WHEEL/RAIL NOISE MITIGATION

This digest provides a brief description of the products developed from Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Project C-3, "Wheel/Rail Noise Mitigation," which was conducted by Wilson, Ihrig & Associates, Inc. The research included a comprehensive literature review of wheel/rail noise control practices; a survey of all North American and selected foreign heavy and light rail transit agencies to ascertain their current wheel/rail noise-mitigation techniques and their related experiences (both good and bad); a compilation of wheel/rail noise-mitigation field test reports from transit agencies and product manufacturers and suppliers; and field tests of several noise-mitigation measures at several transit agencies. From these activities, a "Wheel/Rail Noise Control Manual" and an accompanying software tool were developed.

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• Publication Date: 1997-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 2 p.
• Serial:
  • TCRP Research Results Digest
  • Issue Number: 19
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Manuals; Noise; Noise control; Railroad wheels; Railroads; Rapid transit; Software; Traffic mitigation
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Highways; Public Transportation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00738035
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jun 30 1997 12:00AM