The influence of soil conditions on railway induced ground-borne vibration and relevant mitigation measures

Jiang, Jian, Toward, Martin, Dijckmans, A., Thompson, David, Degrande, G., Lombaert, G. and Hussein, Mohammed farouk mohammed FM (2014) The influence of soil conditions on railway induced ground-borne vibration and relevant mitigation measures. In Proceedings of the 21st International Congress on Sound and Vibration. International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration. p. 2895 .

Abstract

Railway induced ground-borne vibration at low frequency, below about 50 Hz, has a greatimpact on the nearby environment. In many cases, it is recognised as a major source of an-noyance for line-side residents. Within the EU research project RIVAS (Railway InducedVibration Abatement Solutions), a number of mitigation methods were proposed and investi-gated to reduce the vibration level under typical European soil conditions. These includedvarious measures applied in the transmission path such as open trenches, soft or stiff buried barriers and subgrade stiffening techniques. Although only selected cases could be studied, ithas been shown that the soil conditions have an important effect both on the ground-bornevibration induced by passing trains and on the predicted performance of these mitigationmeasures. Based on various case studies, this paper aims to give a clearer view of the rela-tionship between soil conditions (including homogeneous and layered ground with varioussoil properties) and the performance of these mitigation methods

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Author: Martin Toward

Author: David Thompson

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