NOISE INVESTIGATION OF A RAILROAD DIESEL ENGINE

This study presents an investigation of noise generated by the vibration of structural components of a railroad diesel engine of the GM 645 E Series. A method of correlating the vibrations of certain high vibration components of any machinery with its total noise field has been developed. This method can be applied to a close semi-reverberant field in the presence of multiple noise sources of similar character. Furthermore, percentage contribution to the total noise from the individual structural components can be determined. One third octave band analyses of the effective engine noise and measured vibrations of the engine components have been performed. These vibration and noise signals have been cross-correlated.

• Corporate Authors:

  Illinois Institute of Technology

  Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department
  10 West 33rd Street, Perlstein Hall
  Chicago, IL  United States  60616
• Authors:
  • Srivastava, N S
  • Kumar, S
• Publication Date: 1974-5

Media Info

• Pagination: 195 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acoustic measuring instruments; Acoustics; Diesel engines; Diesel locomotives; Noise; Vibration
• Old TRIS Terms: Acoustic measurement; Diesel engine noise
• Subject Areas: Environment; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00057645
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: IIT-TRANS-74-1 Intrm Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-OS-40103
• Files: NTIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 19 1974 12:00AM