Increased distribution efficiency with more quiet delivery vehicles
Research Project, 2012
– 2014
The goal of the project is to develop scenarios and to define requirements for road transport vehicles so they can be used for distribution of goods at nighttimes in urban areas in Sweden. Applied Acoustics investigates the requirements on noise emission during evenings and nights that can be demanded for transportation vehicle from the perspective of the society. The method is to develop a computer model for virtually simulating sound in apartments from single vehicles passing by in the street – an auralisation model. The model is used to study different cases, especially by listening tests to investigate annoyance and restoration of humans when a vehicle is passing by. The project will also develop a modified vehicle with lower noise emissions for validation of the conclusions. The whole noise path from the sources of the vehicle in the street, through the city block and building, to a human in an apartment is considered. Thus, the work includes vehicle acoustics, community noise and building acoustics, and human response and reaction to sound.
Participants
Patrik Höstmad (contact)
Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Applied Acoustics
Penny Bergman
Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Applied Acoustics
Jens Forssén
Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Applied Acoustics
Astrid Pieringer
Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Applied Acoustics
Collaborations
JABA Group AB
Högsäter, Sweden
Volvo Group
Gothenburg, Sweden
Volvo Group
Gothenburg, Sweden
YKI, Ytkemiska Institutet AB
Stockholm, Sweden
Funding
VINNOVA
Project ID: 2011-01805
Funding Chalmers participation during 2012–2014
Related Areas of Advance and Infrastructure
Sustainable development
Driving Forces
Transport
Areas of Advance
Building Futures (2010-2018)
Areas of Advance