Abstract
Requirements on monitoring stations to guarantee good reproducibility of measured railway noise data from one test site to another are investigated by field measurements and numerical simulations. Based on data from a monitoring system installed at Deutsch-Wagram in Austria, the influence of weather conditions (temperature, rain and snow) on pass-by noise levels and rail vibration is assessed. The influence of temperature on track decay rates (TDR) has been determined from pass-by analysis (PBA). It is concluded that the track superstructure design used at Deutsch-Wagram (60 kg/m rails, rail pads with dynamic stiffness in the order of 700–1000 kN/mm, and monobloc concrete sleepers on ballast) is appropriate for noise monitoring since the variation of measured noise levels for the studied range of weather conditions has a standard deviation of less than 2 dB. For such a track design, it is not essential to apply a correction procedure to account for seasonal variations (except in the case of snow). Further, a numerical parameter study of the influence of TDR and ground conditions (horizontal ground surface level relative to top of rail, and ground impedance based on a single value effective flow resistivity parameter) on predicted noise level is performed using TWINS. It is found that for ground surfaces with low sound reflection, the influence of ground surface level (when varying from 0.2 to 2 m) on predicted pass-by noise level is in the order of 1 dB.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Saliger, F., Schmitt, L., Zottl, W.: HRMS—Harmonisation of Running Behaviour and Noise Measurement Sites. Transport Research Arena, Paris, p 9 (2014)
HRMS—Harmonisation of Running Behaviour and Noise on Measurement Sites, UIC report, Train track interaction sector, p 154 (non-public report) (2014)
TSI Noise, Technical Specification for Interoperability, Subsystem: Conventional Rolling Stock, Scope: Noise, Official Journal of the European Union (April 2011)
ISO 3095:2013, Railway applications: acoustics—measurements of noise emitted by railbound vehicles
Dittrich, M.G.: Track decay rate measurements using the PBA technique. In: Proceedings of EURONOISE 2006. Tampere, Finland, 2006
Broadbent, R.A., Thompson, D.J., Jones, C.J.C.: Evaluation of the effects of temperature on rail pad properties, rail decay rates and noise radiation. In: Proceedings 16th International Congress on Sound and Vibration. Krakow, Poland, July 2009
TWINS v3.0c, TNO Science and Industry, Delft, The Netherlands, 2006
Thompson, D.: Railway noise and vibration – mechanisms, modelling and means of control. Elsevier, Oxford (2009)
Delany, M.E., Bazley, E.N.: Acoustical properties of fibrous absorbent materials. Appl. Acoust. 3, 105–116 (1970)
Embleton, T.F.W., Piercy, J.E., Daigle, G.A.: Effective flow resistivity of ground surfaces determined by acoustical measurements. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 74(4), 1239–1244 (1983)
Kragh, J., Plovsing, B., Storeheier, S.A., Jonasson, H.G.: Nordic Environmental Noise Prediction Methods, Nord2000—Summary Report. General Nordic sound propagation model and applications in source-related prediction methods. Report AV 1719/01 (31 May 2002)
Verheijen, E.: Statistical analysis of railway noise: how long-term monitoring helps improving short-term measurements. In: Proceedings NAG/DAGA International Conference on Acoustics, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (2009)
Verheijen, E., van den Roovers, M.S., Brink, J.W.: Railway noise statistics by monitoring stations—input for Dutch prediction method RMR and track access charging. In: Schulte-Werning, B., et al. (eds.) Noise and Vibration Mitigation for Rail Transportation Systems. NNFM, vol. 99, pp. 165–171. Springer, Heidelberg (2008)
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2018 Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature
About this paper
Cite this paper
Nielsen, J.C.O., Augis, E., Biebl, F. (2018). Reproducibility of Railway Noise Measurements—Influence of Weather and Test Site Conditions. In: Anderson, D., et al. Noise and Vibration Mitigation for Rail Transportation Systems. Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design, vol 139. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73411-8_11
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73411-8_11
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-73410-1
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-73411-8
eBook Packages: EngineeringEngineering (R0)