Noise Annoyance Due To Urban Road Traffic with Powered-Two-Wheelers: Quiet Periods, Order and Number of Vehicles

摘要

This paper aims to assess the influence of different acoustical characteristics of urban road traffic including powered-two-wheelers on noise annoyance. The factors studied under laboratory conditions are the number and order of the different urban road traffic noise events, and the position and duration of quiet periods between noise events as well as their cumulative duration. Several listening experiments were carried out. The urban road traffic noise sequences were presented to a panel of participants for short-term noise annoyance assessment.