Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Source of Publication
Procedia Engineering
Publication Date
1-1-2017
Abstract
© 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Ground vibration generated by rail and road traffic is a major source of environmental noise and vibration pollution in the low-frequency range. A promising and cost effective mitigation method can be the use of heavy masses placed as an array on the ground surface near the road or track (e.g. concrete or stone blocks, specially designed brick walls, etc.). This work concerns the effectiveness of such "blocking" masses. A semi-analytical lumped-parameter method is utilized, assuming that the blocks are point masses situated on an elastic half-space. The work is enhanced by examples highlighting advantages and disadvantages of single-mass scatterers and multiple-mass scatterers.
DOI Link
ISSN
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd
Volume
199
First Page
1368
Last Page
1373
Disciplines
Life Sciences
Keywords
blocking masses, Elastic half-space, mobility methods
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Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Peplow, A. T.; Andersen, L. V.; and Bucinskas, P., "Environmental vibration reduction utilizing an array of mass scatterers" (2017). All Works. 1520.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/works/1520
Indexed in Scopus
yes
Open Access
yes
Open Access Type
Gold: This publication is openly available in an open access journal/series