PLASTIC MOULDED-SLEEPERS APPLIED TO AN UNDERGROUND RAILWAY TO SURPRESS NOISE.

The Vienna U-bahn system is laid with Voest plastic sleepers embedded in a solid concrete formation incorporating a glass-fibre mat to minimize vibration and noise transmission. Anticombustion and inherent electrical insulation properties are advantageous to Metro lines.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Broadfields (Technical Publishers) Limited

  Little Leighs
  Chelmsford, Essex CMB 1PM,   England 
• Publication Date: 1974-9

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 340-342
• Serial:
  • Rail Engineering International
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: De Rooi Publications
  • ISSN: 0141-4615

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acoustics; Concrete slab track; Damping (Physics); Noise; Noise control; Railroad ties; Structural design; Subways
• Uncontrolled Terms: Subway noise
• Old TRIS Terms: Cross tie design
• Subject Areas: Environment; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00072552
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 31 1981 12:00AM