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The sound radiation of a railway rail fitted with acoustic shielding

The sound radiation of a railway rail fitted with acoustic shielding
The sound radiation of a railway rail fitted with acoustic shielding
The most important source of environmental noise from railways is rolling noise; the component of noise radiated by the rail is often the highest, and dominates the important mid-frequency region between 400 and 2000 Hz. One measure to reduce the noise from the rail at source is a rail damper which increases the track decay rate. Several such products are now available. This paper investigates an alternative which is a shield fitted around the lower part of the rail. A layer of porous material is also included to increase the absorption inside the shield. The sound radiation of this concept is investigated theoretically by using a 2.5D finite element / boundary element approach. The overall noise reduction that can be achieved by this measure when applied to the railway track is determined by combining the numerical results with estimates of rolling noise from the TWINS model. For a freight train on a track with soft rail pads an overall noise reduction of 2.5 dB(A) is predicted whereas for a track with stiff rail pads the reduction is only 1 dB(A).
2.5D finite element, Boundary element approach, Noise reduction, Porous material, Railway rail
International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration
Zhang, X.
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Thompson, D.
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Ryue, J.
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Jeong, H.
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Squicciarini, G.
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Stangl, M.
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Zhang, X.
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Ryue, J.
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Jeong, H.
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Zhang, X., Thompson, D., Ryue, J., Jeong, H., Squicciarini, G. and Stangl, M. (2018) The sound radiation of a railway rail fitted with acoustic shielding. In, 25th International Congress on Sound and Vibration 2018, ICSV 2018 : Hiroshima Calling. (25th International Congress on Sound and Vibration 2018, ICSV 2018: Hiroshima Calling, 7) International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration.

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Abstract

The most important source of environmental noise from railways is rolling noise; the component of noise radiated by the rail is often the highest, and dominates the important mid-frequency region between 400 and 2000 Hz. One measure to reduce the noise from the rail at source is a rail damper which increases the track decay rate. Several such products are now available. This paper investigates an alternative which is a shield fitted around the lower part of the rail. A layer of porous material is also included to increase the absorption inside the shield. The sound radiation of this concept is investigated theoretically by using a 2.5D finite element / boundary element approach. The overall noise reduction that can be achieved by this measure when applied to the railway track is determined by combining the numerical results with estimates of rolling noise from the TWINS model. For a freight train on a track with soft rail pads an overall noise reduction of 2.5 dB(A) is predicted whereas for a track with stiff rail pads the reduction is only 1 dB(A).

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Published date: 2018
Keywords: 2.5D finite element, Boundary element approach, Noise reduction, Porous material, Railway rail

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Local EPrints ID: 430205
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/430205
PURE UUID: 07eb8155-c345-4a86-a8cd-c66fadef85ec
ORCID for D. Thompson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7964-5906
ORCID for G. Squicciarini: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2437-6398

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Date deposited: 16 Apr 2019 16:30
Last modified: 07 Mar 2024 02:45

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Author: X. Zhang
Author: D. Thompson ORCID iD
Author: J. Ryue
Author: H. Jeong
Author: G. Squicciarini ORCID iD
Author: M. Stangl

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