EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND NUMERICAL PREDICTION OF TRACK-GROUND VIBRATIONS INDUCED BY RAILWAY TRAFFIC

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2012

Authors

Pedro Alves Costa (Author) FEUP; Rui Calcada (Author) FEUP; António Silva Cardoso (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: Proceedings ICEM15 - 15th International Conference on Experimental Mechanics

ICEM15 - 15th International Conference on Experimental Mechanics

Porto, 22-27 July 2012

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FOS: Engineering and technology > Mechanical engineering

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Authenticus ID: P-005-K3E

Abstract (EN): This paper comprises the experimental assessment of vibrations induced by railway traffic. In a test site, several experiments were performed in order to obtain an appropriate mechanical characterization of the track-ground system. After the characterization of the ground and the track, the vibrations induced by railway traffic were measured both on the railway track and on the free-field. Finally, some predicted results, obtained by the proposed numerical model, are compared with the measurements. The study performed reports the validation of the model proposed by the authors and, consequently, provides a deep understanding of the influence of several aspects which determine the solution to the problem.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 2