NOISE ABATEMENT ON DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES. THE DIESEL ENGINE AS A SOURCE OF NOISE

Following measurements taken on diesel engines and analysed in Report Nos. 2 and 3, an attempt has been made at reducing the noise caused by diesel engines by a treatment of the parts found to be the noisiest ones, such as injector pumps, cylinder caps, inspection covers and air intake collectors. The advantages obtained from each of the improvements effected are discussed in Part 2. The injector pumps have been dealt with separately and form the subject of Part 1. In Part 3, the noise measured at 8 points on an MGO engine is compared to that caused by a PA 4 engine. Finally, in the fourth part an attempt has been made at explaining the differences between the noise caused by the three engines and a comparison has been made between the acoustic output and efficiency and between the constructional differences.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Restrictions on the use of this document are contained in the explanatory material.
• Corporate Authors:

  International Union of Railways

  Office of Research and Experiments
  Utrecht,   Netherlands 
• Publication Date: 1971-4

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 32 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acoustic measuring instruments; Acoustics; Diesel engines; Diesel locomotives; Noise; Noise control; Sound level
• Old TRIS Terms: Acoustic measurement; Diesel engine noise; Noise attenuation; Question b104
• Subject Areas: Environment; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00053001
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Union of Railways
• Report/Paper Numbers: B104/RP 5/E
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 26 1976 12:00AM