高峰期时段为74 dB(A),非高峰期时段为67 dB(A)。该文工作可为城市地铁站台噪声满意度评价及其空间结构设计提供科学参考。     

临街住宅阳台降噪缩尺模型研究

本文通过1/10缩尺模型,测得点声源在道路上不同位置时居室内之声级,把声源声功率级与室内 声级之差作为衰减量用于交通噪声计算机模拟过程,即得在某种车流状态下居室内声级.通过比较各种 情况下居室内声级,得出阳台及各种改进措施之降噪值.结果表明,在1—5层范围,阳台无实栏板、无吸 声处理情况下,居室内声级反而高于无阳台居室0—2dB.在上述阳台上做1.1m高实栏板及阳台顶贴 一般吸声材料,两者共有2—5dB降噪效果.取消阳台顶板(强吸声),又能增加1—4dB降噪量.对阳 台上也装窗的封闭阳台,在内外窗错位开启通风情况下,相对无阳台居室可有14—15dB附加降噪量.     

听觉感知中的噪声特性语义描述及其分析

基于听觉感知的噪声语义描述是噪声声品质研究的基础性问题,已有研究未将语义描述与噪声来源、频谱特性以及产品运行状态等物理信息联系起来。该文分别针对飞机舱内噪声、车辆噪声和空气净化器噪声这3组典型噪声开展了主观评价实验,并通过多维尺度分析和主成分分析描述了3组噪声的语义空间,系统分析了不同类型噪声的描述词,同时解释了描述词与噪声物理属性之间的联系。研究发现：飞机舱内噪声、车辆噪声以及空气净化器噪声可以由4维、4维和3维语义空间进行描述;不同类型噪声在语义描述中具有共性与个性,3组噪声语义的主要维度均与嘈杂感相关,而噪声的个性描述词与其声源的物理属性密切相关;进行声品质建模及应用时,应同时考虑噪声共性和个性描述词对听觉感知的影响,采取有针对性的措施以提升产品声品质。该文从听觉感知的角度进行了噪声特性的语义描述和分析,研究结果可为产品声品质以及噪声控制研究提供帮助。     

用于开口声辐射控制的虚拟声屏障实现 方法及机理研究*

建筑物通常留有开口以便人员物料的进出及室内的自然通风采光,但这些开口也是噪声传播的途径。传统被动噪声控制方法需要将开口封闭,且对低频噪声的控制效果不好,故引入有源噪声控制技术降低室内声源通过开口的声辐射。基于惠更斯原理,均布开口的次级源和误差传声器构成的平面型虚拟声屏障可以实现对开口声辐射的有效控制,数值仿真和实验已证明其有效性。将次级源安装在开口边界更有利于保留开口的功能且方便实际安装,但这样的单层边界虚拟声屏障降噪效果存在上限,仅能在低频段实现全局控制。和单层边界次级源相比,双层边界次级源可显著提高降噪量和有效降噪频率上限。该文回顾了开口声辐射有源控制的相关工作,并讨论了未来可能的研究方向。     

空调压缩机噪声测试及其声品质客观参量分析*

针对空调压缩机辐射声场的不同场点噪声声品质的差异,采用心理学声品质参量即响度、尖锐度、总感觉噪度,对压缩机辐射声场的不同场点噪声进行声品质客观参量分析,研究压缩机场点噪声声品质客观参量值变化规律。通过特征响度研究各场点噪声响度在频域的分布,并得出压缩机各场点噪声特征响度峰值所在噪声频带。实验结果表明,对于处在压缩机不同方向上的场点,其噪声声品质客观参量值存在明显差异,但其噪声特征响度峰值却处在相同的噪声频带。研究工作为压缩机全方向降噪提供参考依据也为研究压缩机的噪声声品质探索了一种新思路。     

基于涡声理论的低速轴流风机气动噪声研究

采用PIV和CFD对不同安装角低速轴流风机流场进行对比研究,结合低速等熵流动的涡声理论分析风机内部流场与噪声辐射关联,在此基础上计算风机气动噪声.研究表明,低速等熵流动的气动噪声主要源于流场中涡系的拉伸与破裂.均匀进气情况下低速轴流风机的主要气动噪声源为叶片尾缘涡脱落噪声和叶尖涡噪声,其中前者强度明显大于后者.在此基础上,应用基于CFD的涡脱落噪声预测模型对风机气动噪声预测结果与实验吻合较好.     

充液管路系统流体声与结构声的复合有源控制

采用基于谐频自适应控制算法的有源消声与消振系统对充液管路系统突出的低频线谱噪声进行有源控制实验研究.建立了泵水循环管路实验系统,在管路中安装有源消声器对流体声进行控制,在管路出口障板上采用8×8通道有源消振系统控制结构声辐射。开展的低频线谱噪声与振动有源控制实验结果表明,在50~200 Hz频带内,通过结合有源噪声与振动控制可在多数频点取得10 dB以上的降噪效果。针对该实验系统,通过分别控制流体声和结构声分析了两者的贡献.实验结果验证了有源消声与消振系统具有较好的降噪性能,各频点处流体声与结构声占比情况不同,需要综合控制流体声与结构声才可以取得显著的降噪效果。      

声屏障和有源噪声控制声屏障

概述了声屏障降低噪声的原理和常用方法，提出了存在的不足，介绍了有源声屏障的降噪性能与发展动态，提出了进一步研究的设想。     

水下对转桨无空化噪声调制理论分析与试验研究

水下对转桨无空化噪声由流场-桨叶相互作用引起,调制特性是水下对转桨无空化噪声的重要特征,本文研究了水下对转桨无空化辐射噪声调制机理。首先利用广义声类比方法得到了无空化条件下水下对转桨的远场声压谱,建立了水下对转桨无空化噪声的调制模型,然后数值仿真了模型对转桨无空化噪声的功率谱和调制谱,最后在空泡水筒中进行了模型对转桨的无空化噪声测量试验,数值仿真结果和试验验证了调制模型的准确性。该模型对于水下对转桨无空化噪声调制特性预报及目标识别具有重要价值.      

宽频带海洋环境噪声矢量场空间相关特性建模

基阵的信噪比增益与噪声场空间特性密切联系,海洋环境噪声空间特性建模始终是水声学研究的热门问题.声纳功能不同,其工作频段和带宽通常也不相同,因此,任意频带噪声场的空间相关系数对声纳系统设计具有重要参考价值.依据海洋环境噪声场的产生过程,在高频近似条件下,本文提出一种噪声场时域建模方法,给出了水平分层介质中表面噪声时域声压和质点振速的积分表示,为噪声矢量场宽带模型的建立奠定了基础.根据风成噪声谱结构,数值计算了不同频带、不同谱斜率的噪声场空间相关系数,揭示了带宽、谱结构对风成噪声空间特性的影响规律.随着阵元间距和带宽增大,噪声矢量场各分量的空间相关系数的振荡周期数逐渐减少,振荡幅度逐渐减小,这是由于噪声场相关系数频域平均的结果.当谱斜率小于零时,宽频带噪声场的空间相关半径大于窄带噪声场的相关半径,这是由于低频段噪声起主要贡献的结果,实测海洋环境噪声声压场竖直方向空间相关特性变化规律与理论结果一致.本文模型对换能器成阵技术研究以及环境参数反演具有潜在应用前景.     

A simple formula for evaluating the acoustic effect of balconies in protecting dwellings against road traffic noise

This study explores the noise reducing effect of a balcony and describes the development of a simple theory pertaining to the propagation of traffic noise from a road into a balcony. A new methodology is proposed that is based on the well-known prediction scheme—“Calculation of Road Traffic Noise” (CRTN)—developed in the UK. A geometrical ray theory is developed for the prediction of noise levels inside a balcony due to road traffic. The source level of road traffic noise is obtained as per the standard CRTN methodology. However, road sub-segmentations and new approaches for the prediction of noise levels at illuminated and shadow zones inside a balcony are proposed. Field measurements have been conducted on four different types of balcony to validate the proposed methodology. The insertion loss, defined as the difference in the noise levels with and without the presence of a balcony, has been used to assess the shielding effectiveness of a balcony against road traffic noise. The simple theory is validated by outdoor field measurements. It is also found that a properly designed balcony can provide considerable screening effects in protecting dwellings against road traffic noise.     

Estimating health related costs and savings from balcony acoustic design for road traffic noise

A multi-faceted study is conducted with the objective of estimating the potential fiscal savings in annoyance and sleep disturbance related health costs due to providing improved building acoustic design standards. This study uses balcony acoustic treatments in response to road traffic noise as an example. The study area is the State of Queensland in Australia, where regional road traffic noise mapping data is used in conjunction with standard dose–response curves to estimate the population exposure levels. The background and the importance of using the selected road traffic noise indicators are discussed. In order to achieve the objective, correlations between the mapping indicator (L_{A10 (18 hour)}) and the dose response curve indicators (L_den and L_night) are established via analysis on a large database of road traffic noise measurement data. The existing noise exposure of the study area is used to estimate the fiscal reductions in health related costs through the application of simple estimations of costs per person per year per degree of annoyance or sleep disturbance. The results demonstrate that balcony acoustic treatments may provide a significant benefit towards reducing the health related costs of road traffic noise in a community.     

Property prices in urban areas affected by road traffic noise

This paper reports a revealed preference study into the different effects of road traffic noise on property values in residential areas with similarly high road traffic sound levels but with what appear to be important differences in the market for different types of residential property in each area. The results show significant differences in the revealed effects of noise on property prices between the three areas with in one case an increasing (and possibly misleading) relationship between higher monetary values and higher sound levels. A number of possible explanations for the findings are discussed in the paper.     

Full scale model investigation on the acoustical protection of a balcony-like façade device (L)

The acoustical insertion losses produced by a balcony-like structure in front of a window are examined experimentally. The results suggest that the balcony ceiling is the most appropriate location for the installation of artificial sound absorption for the purpose of improving the broadband insertion loss, while the side walls are found to be the second best. Results also indicate that the acoustic modes of the balcony opening and the balcony cavity resonance in a direction normal to the window could have a great impact on the one-third octave band insertion losses. The maximum broadband road traffic noise insertion loss achieved is about 7 dB.     

Road traffic noise exposure in residential complexes built at different times between 1950 and 2000 in Hong Kong

This paper attempts to determine the exposure of the urban population to road traffic noise living in residential complexes built at different times between 1950 and 2000 in Hong Kong. Noise exposure was estimated at the residents’ dwelling, neighborhood and community by noise mapping. The purpose of the study is to find out if the noise exposure levels of these residential complexes have improved as a result of stepped up noise control and reduction efforts. A total of 212 residential complexes built at different times, by the government and private sector in different districts, were selected for noise assessment. The results show that, compared to private housing, public housing estates are generally exposed to less road traffic noise. The study has also found that, over the 50-year period, the dwelling noise exposure levels of the recently built residential complexes are lower than the older ones, showing some improvement over time. This is particularly more noticeable at the high exposure end. There is however only some small differences in noise level between recent and old developments at the community scale both for public and private housing estates.     

Traffic noise reduction due to the screening effect of balconies on a building façade

In this paper we discuss the use of self-protecting buildings as a means of reducing traffic noise nuisance. The results obtained from a computer model of one self-protecting configuration, namely a closed balcony shielding a window into a room, are compared with measurements made on a 1:10 scale model of this situation. From a comparison of these results an empirical equation is given which permits the benefits of a closed balcony to be predicted from the application of standard noise screen formulae.Since the degree of annoyance experienced by people exposed to traffic noise has been shown to be influenced by temporal variations of level, the computer model was extended to enable the effect of the balcony on this variability to be assessed.     

Road traffic noise mitigation strategies in Greater Cairo, Egypt

This study concerns road traffic noise in Greater Cairo, Egypt. Road traffic is the most significant sources of noise in the city. Measurements of road traffic noise levels in Greater Cairo in September and October 2001, indicated that noise levels in city were higher than those set by the Egyptian noise standards and policy to protect public health and welfare in residential areas (L_Aeq=80 dB and higher were recorded). A social survey carried out simultaneously indicated that 73.8% of respondent residents were highly or moderately irritated by road traffic noise. In our paper we present (1) The results of road traffic noise measurements. (2) Egyptian noise standards and policy. (3) Results of the social survey. (4) Traffic congestion and traffic noise characteristics of Greater Cairo. (5) Thirty years of countermeasures taken. (6) Future mitigation strategies aiming for a quiet city.     

Traffic noise reduction at balconies on a high-rise building façade

The performance of balconies with ceiling-mounted reflectors on a high-rise building fac?ade is examined using numerical analyses and scale-model experiments. The reflectors are designed to reflect direct and diffracted waves incident on the ceiling outside the balcony. The sound pressure reduction, provided by the reflectors, on a window surface adjacent to the balcony is evaluated at intermediate floors levels. In terms of A-weighted sound pressure levels, a balcony equipped with reflectors reduces road traffic noise by 7-10 dB(A), compared to an ordinary balcony, at incident angles of noise close to the angle for which the reflectors are designed. The efficiency is roughly the same as, or greater than, that of a balcony with an absorbent ceiling. However, it is also shown that when the vertical incident angle of the noise is smaller than the design angle of the reflectors, or the horizontal incident angle is large, efficiency is reduced.     

Investigation of the dose-response relationship for road traffic noise in Assiut, Egypt

A field study has been carried out in urban Assiut city, Egypt. The goals of this study are: (1) to carry out measurements to evaluate road traffic noise levels, (2) to determine if these levels exceeds permissible levels, (3) to examine people’s attitudes towards road traffic noise, (4) to ascertain the relationship between road traffic noise levels and degree of annoyance. The measurements indicate that traffic noise noise levels are higher than those set by Egyptian noise standards and policy to protect public health and welfare in residential areas: equivalent continuous A - weighted sound pressure levels (L_A eq) = 80 dB and higher were recorded, while maximum permissible level is 65 dB. There is a strong relationship between road traffic noise levels and percentage of highly annoyed respondents. Higher road traffic noise levels mean that the percentage of respondents who feel highly annoyed is also increased.     

Prediction of the sound field into high-rise building facades due to its balcony ceiling form

This study presents the acoustic performance off tall building facades closed to roadway due to one of balcony configurations, namely ceiling, with an inclined form in terms of traffic noise reduction. Three inclined angles are tested (5,10, and 15°) with different balcony depths by using a Pyramid Tracing model developed by A. Farina. The results in terms of A-weighted sound pressure level reduction are expressed in free field into the balcony back wall. The protection level, defined as the difference in noise levels before and after inserting the proposed balcony form, has been used to assess the reduction offered by that configuration. A maximum reduction due to using these forms is obtained at higher floors and at balcony of 2 m depths and more. As a consequence of simulation results, it is found that the prediction of protection levels from 10th to 15th floor can be calculated from an empirical equation.