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Railway Noise Reduction Technology Using a Damping Material

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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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Two effective railway noise reduction technologies using a high-performance damping material have been developed. One is a rail noise reduction system for reducing rolling noise using a combination of damping material and sound isolation and absorption technologies. The other one is an application of a high-performance damping material on the surface of web within a railway bridge structure as a means for reducing structure noise. An actual track-based field test for demonstrating these technologies was performed using a track of Austrian Federal Railways. As a result, the rail noise reduction system was found effective for reducing noise by 2 to 4 dB in a normal section (ballast track) and for a bridge section the combined use of the rail noise reduction system and damping material reduced noise by 2 to 4 dB of which the rail noise reduction system provided 0.5 to 3.5 dB, and the damping material on the bridge web contributed 0 to 1.5 dB.

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  1. Koocoo Technology & Consulting GmbH, St.-Veit Gasse 28/1/5, 1130, Wien, Austria

    Günther Koller

  2. PsiA-Consult GmbH, Lastenstr. 38/1, 1230, Wien, Austria

    M. T. Kalivoda & Martin Jaksch

  3. OBB-Infrastruktur AG, Zieglergasse 6, 1070, Wien, Austria

    Martin Muncke

  4. Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd., 2-2 Kamichoshi-cho Kamitoba, Minami-ku, Kyoto, 601-8105, Japan

    Takashi Oguchi & Yoshifumi Matsuda

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  1. Günther Koller
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  2. M. T. Kalivoda
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Editors and Affiliations

  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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Koller, G., Kalivoda, M.T., Jaksch, M., Muncke, M., Oguchi, T., Matsuda, Y. (2012). Railway Noise Reduction Technology Using a Damping Material. 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_19

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