• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.124-134
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• 2016

Research on low height noise barriers installed adjacent to railways to reduce the height of the noise barrier has actively progressed in many countries except Korea. The performance of low height noise barriers is evaluated to identify barrier acoustic characteristics using a scale model of the barrier in the present research. As shown in the experimental results, if it is considered the installation of 'ㄱ' type noise barrier, sound absorption material should be installed on both the top and the vertical surfaces of the barrier to improve insertion loss. Also, an analytical method such as the boundary element method, rather than a simple empirical equation, is required to evaluate the insertion loss of the barrier. In addition, noise level increase in passenger position is very small if a barrier with sound absorption material is installed. Finally, the two dimensional boundary element method is implemented to predict the acoustic characteristics of the low height barrier; the possibility of the application is confirmed from a comparison of the results of measurements and predictions.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.19 no.5
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• pp.629-637
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• 2016

In this paper, an investigation was conducted to evaluate the acoustic performance of low height noise barriers installed adjacent to rails; an easy-to-use approximation formula was suggested for the evaluation of insertion loss (IL), instead of using the boundary element method. At first, the acoustic performance of the low height noise barriers was measured in an anechoic chamber using a scaled down model; the overall IL according to the source location was analyzed with the equivalent IL contour line. Using the measurement results obtained from the scaled down model, an approximation formula was suggested for the IL of low height noise barriers having various shapes. Also, the prediction program was validated through a comparison between the actual measurement results in the anechoic chamber and the prediction results. Finally, using the prediction program, an approximation formula for IL was suggested for the low height noise absorption barriers. Considering the frequency characteristics of the noise sources of the train, the absorptive low height noise barriers have a 'ㄱ' type shape, a height of 1.0m, and a length of 0.5m when they are installed on the structure gauge for the train.

• Journal of KSNVE
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• v.4 no.4
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• pp.413-424
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• 1994

본 글에서는 도로교통소음을 예측할 경우; 소음영향평가시 계획한 도로변에 방음시설물의 설치여부를 결정할 경우, 그리고 방음시설을 설치할 경우에 그 방음 시설의 구조와 설치기준을 결정하기 위하여 적용할 수 있는 방음시설물에 의한 차음 효과예측법의 문제점과 해결방안을 언급하였다. 방음시설물의 종류와 구조 그리고 그 설치범위 등을 정확하고 공평하게 그리고 경제적으로 결정하기 위해서, 특히 환경영향 평가가 공정하게 실시되기 위해서는 국가에서 방음시설물 설치기준과 정밀 한 차음효과 예측법을 하나의 통일된 규정으로 확정하여야 한다. 이를 위해서는 본문 에 언급한 요소들을 참조하여 기존의 방음벽설치 지침을 대폭적으로 수정.보완하여야 한다. 그러나 보다 정확한 예측과 실세계에 근접한 소음값을 계산하기 위해서는 소음 원과 소음전파 공간환경의 특성을 고려한 연구가 계속적으로 이루어져야 한다. 그리고 도로교통소음을 공정하게 예방하기 위해서는 조속한 시일내에 이에 적합한 대상지역별 도로교통소음예방 규제기준값을 법규에 명시하여야 하고, 현재 교통로 주변에 주택을 건설하는 경우에는 사업자가 택지로 확보한 부지안에 설치하고 있는 방음벽은 최대한 소음원에 근접하여 교통로변에 설치할 수 있도록 관련규정을 개정 하여야 한다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.34 no.12
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• pp.847-854
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• 2012

The demand for noise barriers and necessity for the installation are highly growing because residential areas have become diverse and locational priority is changed to consider how to approach highway easily. However, public annoyance to the noise generated from highway is continued despite lots of noise barrier are installed. Moreover, there are growing concerns to maintain noise barriers to be free from losing transparency, dust stack, and shock fracture. To resolve these issues, it is suggested to develop new polymer materials and conceptually new noise barrier. In this study, as a first step to develop a new noise barrier to overcome current technological challenges as well as economic issues, recent research trends have been analyzed and found the direction for the future research in terms of material, supplementary function, and patterning.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.42-48
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• 2011

This preliminary study is about the application of the compound source to the active noise barrier system as control sources. A compound source is composed of two monopole sources but having opposite phase. However, both monopole sources in one compound source are not independently controlled. The source strength of monopole source close to the noise source is proportional to the other one. Therefore, the cost for the hardware system is cheaper than usual system but known to possibly having a similar performance in generating anti-noise acoustic field. In this study, using a simple active noise barrier system model having a non-reflective floor, the effectiveness of the system with compound sources is investigated through computer simulations and shows 30~40 % performance improvement of noise reduction.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2014.04a
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• pp.491-492
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• 2014