Agenda for Summer Meeting, 1988


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Transportation Research Board (TRB)
Committee on Transportation-Related Noise and Vibration (A1F04)
1988 Summer Meeting
July 17-20, 1988
Double Tree Plaza Hotel, Seattle, WA





Sunday, July 17
6:30 p.m. Reception in the Atrium, Hosted by Detroit Steel Corporation
Visitor Display
Registration


Monday, July 18
Moderator: Bernie Chaplin, Environmental Manager, Washington State Department of Transportation

7:30 a.m. Registration
8:00 a.m. Welcome: Mas Hatano, Chairman, Transportation-Related Noise and Vibration Committee California Department of Transportation
Clyde L. Slemmer, State Transportation Project Development Engineer, Washington State Department of Transportation
8:15 a.m. Light Rail Noise and Vibration Prediction George Wilson, Wilson & Ihrig Associates
8:45 a.m. I-78 Allentown, Pennsylvania, Experimental Absorptive Noise Wall Evaluation Dr. William Bowlby, Vanderbilt University and Rick Hedin, Boswell Yule Jordan
9:15 a.m. Free State Noise Abatement Charles Adams, Maryland State Highway Administration
9:45 a.m. Break, Hosted by Lucas CEL Instruments, LTD.
10:30 a.m. Sea-Tac Noise Compatibility Program, Abatement Diane Summerhays (Sea-Tac)
11:00 a.m. Sea-Tac Noise Compatibility Program Earle Munday (Sea-Tac)
11:30 a.m. Aircraft Noise Reduction, Present and Future Mil Adams, Boeing Commercial Aircraft Company
Noon Lunch (Hosted by Smith-Midland)
1:00 p.m. Visit Displays
1:30 p.m. Tour of Boeing Acoustical Laboratories, Mil Adams, Boeing Commercial Aircraft Company
4:30 p.m. Return to Hotel
6:00 p.m. Dinner
Tour
Entertainment


Tuesday, July 19
Moderator: Art Lemke, Environmental Support Manager, Washington State Department of Transportation

8:00 a.m. Structural Design of Noise Barriers Jon Hamaguchi, California Department of Transportation
8:30 a.m. Microcomputer Graphics for the STAMINA 2.0 Model David Still, Gannett Fleming Environmental Engineers
9:00 a.m. Effects of Roadway Aging on Tire/Road Noise James D. Chalupnik, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington
9:30 a.m. Break (Hosted by Quest Electronics)
Visit Displays
10:00 a.m. Truck Engine Noise Everett Arnold, Detroit Diesel
10:30 a.m. Road Traffic Noise Mitigation Measures in France Claude Andre Lamure, Bron, France
11:00 a.m. I-90 State-of-the-Art Transportation System Bill Dues, Washington State Department of Transportation
Noon Lunch (Hosted by the Displayers)
1:00 p.m. Tour of I-90 and Other Noise Barrier Locations I-5 Lucille Street Noise Wall, Bellevue, 148th Avenue Noise Wall, and I-90 Tour, Bill Dues
6:00 p.m. Evening at Tillicum Village via Private Boat
Harbor Cruise
No Host Social Hour
Indian Salmon Bake and Entertainment


Wednesday, July 20
Moderator: Irv Lloyd, FHWA, Region 10

8:00 a.m. Noise and Litigation John Hurley, Washington State Attorney General's Office
8:30 a.m. The Noise Program of the Colorado Department of Highways L.R. Flodine, Colorado Department of Highways
9:00 a.m. Sensitivity Analysis of Toll Both Noise Rod Moe, Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation
9:30 a.m. Break (Hosted by Howard, Needles, Tamen & Bergendoff)
10:00 a.m. A Case History of Vibration Monitoring During Pile Driving Jim Wu/Dave Roberts, Shannon and Wilson, Inc., Engineers
10:30 a.m. Road Traffic Noise Control George Glazier, Department of Main Roads, Sidney, New South Wales
11:00 a.m. Vancouver Skytrain General Description and Noise Reduction Tom Parkenson, Vancouver, B.C.
Adjournment