Ground-borne noise and vibration transmitted from subway networks to multi-storey reinforced concrete buildings
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During the operation of urban subway rail transit systems, vibrations are generated that transmitted through the soil, induce vibrations in nearby buildings. The transmission of ground-borne vibrations from subway rail transit systems in a building is governed by the soil-foundation interaction, the reduction of vibration level between floors, and the amplication due to resonances of building elements. These are influenced by the type of the building, its construction materials, the foundation soil, and the frequency content of the excitation. A methodology is proposed for the determination of the sound vibration along the height of the building for a specic construction type, demonstrating how the attenuation and amplication parameters can be calculated. For this particular building type, a notable amplication of the vibration due to floor and other structural resonances was found, whereas the vibration and hence the radiated noise levels are similar from the first floor up. An overall building amplication factor is proposed, taking into account all the above mentioned transmission mechanisms.
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ground-borne noise, vibration, subway, rail transit, multi-story buildings, reinforced concreteHow to Cite
Vogiatzis, K., & Mouzakis, H. (2018). Ground-borne noise and vibration transmitted from subway networks to multi-storey reinforced concrete buildings. Transport, 33(2), 446-453. https://doi.org/10.3846/16484142.2017.1347895
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Kouroussis, G.; Connolly, D. P.; Verlinden, O. 2014a. Railway-induced ground vibrations – a review of vehicle effects, International Journal of Rail Transportation 2(2): 69–110. <a href= "http://doi.org/10.1080/23248378.2014.897791" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> http://doi.org/10.1080/23248378.2014.897791</a>
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Kouroussis, G.; Alexandrou, G.; Connolly, D. P.; Vogiatzis, K.; Verlinden, O. 2015a. Railway-induced ground vibrations in the presence of local track irregularities and wheel flats, in COMPDYN 2015: 5th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 25–27 May 2015, Crete Island, Greece, 26–37. <a href= "https://doi.org/10.7712/120115.3378.582" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> https://doi.org/10.7712/120115.3378.582</a>
Kouroussis, G.; Connolly, D. P.; Alexandrou, G.; Vogiatzis, K. 2015b. The effect of railway local irregularities on ground vibration, Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 39: 17–30. <a href= "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2015.06.001" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2015.06.001</a>
Mouzakis, H.; Vogiatzis, K. 2016. Ground-borne noise and vibration transmitted from subways networks to a typical Athenian multi-story reinforced concrete building, in ICSV 23: 23rd International Congress on Sound & Vibration: from Ancient to Modern Acoustics, 10–14 July 2016, Athens, Greece, 1–8.
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Vanagas, E.; Kliukas, R.; Lukoševičienė, O.; Maruschak, P.; Patapavičius, A.; Juozapaitis, A. 2017. A feasibility study of using composite reinforcement in transport and power industry structures, Transport 32(3): 321–329. <a href= "https://doi.org/10.3846/16484142.2017.1342689" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> https://doi.org/10.3846/16484142.2017.1342689</a>
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Vogiatzis, K. E.; Kouroussis, G. 2015. Prediction and efficient control of vibration mitigation using floating slabs: practical application at Athens metro lines 2 and 3, International Journal of Rail Transportation 3(4): 215–232. <a href= "https://doi.org/10.1080/23248378.2015.1076622" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> https://doi.org/10.1080/23248378.2015.1076622</a>
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Vogiatzis, K., & Mouzakis, H. (2018). Ground-borne noise and vibration transmitted from subway networks to multi-storey reinforced concrete buildings. Transport, 33(2), 446-453. https://doi.org/10.3846/16484142.2017.1347895