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Projects

This page contains links to brief descriptions of projects by the Volpe Center's Acoustics Facility on behalf of the named sponsors. Links to the individual project reports are provided where available.

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

• Integrated Noise Model (INM), Ongoing
• Assessment of existing aircraft performance methodologies for inclusion in EDMS, Ongoing
• Aviation Environmental Design Tool (AEDT), Ongoing
• INM Database Upgrade 2006 & 2007
• Expanded East Coast Plan (EECP), 1991
• Helicopter Noise Measurements, 1996
• Grand Canyon and Bryce Canyon Dose Response Studies, 1997-2000
• Southern Florida Ambient Noise Measurements, 1998
• XV-15 Tiltrotor Noise Measurements, 1998
• National Urban Helicopter Noise Study Greater New York Measurements July 2000
• Air Tour Management Plan (ATMP) Measurement Studies, Ongoing
• Air Tour Management Plan (ATMP) Modeling, Ongoing
• Grand Canyon Noise Modeling, Ongoing
• Noise Certification Validation, Ongoing

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)

• Reference Energy Mean Emission Level Measurements (REMEL), 1993-95
• ANSI Standard S12.8 1998: Methods for Determining the Insertion Loss of Outdoor Noise Barriers, 1998
• Highway Noise Barriers: Performance, Maintenance, & Safety Video, 1998
• Acoustics and Your Environment: The Basics of Sound and Highway Traffic Noise Video, 1999
• FHWA Highway Noise Barrier Design Handbook, Video and CD-ROM February 2000
• FHWA Roadway Construction Noise Model (RCNM), 2006
• FHWA Highway Construction Noise Handbook, CD-ROM, and Website, 2006
• FHWA Traffic Noise Model: (FHWA TNM®), Ongoing
• FHWA Traffic Noise Model TNM® Validation Study Ongoing
• FHWA Traffic Noise Model (FHWA TNM) Technical Support and Distribution, Ongoing

Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)

• FRA Handbook for the Measurement, Analysis, and Abatement of Railroad Noise Update, Ongoing
• Wayside Horn Testing, Ongoing

National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA)

• Behind Start of Takeoff Roll Noise Measurement Study, 2005
• Modeling Ground Attenuation of Aircraft Noise, 1998-2000

United States Postal Service (USPS)

• Alaska Hovercraft Noise Characterization, 1996
• Hovercraft Underwater Noise Measurements January 2000

State/Other Sponsored Projects

• Modeling Sound Due to Over-Snow Vehicles in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks
• ADOT PCC Surface Treatment and "Quiet" Asphalt Study, Ongoing
• Caltrans "Quiet" AC Pavement Study, Ongoing