REDUCING GROUNDBORNE VIBRATIONS: STATE-OF-THE-ART STUDY

✍ Scribed by B. HEMSWORTH

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 71 KB
• Volume: 231
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0022-460X
• DOI: 10.1006/jsvi.1999.2642

✦ Synopsis

The project RENVIB has been sponsored by the Union of International Railways to further the knowledge on train-induced ground vibration. The longterm aim is to develop a general model that will predict the vibration caused by trains operating in tunnels and on the surface. A State-of-the-Art survey was carried out during Phase 1 of the project and that is summarized in this paper. This highlighted the lack of standards in the assessment of groundborne noise and inconsistencies in the treatment of low-frequency vibration in other standards. Phase 2 is current and is concentrating on some preliminary validation of existing models using measurement data from national vibration mitigation projects.