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Agricultural Tractor Noise Control
Technical Paper
2013-01-2342
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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This paper deals with the techniques of reducing noise in agricultural tractors. Noise reduction in agricultural tractors is an emerging concern and apart from meeting the noise norms it helps in increasing the productivity of farmers. Noise is also a factor affecting the health of the farmers. Two major European regulatory requirements are driver ear noise level and passer by noise level. Of the two regulatory requirement, driver ear noise is critical, since the limit is 86 dB (A) compared to 89 dB (A) of passer by noise limit which is measured at 7.5 meters from tractor. Various strategies for noise reduction are discussed in this paper including reduction at source level and passive solutions. Passive solutions are used where the timeline for development is short. Various passive solutions like acoustic foam design are discussed. Finally with the combination of active and passive solutions, driver ear noise target was met successfully.
Currently domestic noise norms in India is around 94 dB(A) whereas in Europe, it is 86 dB(A). TAFE as a number one exporter of tractors from India need to reduce noise to around 60% in order to meet European regulations.
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V, R. and Prakash, B., "Agricultural Tractor Noise Control," SAE Technical Paper 2013-01-2342, 2013, https://doi.org/10.4271/2013-01-2342.Also In
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