PREDICTION OF RAIL-WHEEL NOISE FROM HIGH SPEED TRAINS

The noise radiated by high speed railway trains is generated predominantly by the vibration of the rails and the wheels and a close relationship has been observed experimentally between vehicle speed and rail-wheel noise levels measured on the dBA scale. This relationship has been incorporated in a simple acoustic model of a train and the model used to predict the peak noise levels experienced during the passage of conventional British Railway stock. The predictions have shown a 95% probability of being within 5 dB of observed results: the predictive method is to be used as part of a larger model for the prediction of community noise reaction.

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  Acoustics Group of the Physical Society of London

  Postfach 347
  D-7000 Stuttgart 1,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • Peters, S
• Publication Date: 1973-6

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 318-321
• Serial:
  • ACUSTICA
  • Volume: 28
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: C S HIRZEL VERLAG
  • ISSN: 0001-7884

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Dynamics; Environmental protection; High speed rail; Noise; Railroad rails; Train track dynamics; Wheels
• Subject Areas: Environment; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00050427
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 1974 12:00AM