NOISE CONTROL OF STEEL RAILWAY BRIDGES IN SHINKANSEN

The noise caused by Shinkansen, the new trunk line system of Japanese National Railways where trains are operated at a speed of 210 km per hour, has become a serious problem for the people living along and near the lines. The problem is especially acute where the trains run on nonballast open floor type steel bridges. Japanese National Railways has investigated the characteristics of the noise. Considerably effective methods were developed, which reduce the noise level under or near the bridges by no less than 25 dBA, that is, from about 105 dBA to about 80 dBA.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the International Conference on Noise Control Engineering Inter-Noise '78: Des for Noise Control, San Francisco, California, May 8-10, 1978.
• Corporate Authors:

  Noise Control Foundation

  Box 1758
  Poughkeepsie, NY  United States  12603
• Authors:
  • ABE, H
  • Arai, M
• Conference:
  • Proceedings of the International Conference on Noise Control Engineering Inter-Noise '78: Des for Noise Control, San Francisco, California, May 8-10, 1978.
• Publication Date: 1978

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 763-766

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridges; High speed rail; Metal bridges; Noise; Noise control; Railroad bridges; Railroads; Ship bridges; Steel bridges
• Identifier Terms: Nihon kokuyu tetsudo; Shinkansen
• Old TRIS Terms: Ballastless bridges; Bridge noise
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Environment; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00189745
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 11 1979 12:00AM