RAILWAY NOISE. GENERATION AND PROPAGATION OF RAILWAY NOISE: IN OPEN, FLAT COUNTRY (FREE-FIELD), IN CUTTING, ON EMBANKMENTS

This report contains a survey of the information concerning the generation and propagation of railway noise in the vicinity of tracks and for various sites (free-field; cutting; embankment) taking into account the different types of train traffic and track equipment and in taking as reference basis the noise level measured close to an axle under a moving vehicle or in the vicinity of the track during the passage of the vehicle.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Restrictions on the use of this document are contained in the explanatory materials.
• Corporate Authors:

  International Union of Railways

  Office of Research and Experiments
  Utrecht,   Netherlands 
• Publication Date: 1977-10

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 43 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acoustic measuring instruments; Acoustics; Measurement; Noise; Noise control; Noise sources; Railroad trains; Sound level; Test procedures
• Uncontrolled Terms: Noise measurement
• Old TRIS Terms: Acoustic measurement; Noise attenuation; Question c137; Train noise
• Subject Areas: Environment; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00053280
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Union of Railways
• Report/Paper Numbers: C 137/RP 5
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 29 1978 12:00AM