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In [[1973]], Mrs. Elwood (Pearl P.) Randolph, a [[school bus]] driver in [[Virginia]], won a new school bus in nationwide contest held by [[Wayne Corporation]] soliciting new safety ideas for her suggestion that sound baffles be installed in the ceiling panels of school buses. In [[1981]], they were first made mandatory by the state of [[California]]. |
In [[1973]], Mrs. Elwood (Pearl P.) Randolph, a [[school bus]] driver in [[Virginia]], won a new school bus in nationwide contest held by [[Wayne Corporation]] soliciting new safety ideas for her suggestion that sound baffles be installed in the ceiling panels of school buses. In [[1981]], they were first made mandatory by the state of [[California]]. |
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[[Image:73 Wayne Lifeguard at Virginia State Capitol.jpg|275px|right|thumb|A new 1973 [[Wayne Corporation|Wayne]] Lifeguard [[school bus]] won in national contest for safety ideas is presented to the winning Mrs. Elwood (Pearl P.) Randolph, a driver from [[Goochland County, Virginia|Goochland County Public Schools]] at [[Virginia State Capitol]]]] |
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Revision as of 07:16, 13 July 2006
A sound baffle is a construction or device which reduces the intensity of airborne sound. Sound baffles are a fundamental tool of noise mitigation, the practice of minimizing noise pollution or reverberation. An important type of sound baffle is the noise barrier constructed along highways to reduce sound levels on vicinity sensitive land uses properties. Sound baffles are also used in building interiors applied to walls and ceilings to absorb sound energy and thus lessen reverberation.
Design of highway noise barriers
The technology for accurate prediction of noise barrier design using a computer model to analyze roadway noise has been available since the early 1970s. The earliest published scientific design of a noise barrier may have occurred in Santa Clara County, California in 1970, for a section of the Foothill Expressway in Los Altos, California. The county used a state of the art computer model for predicting the effects of sound propagation from roadways, with variables consisting of vehicle speed, truck mix, roadway surface type, roadway geometrics, micrometeorology and the design of proposed soundwalls.
Early history of interior sound baffle design
Since the early 1900s scientists have been aware of the utility of certain types of interior coatings or baffles to improve the acoustics of concert halls, theaters, conference rooms and other spaces where the qualtiy of sound is important. By the mid 1950s Bolt, Beranek and Newman and a few other U.S. research organizations were developing technology to address these design challenges. This design field draws on several disciplines including acoustical science, computer modeling, architecture and materials science. Sound baffles are also used in speaker cabinets to absorb energy from the pressure created by the speakers.
In 1973, Mrs. Elwood (Pearl P.) Randolph, a school bus driver in Virginia, won a new school bus in nationwide contest held by Wayne Corporation soliciting new safety ideas for her suggestion that sound baffles be installed in the ceiling panels of school buses. In 1981, they were first made mandatory by the state of California.