7:00 a.m. |
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Continental Breakfast |
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Registration Continues |
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Exhibits Open (Exhibit Area) |
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8:00 a.m. |
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Welcome to Berkeley |
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James Nelson & Diane Steinhauser |
8:15 a.m. |
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Welcome to TRB Summer Meeting |
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Domenick Billera, Chairman, TRB Committee AlFO4, New Jersey Department of Transportation, Trenton, New Jersey |
8:30 a.m. |
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Managing the Flood of Data in Airport Noise Monitoring Systems |
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Dan Ingold and Mark Kannelich, The Flood Group, Torrance, CA; and Paul Dunholter, Mestre Greve Associates, Newport Beach, CA. |
9:00 a.m. |
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La Guardia Airport Ground-Noise Abatement Study |
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Douglas E. Barrett, Harris Miller Miller Hanson, Inc., Sacramento, CA. |
9:30 a.m. |
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Comparison of INM and NOISEMAP Results |
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Areg Gharabegian, Engineering-Science, Inc., Pasadena,CA. |
10:00 a.m. |
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Break |
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10:30 a.m. |
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Analysis of Vibration and Acoustics Using Vapeps |
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Albert Lee and Vance Anderson, Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA. |
11:00 a.m. |
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Construction Noise Control of a Transit Tunnel |
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Portland, Oregon, Steven Wolf, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Orange, CA. |
11:30 a.m. |
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Comparison of Rail Project Noise and Vibration Criteria: Absolute Values Vs. Community Ambient Levels |
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James L. Sowell, Rail Construction Corporation, Los Angeles, CA. |
12:30 p.m. |
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Buses leave for Lockheed Tour (Box lunch provided). |
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6:00 p.m. |
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San Francisco Bay Cruise |
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Meet at Marriott Hotel for boarding at 6:15 p.m. |
7:00 a.m. |
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Continental Breakfast |
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Registration Continues |
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Exhibits Open (Exhibit Area) |
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7:50 a.m. |
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Morning Announcements |
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8:00 a.m. |
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A Summary of Measured Seismic Wave Attenuation Coefficients for Soils |
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Jose C. Ortega and Hooshang Khosrovani, Paul S. Veneklasen & Associates, Santa Monica, CA |
8:30 a.m. |
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Some Recent UK Examples of Building Isolation From Railway Vibration and Structure-borne Noise |
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J.R. Cowell, Arup Acoustics, London, United Kingdom |
9:00 a.m. |
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Prediction of Rail Transit Ground-borne Noise and Vibration - A Case Study |
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Steven L. Wolfe, Wilson, lhrig & Associates, Inc., Oakland, CA |
9:30 a.m. |
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Computer Models for the Analysis of Vehicle/Guideway Vibration Problems |
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Magdy El-Sibaie, Association of American Railroads, Chicago Technical Center, Chicago, IL, and John F. Leary, Association of American Railroads, Transportation Test Center, Pueblo, CO |
10:00 a.m. |
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Break |
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10:30 a.m. |
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Identification and Analysis of Noise Radiated from a Light Rail Vehicle" |
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James B. Steedman, Navcon Engineering Network, Fullerton, CA; and William G. Halvorsen, Halvorsen Associates, Inc., Cincinnati, OH |
11:00 a.m. |
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Noise and Vibration of BART A&B Cars |
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Jason Mickelwright, PGH Wong Engineering/Booz Allen & Hamilton Inc., San Francisco, CA |
11:30 a.m. |
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Railroad Track Noise and Vibration Impact Study and Soundwall Design" |
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Sean K. Bui, Amir Yazdanniyaz and Hal Arriick, Acentech Inc., Canoga Park, CA |
12:15 p.m. |
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Buffet Lunch at Hotel |
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1:30 p.m. |
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Buses leave for tours: |
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- BARTPAX
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- 1-680 Sound Barrier Walls
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6:00 p.m. |
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Dinner Event at Hotel - approximately 3 hours |
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7:00 a.m. |
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Continental Breakfast |
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Registration Continues |
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Exhibits Open (Exhibit Area) |
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7:50 a.m. |
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Morning Announcements |
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8:00 a.m. |
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Study of a Noise Barrier Made of Reclaimed Tire Rubber Structural Sandwich |
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Indu B. Mishra, Kanan Associates, Inc., Columbia, MD; and Pedro Albrecht, University of Maryland, College Park, MD |
8:30 a.m. |
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Using Recycled Tires in Noise Barriers |
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Soren Pedersen, Ministry of Transportation, Ontario, Canada |
9:00 a.m. |
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Measuring Excess Attenuation of Traffic Noise due to Ground Effects, or In Search of the Elusive Alpha |
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Rudy Hendriks, California Department of Transportation, Sacramento, CA |
9:30 a.m. |
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A Brief Case Study: Traffic Noise Attenuation Across Open Terrain for a Rural State Highway |
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Jack E. Randorff, Randorff and Associates, Inc., Houston, TX |
10:00 a.m. |
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Evaluation of Performance of Experimental Highway Noise Barriers |
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Gregg G. Fleming, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, MA |
10:30 a.m. |
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Elevated Highways and Sound Level Limits |
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Alexandar Segal, County of San Diego, Department of Planning & Land Use, San Diego, CA |
11:00 a.m. |
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Determination of the Leq of a Vehicle from its Acoustic Signature |
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Jean-Francois Hamer, Unrets MMA, France. |
11:30 a.m. |
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Long Range Sound Propagation in a Suburban Environment under the Presence of an Inversion: A Case Study |
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Pablo A. Daroux, Wilson, lhrig & Associates, Inc., Oakland, CA |
Noon |
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Closing Remarks |
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Domenick Billera, Chairman, TRB Committee AlFO4 |
12:15 p.m. |
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Adjournment |
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