Acoustical absorption coefficients of more than 140 pavement cores were obtained by the impedance tube method with two microphones and cross-spectral analyses. The effectiveness of the impedance tube in predicting noise reduction for different mixes was evaluated by comparing the correlations between onboard sound intensity levels and absorption. Theoretical predictions of acoustical absorption due to friction between air and porous matrix and thermal relaxation were compared with measured results for an idealized porous structure. The model was used to infer porosity, tortuosity, and pore size from measured acoustical absorption spectra for manufactured porous asphalt and extrapolate test results to nonnormal angles of incidence, assuming isotropy of the porous structure. This model will help improve mix designs to increase the absorption of pavement surfaces and can be used to estimate porous pavement properties.
Acoustical Absorption of Porous Pavement
Transportation Research Record
Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board ; 2058 , 1 ; 125-132
2008-01-01
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Acoustical Absorption of Porous Pavement
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