Noise and Vibration Mitigation for Rail Transportation Systems: Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Railway Noise, Munich, Germany, 4 - 8 September 2007

Front Matter....Pages -
Environmental Noise Reduction of Tokaido Shinkansen and Future Prospect....Pages 1-8
Distortion of Compression Wave Propagating through Shinkansen Tunnel....Pages 9-18
The Influence of the Train Speed on Vibrations Due to High Speed Trains....Pages 19-25
High Speed Train Noise Effects on Wildlife and Domestic Livestock....Pages 26-32
Wind Tunnel Tests on the Control of Aeroacoustic Noise from High Speed Train....Pages 33-39
Measures to Counteract Micro-pressure Waves Radiating from Tunnel Exits of DB’s New Nuremberg-Ingolstadt High-Speed Line....Pages 40-47
Acoustic Assessment of Micro-pressure Waves Radiating from Tunnel Exits of DB High-Speed Lines....Pages 48-55
High Speed Railway Noise: Assessment of Mitigation Measures....Pages 56-62
Noise Measurement Results of Shinkansen High-Speed Test Train (FASTECH360S,Z)....Pages 63-70
Noise Sources for High Speed Trains: A Review of Results in the TGV Case....Pages 71-77
Survey of Metro Excitation Frequencies and Coincidence of Different Modes....Pages 78-85
Floating Slab Track above Ground for Turnouts in Tram Lines....Pages 86-93
Vehicle/Track Impact Due to Passing the Transition between a Floating Slab and Ballasted Track....Pages 94-100
Recent Developments in Operational Rail Noise and Vibration in NSW, Australia....Pages 101-107
Experimental Validation of a Numerical Model for Subway Induced Vibrations....Pages 108-114
A Numerical Model for Re-radiated Noise in Buildings from Underground Railways....Pages 115-121
The Influence of the Soil on Track Dynamics and Ground-Borne Vibration....Pages 122-128
A User-Friendly Prediction Tool for Railway Induced Ground Vibrations: Emission – Transmission – Immission....Pages 129-135
Using the PiP Model for Fast Calculation of Vibration from a Railway Tunnel in a Multi-layered Half-Space....Pages 136-142
Structure-Borne Noise and Vibration Control for Chatswood Interchange....Pages 143-149
Measurements and Investigations at the Floating-Track-Bed System in the North-South Tunnel in Berlin....Pages 150-157
Propagation of Vibrations Due to a Tramway Line....Pages 158-164
Railway Noise Statistics by Monitoring Stations – Input for Dutch Prediction Method RMR and Track Access Charging....Pages 165-171
Measurement and Modelling of Noise from the Arsta Bridge in Stockholm....Pages 172-178
Minimising Noise from Viaducts in the Borough Area of London for the Thameslink Programme....Pages 179-185
The New German Prediction Model for Railway Noise “Schall 03 2006” – Potentials of the New Calculation Method for Noise Mitigation of Planned Rail Traffic....Pages 186-192
Floating Slab Track Re-engineering: Experience Drawn from a Completely Renovated FST Damaged by Major Flooding in Sao Paulo Metro....Pages 193-200
In-Car Noise and Carriage Floor Vibration on Different Track Forms and Curvatures in a Metro System....Pages 201-207
Experimental and Theoretical Analysis of Railway Bridge Noise Reduction Using Resilient Rail Fasteners in Burgdorf, Switzerland....Pages 208-214
Comparison of Two Metrics for Assessing Human Response to Vibration....Pages 215-221
A Study on Source Mechanism in the Interior Noise Problem of High Speed Trains....Pages 222-228
Reducing the Noise Emission by Increasing the Damping of the Rail: Results of a Field Test....Pages 229-235
Railway Noise Abatement: The Case for Retrofitting Freight Vehicles with Composite Brake Blocks....Pages 236-242
A Systematic Approach for Arriving at Reasonable Heights and Locations for Noise Barriers Adjacent to Railway Lines....Pages 243-249
How Can Infrastructure Manager Influence Noise Generation of Rolling Stock....Pages 250-256
Acoustic Effectiveness of Damped Wheels and Impact on Life-Cycle Cost of Different Typologies of Passenger Trains....Pages 257-263
Mitigation Measures for Open Lines against Vibration and Ground-Borne Noise: A Swiss Overview....Pages 264-270
Preliminary Analysis on Effect of Sleeper Pitch on Rail Corrugation at a Curved Track....Pages 271-277
A Hybrid Model for Noise Generation from a Railway Wheel Due to Wheel/Rail Impact....Pages 278-284
A Time Domain Model for Wheel/Rail Interaction Aiming to Include Non-linear Contact Stiffness and Tangential Friction....Pages 285-291
Optimization of Track Parameters, Considering Their Physical Dispersion, to Minimize Rail Corrugation....Pages 292-298
Predicting the Effect of Temperature on the Performance of Elastomer-Based Rail Damping Devices....Pages 299-305
Estimation of Sound Transmission through Extruded Panels Using a Coupled Waveguide Finite Element-Boundary Element Method....Pages 306-312
Squeal Prediction for a Bogied Vehicle in a Curve....Pages 313-319
Synthesis of Noise of Operating Vehicles: Development within SILENCE of a Tool with Listening Features....Pages 320-326
IMAGINE Rail Noise Sources – A Practical Methodology....Pages 327-333
Optimization of a Wheel Damper for Freight Wagons Using FEM Simulation....Pages 334-340
Types of Rail Roughness and the Selection of Vibration Isolation Measures....Pages 341-347
Rail Roughness Monitoring in the Netherlands....Pages 348-354
Rail Roughness Level Assessment Based on High-Frequency Wheel–Rail Contact Force Measurements....Pages 355-362
Testing the New Acoustic Rail Roughness Measurement Standard....Pages 363-369
Practical Implementations and Benefits of Highly Accurate Rail Roughness Measurements....Pages 370-377
New Rail Dampers at the Railway Link Roosendaal-Vlissingen Tested within the Dutch Innovation Program....Pages 378-383
Theoretical Study on Noise Reduction of Rail Component by Use of Rail Absorber....Pages 384-391
Reducing Wheel-Rail Interaction Forces and Roughness Growth by Application of Rail Dampers....Pages 392-398
Mitigation of Wheel Squeal and Flanging Noise on the Australian Rail Network....Pages 399-405
How to Avoid Squeal Noise on Railways State of the Art and Practical Experience....Pages 406-411
Noise Reduction Measures at Freight Train Locomotives “Blue Tiger”....Pages 412-418
Noise Reduction at Urban Hot-Spots by Vehicle Noise Control....Pages 419-425
Directivity of Railway Rolling Noise....Pages 426-432
Complex Eigenvalue Analysis of Railway Curve Squeal....Pages 433-439
Wave Propagation in Railway Tracks at High Frequencies....Pages 440-446
Stability and Transient Analysis in the Modelling of Railway Disc Brake Squeal....Pages 447-453
Large-Scale Fatigue Test of Stone Wool Based Anti-vibration Mats....Pages 454-460
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