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

More information

Project Web Page at Chalmers

http://www.chalmers.se/sv/projekt/Sidor/Ty...

Latest update

2018-05-28