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This end-user package is provided electronically to those who wish to provide information to FHWA to show their noise model/application is consistent with the methodology of FHWA TNM 3.0. It contains what variables need to be tested, the tests that need to be completed, instructions on how to use the test suite, and how the FHWA will compare their results to the results that the FHWA considers acceptable. These include simple, moderate, and complex real world test case runs.
This is the answer key that the FHWA will use to evaluate the results from another model to the results from FHWA TNM 3.0. Each variable of each test will have an identified acceptable margin of difference from the FHWA TNM 3.0 results.
The cases in this Consistency Test Suite (CTS) are taken from a larger set of cases developed for this task order and reported in the March 2014 report "Sensitivity Test Case Results Comparing FHWA TNM 2.5 and TNM 3.0". The sensitivity test work compared results between the current FHWA TNM 2.5 and the FHWA TNM 3.0 acoustics core developed by the USDOT Volpe Center’s Acoustics Facility (referred to in that report, this report and the accompanying spreadsheets as Volpe TNM 3.0, or simply Volpe 3.0).
The full CTS and Acceptable Margin Answer Key (AMAK) to be provided to an end-user developer consists of:
The first section of this report is an introduction for the end user. The second section briefly lists the variables to be tested. The third section gives instructions on how to use the test suite. Finally, the fourth section describes in detail the tests that need to be completed.
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1. Report No. FHWA-HEP-14-038 |
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4. Title and Subtitle Consistency Test Suite End-User Package and Acceptable Margin Answer Key For FHWA TNM 3.0 |
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7. Author(s): William Bowlby, Ph.D., P.E., Rennie L. Williamson, Bowlby & Associates, Inc. Kenneth Kaliski, P.E., RSG |
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9. Performing Organization Name and Address RSG 55 Railroad Row White River Junction VT 05001 |
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11. Contract or Grant No. DTFH61-11-D-00028-T11-001 |
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12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration Office of Planning, Environment and Realty Washington, DC 20590 |
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16. Abstract: This document describes the Consistency Test Suite End-User Package and Acceptable Margin Answer Key for software developers to use to test how well their implementation of FHWA’s TNM 3.0 conforms with the standard FHWA TNM 3.0 model. |
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17. Key Words: TNM 3.0, Traffic Noise Model, Consistency Test Suite, Acceptable Margin Answer Key |
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19. Security Classification (of this report) Not classified |
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Form DOT F 1700.7 (8-72) |
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AMAK |
Acceptable Margin Answer Key |
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CTS |
Consistency Test Suite |
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EOP |
Edge of Pavement |
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FHWA |
Federal Highway Administration |
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Ft |
Feet |
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NRC |
Noise Reduction Coefficient |
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TNM |
Traffic Noise Model |
