Empirical prediction of traffic noise transmission loss across plenum windows

• Main Authors: Li, Xiaolong, Tong, Y.G., Tang, S.K., Lau, K.K.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2019
• Subjects: TD878-894 Special types of environment, Including soil pollution, air pollution, noise pollution; TK3001-3521 Distribution or transmission of electric power
• Online Access: http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4066/1/AJ%202019%20%28208%29.pdf; http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4066/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2019.03.004
• Institution: Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia

A parametric study on the traffic noise transmission loss across plenum windows was carried out experimentally in this investigation in an attempt to establish a simple empirical model for predicting this transmission loss. A total of fourteen full scale plenum windows were included in this study. The results of a site mockup measurement were used for model validation. The present model was developed based on the existing plenum chamber theory in which the sound fields inside the plenum window cavities were assumed to make up of a diffracted wave and a reverberant field. Results suggest that both the diffracted and reverberant field inside the plenum window cavities are weaker than those assumed in existing plenum chamber theory. It is found that a model, which assumes frequency-independent diffraction directivity and percentage reverberant field attenuation, gives the best prediction of traffic noise transmission loss. This prediction model is also able to predict site test results with good accuracy