Assessment of Traffic Noise Pollution due to Road Traffic

Abstract:

The paper presents aspects related to noise pollution due to road traffic in Drobeta Turnu Severin. The main noise sources in Drobeta Turnu Severin are: road transport, railway and industrial activities. Based on the noise level measurement performed to assess the traffic noise over a period of 7 years, namely between 2013 and 2019, on an important road traffic artery in the mentioned city, predictions for its level over the next three years are made, correlating it with the number of cars that are supposed to cross the artery. For this study a road where the equivalent noise level exceeded the limit almost every year, was chosen. For obtaining the correlation between our data we have used the regression method. The noise level depends on the time of day in which the measurements were made but also on the season. Another correlation, between the equivalent noise level, and the number and type of cars was made, for a winter day in 2020, on another important artery, in order to see how much influence these factors have, on the noise level.

• Periodical: Advances in Science and Technology (Volume 110)
• Pages: 87-97
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AST.110.87
• Online since: September 2021
• Authors: Gabriela Demian*, Luminița Grecu, Mihai Demian
• Keywords: Equivalent Sound Level, Noise Pollution, Prediction Model, Regression Analysis, Road Traffic Noise

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