READ ME File For 'Methods for separating the noise produced by the wheels and track during a train pass-by'

Dataset DOI: https://doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/D3244

Date that the file was created: September 2024

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GENERAL INFORMATION
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ReadMe Author: David Thompson, University of Southampton, ORCID: 0000-0002-7964-5906

Date of data collection: July 2021 ~ February 2023

Information about geographic location of data collection: University of Southampton, UK; Czech Republic; Spain; The Netherlands 

Related projects:
TRANSIT, funded by EU Horizon 2020 and the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking under grant agreement 881771

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SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION
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Licenses/restrictions placed on the data, or limitations of reuse:
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0

Recommended citation for the data:
Data from David Thompson, Dong Zhao, Giacomo Squicciarini, Martin Toward, Ester Cierco, Erwin Jansen and Michael Dittrich: Methods for separating the noise produced by the wheels and track during a train pass-by, Railway Engineering Science, 2024.

This dataset supports the publication:
AUTHORS: David Thompson, Dong Zhao, Giacomo Squicciarini, Martin Toward, Ester Cierco, Erwin Jansen and Michael Dittrich
TITLE: Methods for separating the noise produced by the wheels and track during a train pass-by
JOURNAL: Railway Engineering Science
Journal DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40534-024-00359-z


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DATA & FILE OVERVIEW
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This dataset contains:
Figure_data.xlsx

This contains the data contained in each figure of the paper.
The data for each part-figure is contained in a separate sheet of the spreadsheet.

The figures are as follows:

Figure 2. Measured and predicted mobilities for metro train site. (a) Radial wheel mobility; (b) Vertical track mobility at mid-span.
Figure 3. Measured and predicted track decay rates for metro train site. (a) Vertical; (b) lateral.
Figure 4. Measured and predicted mobilities for regional train site. (a) Radial wheel mobility; (b) Vertical track mobility at mid-span.
Figure 5. Measured and predicted track decay rates for regional train site. (a) Vertical; (b) lateral.
Figure 6. Measured and predicted mobilities for high-speed site. (a) Radial wheel mobility; (b) Vertical track mobility at mid-span.
Figure 7. Measured and predicted track decay rates for high-speed site. (a) Vertical; (b) lateral.
Figure 8. Comparison of the separation results for the metro train at 60 km/h in terms of normalised A-weighted sound pressure level (LpA) in one-third octave bands: a track component; b wheel component.
Figure 9. Comparison of the separation results for the metro train at 60 km/h in terms of normalised A-weighted sound pressure level (LpA) in one-third octave bands: a rail vertical component; b sleeper component.
Figure 10. Comparison of the separation results for the metro train at 60 km/h in terms of normalised A-weighted sound pressure level (LpA) in one-third octave bands: a rail vertical and sleeper component; b rail lateral component.
Figure 11. Level difference between the TWINS prediction and the measurement for the metro train at different speeds: a 1/3 octave band spectra; b overall A-weighted level.
Figure 12. Comparison of the separation results for the regional train at 80 km/h in terms of normalised A-weighted sound pressure level (LpA) in one-third octave bands: a track component; b wheel component.
Figure 13. Comparison of the separation results for the regional train at 80 km/h in terms of normalised A-weighted sound pressure level (LpA) in one-third octave bands: a rail vertical and sleeper component; b rail lateral component.
Figure 14. Level difference between the TWINS prediction and the measurement for the regional train at different speeds: a 1/3 octave band spectra; b overall A-weighted level.
Figure 15. Comparison of the separation results for the high-speed train at 80 km/h in terms of normalised A-weighted sound pressure level (LpA) in one-third octave bands: a track component; b wheel component.
Figure 16. Comparison of the separation results for the high-speed train at 80 km/h in terms of normalised A-weighted sound pressure level (LpA) in one-third octave bands: a rail vertical and sleeper component; b rail lateral component.
Figure 17. Level difference between the TWINS prediction and the measurement for the high-speed train at different speeds: a 1/3 octave band spectra; b overall A-weighted level.