The design of low-noise vehicles for air, road, and rail transportation

A technological problem that is of serious concern in Europe is the emission of noise from transportation sources. There is strong evidence that technology available today for quieting many transportation vehicles is being underused. To assess the state of noise control technology for transportation noise sources, the International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technical Societies (CAETS) approved holding a workshop at the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research (ISVR), Southhampton, United Kingdom, on June 2-4, 2008. CAETS is an independent nonpolitical, nongovernmental international organization of engineering and technological sciences academies. The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences and the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) sponsored the workshop. Tor Kihlman (Sweden) and Philip Nelson (UK) were the general co-chairs for the meeting. Paolo Gardonio was the chair of the local organizing committee, and Maureen Mew was the local coordinator. The Noise Control Foundation held the workshop secretariat, and prepared a “source book” on which this article is based.