Pile Driving Noise Attenuation

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is required to attenuate impact pile driving noise and more recently vibratory pile drives due to the enactment of the Marine Mammal Act. This continuing research builds upon the knowledge of previous research and field testing by engineering pile designs that achieve required noise attenuation levels and also explores the use of composite pile materials as a strategy for noise reduction. New tools to collect underwater noise data will also be refined.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Proposed
• Sponsor Organizations:

  Washington State Department of Transportation

  Research Office
  P.O. Box 47372
  Olympia, WA  United States  98504
• Project Managers:

  Peterson, Jon

• Start Date: 20150701
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• Source Data: RiP Project 39452

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Composite materials; Data collection; Field tests; Noise control; Pile driving; Underwater sound
• Identifier Terms: Marine Mammal Protection Act
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01560397
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Washington State Department of Transportation
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 15 2015 1:00AM