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The influence of reflections from the train body and the ground on the sound radiation from a railway rail
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David J. Thompson, Dong Zhao, Evangelos Ntotsios, Giacomo Squicciarini, Ester Cierco, Erwin Jansen
Railway Sciences | 2024, 3(1) : 1 - 17
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The influence of reflections from the train body and the ground on the sound radiation from a railway rail
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David J. Thompson, Dong Zhao, Evangelos Ntotsios, Giacomo Squicciarini, Ester Cierco, Erwin Jansen
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  • Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  • Ingeniería para el Control del Ruido SL, Barcelona, Spain
  • TNO Acoustics and Sonar, Den Haag, The Netherlands
Published: 2024-02-10 doi: 10.1108/RS-11-2023-0041
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Purpose

The vibration of the rails is a significant source of railway rolling noise, often forming the dominant component of noise in the important frequency region between 400 and 2000 Hz. The purpose of the paper is to investigate the influence of the ground profile and the presence of the train body on the sound radiation from the rail.

Design/methodology/approach

Two-dimensional boundary element calculations are used, in which the rail vibration is the source. The ground profile and various different shapes of train body are introduced in the model, and results are observed in terms of sound power and sound pressure. Comparisons are also made with vibro-acoustic measurements performed with and without a train present.

Findings

The sound radiated by the rail in the absence of the train body is strongly attenuated by shielding due to the ballast shoulder. When the train body is present, the sound from the vertical rail motion is reflected back down toward the track where it is partly absorbed by the ballast. Nevertheless, the sound pressure at the trackside is increased by typically 0-5 dB. For the lateral vibration of the rail, the effects are much smaller. Once the sound power is known, the sound pressure with the train present can be approximated reasonably well with simple line source directivities.

Originality/value

Numerical models used to predict the sound radiation from railway rails have generally neglected the influence of the ground profile and reflections from the underside of the train body on the sound power and directivity of the rail. These effects are studied in a systematic way including comparisons with measurements.

Rolling noise  /  Sound radiation  /  Railway track  /  Boundary elements  /  Ground reflections  /  Directivity
David J. Thompson, Dong Zhao, Evangelos Ntotsios, Giacomo Squicciarini, Ester Cierco, Erwin Jansen. The influence of reflections from the train body and the ground on the sound radiation from a railway rail[J]. Railway Sciences, 2024 , 3 (1) : 1 -17 . DOI: 10.1108/RS-11-2023-0041
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  • EU Horizon 2020 and the Europe's Rail Joint Undertaking(881771)
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doi: 10.1108/RS-11-2023-0041
  • Receive Date:2023-11-08
  • Online Date:2026-06-11
  • Published:2024-02-10
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  • Received:2023-11-08
  • Revised:2023-12-13
  • Accepted:2023-12-15
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the TRANSIT project
EU Horizon 2020 and the Europe's Rail Joint Undertaking(881771)
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    Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
    Ingeniería para el Control del Ruido SL, Barcelona, Spain
    TNO Acoustics and Sonar, Den Haag, The Netherlands

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