Design guide for reducing transportation noise in and around buildings

David, Sandra; Robert, W; Kilmer, R; Quindry, Thomas L

doi:10.6028/nbs.bss.84

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“…The wind tends to bend the sound path upwards, as shown in (Figure 5 ), thereby reducing the sound energy that impinges on an unwind site. 7-Sites near hills or traffic intersections are generally unfavorable due to the acceleration, deceleration and braking of vehicles (6). This can be shown in the current study in Bait El Watan project which is located between Rehab and Madinaty, specifically on the extension of the North 90th Street, Fig (6).…”

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confidence: 50%

“…Mechanical rooms and shops of secondary schools can be arranged on the noisy side while libraries, auditoria, and classrooms are deployed on the quiet side (2). 6-At large distances the upwind side is generally quieter than the downwind side of a noise source (6). The wind tends to bend the sound path upwards, as shown in (Figure 5 ), thereby reducing the sound energy that impinges on an unwind site.…”

Section: -Building Location and Orientationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A proper architectural design helps in noise control in buildings to a great extent. There are four types of design approaches to reduce noise: (1) to locate, orient, or configure the building to reduce noise at building site, (2) to provide additional exterior barriers such as walls or berms, (3) to fortify the building shell, and finally, (4) to vary the interior sound absorption (6,21).…”

Section: A-architectural Design Plan To Control Noise In Buildingsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For each doubling of the distance away from a highway or a railway you can expect a reduction of about 4 -6 dB, (Figure1) (21).Moreover, if the building site is close to a major highway or railway and the building is to be fairly long, two design concepts can be employed, one is to orient the building's major axis perpendicular to the direction of the highway or railway, and then to locate the noise-sensitive exterior rooms at the end of the building farthest from the roadway or track. A second design concept is to orient the building's axis parallel to the highway or railway and to provide materials having an extremely high SIR(Shell Isolation Rating ) on the facade facing the noise source, while placing noise-sensitive rooms on the facade shielded by the building itself (6). It is especially important that buildings not be parallel when located on both sides of an expressway in order to avoid multiple reflections of sound waves which increase sound levels (21), and this can be found in research study in Petroleum Company site at New Cairo, whereas its building axis is perpendicular to high way (figure 2b).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Role of noise pollution on urban design in new cities (Case Study :New Cairo)

nabil abdel sadek el sebai

2023

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Noise is one of the main factors that can negatively affect human health and willingness towards living in a particular location. Over 30% of Europeans experience unwanted sound, especially in intensively urbanized areas (12). Noise can interfere with residential and community amenity and the utility of noisesensitive land uses. Noise exposure can lead to a range of adverse effects including sleep disturbance and annoyance, impairing cognitive learning in children at school, psychological disorders, negative effects on the auditory system, obesity and an increase in the risk of cardiovascular effects (8), for these reasons the impact of noise can be a material consideration in the determination of planning applications and sustainable development. A lot of factors associated to urban planning have a considerable effect on volume of traffic, vehicles distribution, traffic conditions, and it is known that, from a temporal and spatial point of view, the most important source of noise in cities is road traffic (19). The World Health Organization (WHO) had estimated the burden of disease from traffic-related noise within the western part of Europe and concluded that on each year there is a loss at least one million disability-adjusted life years(DALYs)(38). Good acoustic design seeks to encourage and promote design outcomes that are proportionate to each development site, so the planning system has the task of guiding development to the most appropriate locations. It will be hard to reconcile some land uses, such as housing, hospitals or schools, with other activities which generate high levels of noise, but the planning system should ensure that, noise-sensitive developments must be sited away from major sources of noise (such as road, rail , air transport and certain types of industrial development) (22). The main aim of this study is the approach regarding the noise problem solution, instead of studying sound insulation materials and techniques, it focuses more on general urban planning regarding the shape of buildings, street orientations, positioning new parks , constructing earth embankments and traffic congestion control in order to reduce the noise impact on the citizens outside and inside their homes. Development plans Mohamed nabil abdel sadek el sebai/ Engineering Research Journal 180 (Decamber2023) A42-A72 A44study is to provide advice on how the planning system can be used to minimize the adverse impact of noise without placing unreasonable restrictions on development or adding unduly to the costs and administrative burdens of business, outlines the considerations to be taken into account in determining planning applications both for noise-sensitive developments and for those activities which will generate noise, introduces the concept of noise exposure categories for residential development, recommends appropriate levels for exposure to different sources of noise; andadvises on the use of conditions that minimize the impact of noise. Study Hypothesis:Assess the relationships between urban noise and diffe...

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Section: -Building Location and Orientationmentioning

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Section: -Building Location and Orientationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: A-architectural Design Plan To Control Noise In Buildingsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: -Building Location and Orientationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“…The remedies included noise prevention as well as noise reduction techniques. More recent work has examined noise criteria for buildings [25] and development of a design guide for reducing transportation noise in and around buildings [21].…”

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Building accessibility for the disabled :

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This report traces the evaluation of public policy on accessible environments, discusses the need for development of a research basis for the design of accessible buildings including accessibility standards for both new and existing buildings, summarizes the results and research recommendations of both the Conference on Fire Safety for the Handicapped held at NBS on November 26-29, 1979 and the joint ATBCB/NBS Conference on Accessibility Guidelines held in Bethesda, Maryland on October 31-November 1, 1979, and presents an overview of current NBS accessibility research plans.

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Design guide for reducing transportation noise in and around buildings

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