Under the guidance of

MR.SHIVAM SHARMA
BY
MONISH PARVEZ-1303240833
MOHIT-1303240832
MRIGANK PRAKASH-1303240834
KRISHNA VERMA-1303240824

Overview
1. Introduction
2. Literature review
3.Objective
4. Problem formulation
5. Methodology
6. Activity chart
7. References

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Introduction
Tire/road-noise is the main source of noise for road vehicles at speeds upto 50
km/h.
The physical mechanism that is considered to be the main contributor to the
tire/road noise is the tread hitting the surface of the road causing vibrations
radiating as noise into the air.
Another important contributor of tire/road noise is called air-pumping mechanism
which can be explained as air getting trapped between tread and surface, getting
compressed and decompressed as the tread is free in the air.

Case study of Bangalore city roads:

The Experiment was conducted in IISc Bangalore, the noise trailer assembly was
used in conjunction with the parent vehicle on selected Bangalore city roads to
measure tyre/road noise of ten roadway sections covering a total of 13.5 km at 30,
35 and 40 km/h with three replicate runs per section. The different roadway
sections, three pavement types and the corresponding mix designs which are drawn
in the following charts.
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Fig. 1.Effect of roadway type on tyre/road noise, Bangalore city

roadway sections.

The acceptable range of noise level is 60-80 db. Here the noise level
obtained from the Bangalore case study is 94-102db.This range
slightly more than the normal range which has harmful effect on human
life. This case study also shows that tire/road noise contribute to noise
problems.

Literature Review
Many hundreds of papers have been written on the subject of tire/pavement
noise. To conduct the specific search for this project, some criteria were
established before reviewing these in detail (1).
The first level of filter was that the work was not entirely analytical and that the
measurements were not exclusively pass-by or wayside measurements (2).
The second level was that measurements were performed on pavement, not on
road-wheels in a laboratory environment (2).
From Research Paper we studied the following method of tire/road noise
measurement.
Drum method
Coast by method

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Literature Cont.......
The new methods on which we will work in this project are-

Statistical Pass By (SPB) method

The Statistical Pass-by method involves measuring the speed and sound pressure
levels of a large number of vehicles in order to get an average noise level
representative for the surface measurements are perform on.

Fig:2 SPB Setup

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Close Proximity (CPX) method:

The close proximity measurement method on the other hand measures the
tire/road noise in close proximity to the interface of tread and road. Microphones
are installed inside the cover to measure sound pressure level of the tire/road
noise.

Fig3:CPX Setup

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Objective
The aim of this project is to look into the possibilities of doing tire/road
measurements easier, faster and cheaper.
Comparison between the measurement methods currently being used to new
methods.
To calculate the tire/road sound pressure levels directly from looking at road
texture data.

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Problem formulation
A planning stage of how to build the new measurement setup will be perform.
CPX measurements with the new CPX setup in combination with pass-by
measurements will be done.
Comparisons between similar measurements also need to be done.

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Methodology
Study of the available measurement setups
One possible setup is mounting microphones close to the tire directly on the
vehicle similar to the CPX-method but without the trailer and without enclosure
and instead using windscreens upstream in the wind flow of the microphone to
reduce the wind induced noise. This suggestion will discard due to risks of debris
hitting microphones and uncertainty of the stability of windscreens at higher
wind/vehicle speed.

Planning the design of the available measurement

setup
The design of the measurement setup will do with possible problems in mind. The
basic idea of the measurement setup is to construct a tube that will guide the sound
waves from the tire/road interaction spot to the microphone which is isolated from
environmental sound.

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 First draft of measurement setup and implementation

The new measurement setup will be design and test. A plan of how, where and
what resources need to measure the sound from the tire in an efficient and easy
way though out. Also the components that are part of the measurement setup will
design to satisfy the demands of the measurement. Figure 4 shows the plan
measurement setup.

Fig4:Setup Plan

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Activity Chart
ID Task Name
1
2

5
6

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04 11 18 25 02 09 16 23 30 06 13 20 27 04 11 18 25 01 08 15 22 29 05 12 19 26 05 12 19 26 02

Study of Literature
Gaining of knowledge
from selected method
Study of component
required for selected
method
Design of measurement
setup
Testing
Analysis

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References
Sandberg, U. and Ejsmont, J., Development of Three Methods for Measurement
of Tire/Road Noise Emission: Coast-By, Trailer, and Laboratory Drum, Noise
Control Engineering Journal, Institute of Noise Control Engineering, Vol. 27, No.
3, November-December, 1986.
AASHTO TP 76-12. Standard method of test for measurement of tire/pavement
noise using the on-board sound intensity (OBSI) method. USA: American
Association of State and Highway Transportation Officials.
Vibration by S S Rao.

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Thank you

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