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Studying Railway Vibration Projects with a Focus on Environmental Aspects
As the railway authorities increasingly demand more and faster railway transport, the existing railway networks are likely to be modified or rebuilt. For this purpose, an environmental impact assessment is needed. Processing the relevant data along railway tracks is among the most challenging tasks in ongoing railway vibration projects. This data includes the types and structural characteristics of buildings along the track, various ground conditions and vibration characteristics of the railway line. All GIS-related information concerning the buildings located along the track is being processed. Moreover, the superstructure and ground conditions are characterized along the railway track. Thus, cooperation of geotechnical-, railway-, environmental- and GIS experts is required. In parallel, measurement campaigns are performed to assess the vibration strength generated by passenger or freight trains along and perpendicular to railway tracks. After having processed all GIS-related information as well as measurement data, one should address issues with annoyance due to vibrations. For this purpose, through analytical and empirical methods, along with numerical approaches, maximum vibration levels at buildings along railway track are determined and identified. Subsequently, the vibration levels are assessed against the threshold levels. An abatement measure is to be performed, if need be. In this paper, a methodology is introduced where the whole aforesaid process is elaborated. For this purpose, a case study of a project in the Netherlands involving data along the railway track is presented and discussed. This methodology can be employed for similar railway vibration projects worldwide taking environmental aspects into account.
Studying Railway Vibration Projects with a Focus on Environmental Aspects
As the railway authorities increasingly demand more and faster railway transport, the existing railway networks are likely to be modified or rebuilt. For this purpose, an environmental impact assessment is needed. Processing the relevant data along railway tracks is among the most challenging tasks in ongoing railway vibration projects. This data includes the types and structural characteristics of buildings along the track, various ground conditions and vibration characteristics of the railway line. All GIS-related information concerning the buildings located along the track is being processed. Moreover, the superstructure and ground conditions are characterized along the railway track. Thus, cooperation of geotechnical-, railway-, environmental- and GIS experts is required. In parallel, measurement campaigns are performed to assess the vibration strength generated by passenger or freight trains along and perpendicular to railway tracks. After having processed all GIS-related information as well as measurement data, one should address issues with annoyance due to vibrations. For this purpose, through analytical and empirical methods, along with numerical approaches, maximum vibration levels at buildings along railway track are determined and identified. Subsequently, the vibration levels are assessed against the threshold levels. An abatement measure is to be performed, if need be. In this paper, a methodology is introduced where the whole aforesaid process is elaborated. For this purpose, a case study of a project in the Netherlands involving data along the railway track is presented and discussed. This methodology can be employed for similar railway vibration projects worldwide taking environmental aspects into account.
Studying Railway Vibration Projects with a Focus on Environmental Aspects
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Tutumluer, Erol (Herausgeber:in) / Nazarian, Soheil (Herausgeber:in) / Al-Qadi, Imad (Herausgeber:in) / Qamhia, Issam I.A. (Herausgeber:in) / van Uitert, Agnes (Autor:in) / Hosseinzadeh, Saeed (Autor:in) / Schouten, Peter (Autor:in) / Heeres, Otto (Autor:in)
05.08.2021
14 pages
Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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