Visualisation of traffic noise exposure and health impact in a 3D urban environment
Paper in proceeding, 2021

It is becoming increasingly common to work with urban planning using 3D visualisation tools. In the project DemoVirPEN a research team with participation from different research fields cooperated to create a demonstration concept for visualising traffic noise and the associated health impact in a 3D graphics environment. The project included participation from the following fields; 3D modelling and mapping, traffic noise calculation, auralisation, urban planning and architecture and health impact of noise exposure. The final product of the project is summarised in a film clip that illustrates the main results by visualising and auralising traffic in different configurations from different perspectives. A few key points are visualising short time frames (single vehicle passage) versus yearly average (noise map), and impact of changes such as removing or modifying traffic flows and buildings.

Author

Mikael Ögren

University of Gothenburg

Jens Forssén

Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Applied Acoustics

Patrik Höstmad

Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Applied Acoustics

Beata Stahre Wästberg

Chalmers, Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers), Interaction design

Monica Billger

Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Architectural theory and methods

Vasilis Naserentin

Chalmers, Mathematical Sciences, Applied Mathematics and Statistics

Orfeas Eleftheriou

Chalmers, Mathematical Sciences, Applied Mathematics and Statistics

Fabio Latino

Chalmers, Mathematical Sciences, Applied Mathematics and Statistics

Paper collection of the ICBEN 2021 Congress

The three-yearly ICBEN Congresses on Noise as a Public Health Problem
Stockholm, Sweden,

A demonstrator for virtual planning and scenario analysis of invisible environmental factors with focus on noise in the city (DemoVirPEN)

Chalmers, 2018-03-01 -- .

Areas of Advance

Information and Communication Technology

Health Engineering

Driving Forces

Sustainable development

Subject Categories

Architecture

Landscape Architecture

Environmental Analysis and Construction Information Technology

Environmental Health and Occupational Health

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10/23/2023