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Crumb rubber blends in noise absorption study

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The paper presents a study of crumb rubber blends aiming at the application in noise reduction. The major issues addressed include the fabrication method in making crumb rubber blends, the tensile strength measures, measurement of the coefficient of acoustic absorption (AAC), surface textures of crumb rubber blends, the analytic analysis on AAC and noise absorption. The results obtained in this study show that crumb rubber blends may present a potentially viable alternative to current concrete highway noise barriers.

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Acknowledgements

This study is made possible by a grant from Arizona Department of Transportation (#SPR-499), by Chinese National Science Foundation under project: #50478087, and Arizona Department of Environmental Quality under project #RC-345. Pertinent comments from Mr. Patrick Higgins with FHWA in the USA and two reviewers are sincerely appreciated.

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  1. Civil Engineering Department, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China

    Zhu Han & Liu Chunsheng

  2. Arizona Transportation Research Center, Phoenix, AZ, 85007, USA

    Tom Kombe

  3. Thailand Royal Army, Bangmod Tung-Kru, Bangkok, 10140, Thailand

    Norasit Thong-On

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Han, Z., Chunsheng, L., Kombe, T. et al. Crumb rubber blends in noise absorption study. Mater Struct 41, 383–390 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1617/s11527-007-9252-y

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