Railway induced ground-borne vibration is among the most common and widespread sources of perceptible environmental vibration. It can give rise to discomfort and disturbance, adversely impacting on human activity and the operation of sensitive equipment. The rising demand for building new railway lines or upgrading existing lines in order to meet increasing transit flows has furthered the need for adequate vibration assessment tools during the planning and design stages. In recent years many studies in the fields of rail and ground dynamics have encouraged many prediction techniques giving rise to a wide variety of procedures for estimating vibration on buildings. Each method shows potential for application at different levels of complexity and applicability to varying circumstances. From the perspective of railway environmental impact assessment, this paper reviews some relevant prediction techniques, assessing their degree of suitability for practical engineering application by weighting their methodology (i.e. considerations and requirements) against practicality and precision. The review suggests that not all procedures are practicable (e.g. the attainment of representative parameters needed to run the procedures) whilst others predicate on assumptions, which revealed to be too relaxed resulting in insufficient accuracy; however, a combination of methods may provide the necessary balance.
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ASME 2012 Noise Control and Acoustics Division Conference at InterNoise 2012
August 19–22, 2012
New York City, New York, USA
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Procedures for Estimating Environmental Impact From Railway Induced Vibration: A Review
Matthew Frost,
Matthew Frost
Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
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Ashraf El-Hamalawi,
Ashraf El-Hamalawi
Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
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Paul Shields
Paul Shields
URS, Nottingham, UK
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Jorge Avillez
URS, Nottingham, UK
Matthew Frost
Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
Steve Cawser
URS, Nottingham, UK
Chris Skinner
URS, Nottingham, UK
Ashraf El-Hamalawi
Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
Paul Shields
URS, Nottingham, UK
Paper No:
NCAD2012-1083, pp. 381-392; 12 pages
Published Online:
September 10, 2013
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Avillez, J, Frost, M, Cawser, S, Skinner, C, El-Hamalawi, A, & Shields, P. "Procedures for Estimating Environmental Impact From Railway Induced Vibration: A Review." Proceedings of the ASME 2012 Noise Control and Acoustics Division Conference at InterNoise 2012. ASME 2012 Noise Control and Acoustics Division Conference. New York City, New York, USA. August 19–22, 2012. pp. 381-392. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/NCAD2012-1083
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