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Pavement Effects Implementation Study - Appendix B

Figure 15 - Example of Spectral Modeling Using only low speed data < 30 mph - measured

Speed (mph)  1/3 OB Levels Modeled (dBA)                                               
  50.0 Hz 63.0 Hz 80.0 Hz 100.0 Hz 125.0 Hz 160.0 Hz 200.0 Hz 250.0 Hz 315.0 Hz 400.0 Hz 500.0 Hz 630.0 Hz 800.0 Hz 1000.0 Hz 1250.0 Hz 1600.0 Hz 2000.0 Hz 2500.0 Hz 3150.0 Hz 4000.0 Hz 5000.0 Hz 6300.0 Hz 8000.0 Hz 10000.0 Hz
80 18.5 25.2 29.8 33.4 37.4 42.6 48.1 54.2 60.9 67.5 73.2 77.9 81.4 82.9 82.9 81 77.7 73.4 68.1 62.2 56.7 51.5 46.7 42.7
70 20 26.5 30.8 34.1 37.5 41.9 46.6 51.8 57.6 63.4 68.3 72.4 75.4 76.8 76.7 75 72.1 68.2 63.5 58.3 53.4 48.6 44.1 40.1
60 21.5 27.9 31.9 34.7 37.5 41.1 45 49.4 54.2 59.2 63.3 66.9 69.4 70.6 70.5 69 66.5 63.1 59 54.4 50 45.7 41.5 37.5
50 23 29.3 33 35.4 37.6 40.4 43.5 47 50.9 55 58.4 61.4 63.5 64.4 64.3 63 60.8 58 54.4 50.5 46.7 42.9 38.9 34.9
40 24.5 30.6 34 36 37.7 39.7 42 44.6 47.6 50.8 53.5 55.8 57.5 58.3 58.1 57 55.2 52.8 49.9 46.6 43.4 40 36.3 32.4
30 26 32 35.1 36.7 37.8 39 40.4 42.2 44.3 46.6 48.6 50.3 51.6 52.1 51.9 51 49.6 47.7 45.3 42.7 40 37.1 33.7 29.8
20 27.6 33.3 36.2 37.3 37.8 38.3 38.9 39.8 41 42.4 43.7 44.8 45.6 45.9 45.8 45 44 42.5 40.8 38.8 36.7 34.3 31.2 27.2
10 29.1 34.7 37.2 38 37.9 37.6 37.4 37.4 37.7 38.2 38.8 39.3 39.6 39.7 39.6 39 38.3 37.4 36.2 34.9 33.3 31.4 28.6 24.7
Updated: 8/24/2017
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