RAIL GRINDING AS A NOISE CONTROL MEASURE

Usually, railway noise impact on the environment is reduced by means of either noise barriers or noise insulation of buildings. However, the obvious way of reducing the source emission using rail grinding is very often neglected. It is well-known, that the wheel-rail contact is bound to produce rolling noise as it is virtually impossible to make both parts perfectly smooth. The cost and effectiveness of different strategies of rail grinding is investigated and compared to other noise reduction measures relevant for railways. (A) For the covering abstract see ITRD E113232.

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  VOORWEG 105-A
  ZOETERMEER,   Netherlands  NG 2715
• Authors:
  • MORTENSEN, F R
  • FINNE, P
  • DEIGAARD, L
• Conference:
  • INTER-NOISE 2001 - ABSTRACTS FROM INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS AND EXHIBITION ON NOISE CONTROL ENGINEERING
  • Location: THE HAGUE , Netherlands
  • Date: 2001-8-27 to 2001-8-30
• Publication Date: 2001

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 147-50

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Costs; Economic efficiency; Maintenance; Noise; Prevention; Railroad tracks; Railroad transportation; Wheels
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 224: Cost; 237: Economic efficiency; 3847: Maintenance; 2492: Noise; 9149: Prevention; 1173: Rail bound transport; 1062: Railway track; 1372: Wheel
• Subject Areas: Economics; Environment; Finance; Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads; Security and Emergencies; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00928670
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 9-806554-1-4
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Aug 2 2002 12:00AM