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Noise Reduction of Steel Bridges with Non Ballast Tracks

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Noise and Vibration Mitigation for Rail Transportation Systems

Part of the book series: Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design ((NNFM,volume 118))

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Steel bridges without ballast are very often sources of annoying railway noise. While the insertion of a trough filled with ballast will lead to a noise reduction of about 6 dB(A), it causes an increase of the static mass of the bridge construction of about 30%, which then requires additional measures of reinforcement.

In this paper 4 different systems of noise mitigation are presented, which are based on decoupling and damping effects. A noise reduction of 4.5 dB(A) to 10 dB(A) was achieved with an additional mass of less than 15% of the weight of the bridge and therefore no reinforcement was needed.

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  1. Schrey&Veit GmbH, 55576, Sprendlingen, Zotzenheimerstrasse 42, Germany

    H. Venghaus

  2. Schweizerische Bundesbahnen SBB Bereichsleiter Umwelt SBB Projekt Management Luzern, Bahnhofplatz, 6003, Luzern, Switzerland

    P. Balmer

  3. OeBB-Infrastruktur AG, Forschung, Entwicklung u. Systemtechnik, 1070, Wien, Zieglergasse 6, Austria

    M. Muncke

  4. Direction de l’Innovation et de la Recherche, 75379, Paris, 45 rue de Londres, France

    F. Poisson

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  1. Research & Development Promotion Division, Railway Technical Research Institute, 2-8-38 Hikari-cho Kokubunji-shi, 185-8540, Tokyo, Japan

    Tatsuo Maeda

  2. INEXIA, 1 place aux Etoiles, 93212, Saint Denis La Plaine cedex, France

    Pierre-Etienne Gautier

  3. Harris Miller Miller & Hanson Inc., 77 South Bedford Street, 01803, Burlington, MA, USA

    Carl E. Hanson

  4. Brian Hemsworth Noise Consultant LLP, 16 Whistlestop Close Mickleover, DE3 9DA, Derby, UK

    Brian Hemsworth

  5. Wilson, Ihrig & Associates, 6001 Shellmound Suite 400, 94608, Emeryville, California, USA

    James Tuman Nelson

  6. Integrated Systems and Infrastructure Technology, Deutsche Bahn AG, DB Systemtechnik, Volckerstr. 5, 80939, Munchen, Germany

    Burkhard Schulte-Werning

  7. Railway Noise and Vibration Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ, Southampton, UK

    David Thompson

  8. Environmental Quality Department, DHV BV, Postbus 1132, NL 3800, Amersfoort, BC, The Netherlands

    Paul de Vos

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Venghaus, H., Balmer, P., Muncke, M., Poisson, F. (2012). Noise Reduction of Steel Bridges with Non Ballast Tracks. In: Maeda, T., et al. Noise and Vibration Mitigation for Rail Transportation Systems. Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design, vol 118. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-53927-8_40

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