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Acoustic Performance Evaluation of Noise Barriers Installed Adjacent to Rails and Suggestion of Approximation Formula for the Prediction of Insertion Loss

근접 방음벽의 음향성능평가 및 삽입손실 예측을 위한 근사식의 제안

  • Received : 2016.08.08
  • Accepted : 2016.09.05
  • Published : 2016.10.31

Abstract

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.

본 논문에서는 선로와 근접하여 설치하는 근접 방음벽에 관한 음향성능평가와 근접 방음벽의 삽입손실 예측을 위해 경계요소법 대신에 비교적 용이하게 사용 가능한 근사식의 제안에 관한 연구를 수행하였다. 우선, 근접 방음벽을 축척 모형으로 제작하여 무향실에서 음향성능평가를 수행하였으며, 스피커 음원 위치에 따른 총합 삽입손실을 등고선 형태로 분석하였다. 그리고, 무향실에서 수행한 축척 모형 근접 방음벽에 대한 삽입손실 측정결과를 이용하여 다양한 형상의 근접 방음벽에 대한 삽입손실 예측을 위한 근사식을 제안하였다. 또한, 무향실에서의 측정결과 및 예측결과와의 상호 비교를 통해 예측 프로그램의 타당성을 검증하였다. 마지막으로, 열차 소음원의 주파수 특성을 고려하고 높이가 1.0m, 상부 방음판의 크기가 0.5m이며 'ㄱ'자 형상을 갖는 흡음형 근접 방음벽을 철도의 건축한계선에 설치하는 경우에 대한 삽입손실 예측 및 음향성능 평가를 수행하였으며, 삽입손실 예측을 위한 근사식을 제안하였다.

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