<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Road noise constitutes one of the most adverse impacts of road traffic on the environment. Noise that is particularly annoying for local inhabitants is recorded in the vicinity of engineering structures where various types of expansion joints are used [1–3]. There are currently many road connections being built in Poland, including a total of almost ten thousand expansion joints. The authors of this article attempt to determine the noise differences of several of the most commonly used expansion joints – single-, double-, and multi-module, block and finger expansion joint described as one of the most advantageous from the acoustic point of view. This study also attempts to determine the im-pact of expansion joint types on the noise level in comparison to the road section not equipped with these devices, which was adopted as the base noise level.</p></abstract>

Road noise constitutes one of the most adverse impacts of road traffic on the environment. Noise that is particularly annoying for local inhabitants is recorded in the vicinity of engineering structures where various types of expansion joints are used [1–3]. There are currently many road connections being built in Poland, including a total of almost ten thousand expansion joints. The authors of this article attempt to determine the noise differences of several of the most commonly used expansion joints – single-, double-, and multi-module, block and finger expansion joint described as one of the most advantageous from the acoustic point of view. This study also attempts to determine the im-pact of expansion joint types on the noise level in comparison to the road section not equipped with these devices, which was adopted as the base noise level.

Study of Noise Originating from Selected Bridge Expansion Joints

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Road noise constitutes one of the most adverse impacts of road traffic on the environment. Noise that is particularly annoying for local inhabitants is...

Study of Noise Originating from Selected Bridge Expansion Joints

Published Online: May 16, 2020

Page range: 33 - 51

Received: Jun 03, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.19.070.10721

Keywords
impulse noise, bridge expansion joints, equivalent sound level

© 2019 Janusz Bohatkiewicz et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

Study of Noise Originating from Selected Bridge Expansion Joints

Published Online: May 16, 2020

Page range: 33 - 51

Received: Jun 03, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.19.070.10721

Keywordsimpulse noise, bridge expansion joints, equivalent sound level

© 2019 Janusz Bohatkiewicz et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

Keywords
impulse noise, bridge expansion joints, equivalent sound level