TY - CONF A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - Train induced vibration of inhomogeneous soils - a prediction based on measured and calculated point-load solutions N2 - Vehicle, track and ground vibration as well as their interaction are considered in a combined finite-element boundary-element (FEBEM) approach. The layered soil is calculated in frequency wavenumber domain and the solution for fixed or moving point or track loads follow as wavenumber integrals. The soil results from the measurements and the detailed models are approximated by simple formula which are used for the prediction of train-induced ground vibration. The influence of the track and the soil on the train induced ground vibration is analysed by the detailed models. The ground vibrations strongly depend on the regular and random inhomogeneity of the soil. The regular layering of the soil yields a cut-on and resonance phenomenon while the random inhomogeneity yields a scattering of the axle impulses which proved to be important for high-speed trains. The attenuation with distance of the ground vibration due to the point-like excitations such as vibrator or hammer excitations and the train-track excitation are investigated and compared. All theoretical results are compared with measurements at conventional and high-speed railway lines. T2 - ICSV19 - 19th International congress on sound and vibration CY - Vilnius, Lithuania DA - 08.07.2012 PY - 2012 SN - 978-609-459-079-5 SP - 1 EP - 8 AN - OPUS4-27218 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - Metodos exactos para predecir las vibraciones de los trenes, vias, suelos y edificios T2 - Seminario de la Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieria CY - Seville, Spain DA - 31.10.2012 PY - 2012 AN - OPUS4-27103 LA - spa AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - La emision de las vibraciones por los trenes T2 - Seminario de la Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieria CY - Seville, Spain DA - 31.10.2012 PY - 2012 AN - OPUS4-27104 LA - spa AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - La transmision de las vibraciones a traves del suelo T2 - Seminario de la Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieria CY - Seville, Spain DA - 31.10.2012 PY - 2012 AN - OPUS4-27105 LA - spa AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - La inmision de las vibraciones en los edificios T2 - Seminario de la Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieria CY - Seville, Spain DA - 31.10.2012 PY - 2012 AN - OPUS4-27106 LA - spa AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Auersch, Lutz ED - Papadrakakis, M. ED - Papadopoulos, V. ED - Plevris, V. T1 - How to quantify the vibration reduction of railway tracks N2 - Railway tracks, which reduce the ground vibration, are necessary if the trains are passing near to building. Today the reduction effect of railway tracks is often determined by the complex (time domain) simulation of the passage of a complete train. This method of evaluating the reduction is very time consuming and the results include some arbitrary scatter. It is worth to look for simpler methods which yield clearer results in shorter time. This contribution presents the combined finite-element boundary-element method as a detailed method for the track-soil interaction and, on the other hand, some possible simplifications. One important idea for the reduction assessment is to split the reduction in a vehicle-track interaction part and a track transfer part. The track transfer is not influenced by the vehicle and by single axle loads and it can be calculated as a homogeneous problem along the track. The reduction of some tracks (for example of floating slab tracks) can be dominated by this track transfer function whereas other tracks (for example tracks with soft rail pads) are completely determined by the vehicle-track-interaction part. The different force transfer functions and the ground vibration ratios of tracks with elastic rail pads or elastic sleeper pads are shown as a result of the FEBEM model under a fixed harmonic axle load. The force transfer proves to be a useful quantity for to assess the vibration reduction of railway tracks. T2 - COMPDYN 2013 - 4th ECCOMAS Thematic conference on computational methods in structural dynamics and earthquake engineering CY - Kos Island, Greece DA - 2013-06-12 KW - Railway induced ground vibration KW - Mitigation measures KW - Railway tracks KW - Finite-element boundary-element method KW - Wavenumber integrals KW - 1-D insertion loss PY - 2013 SP - 1 EP - 19 AN - OPUS4-29313 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Auersch, Lutz A1 - Rücker, Werner ED - Nielsen, J. T1 - Mitigation measures for ballasted tracks - optimisation of sleepers, sleeper pads and the substructure by combined finite-element boundary-element calculations T2 - IWRN11 - 11th International workshop on railway noise CY - Uddevalla, Sweden DA - 2013-09-09 PY - 2013 SP - 463 EP - 470 AN - OPUS4-29446 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - How to quantify the vibration reduction of railway tracks T2 - Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering CY - Kos, Greece DA - 2013-06-11 PY - 2013 AN - OPUS4-29194 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - Mitigation measures for ballasted tracks - optimisation of sleepers, sleeper pads and the substructure T2 - International Workshop on Railway Noise and Vibration CY - Uddevalla, Sweden DA - 2013-09-09 PY - 2013 AN - OPUS4-29620 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Auersch, Lutz A1 - Said, Samir A1 - Rücker, Werner ED - Sarsby, R. T1 - Prospecting soft deposits by wave propagation analysis in theory and experiment T2 - 3rd International Symposium on Geotechnics Related to the European Environment ; 3rd GREEN CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2000-06-21 PY - 2001 SN - 0-7277-3004-5 SP - 65 EP - 73 PB - Telford CY - London AN - OPUS4-1594 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Auersch, Lutz A1 - Semrau, Norbert A1 - Schmid, Wolfgang A1 - Said, Samir A1 - Rücker, Werner ED - Grundmann, H. ED - Schuëller, G. I. T1 - Theory and experiments on wave propagation, on track-soil and on soil-building interaction related to railway induced vibration T2 - 5th International Conference on Structural Dynamics ; 4th International Conference on Structural Dynamics ; EURODYN 2002 CY - Munich, Germany DA - 2002-09-02 PY - 2002 SN - 90-5809-512-6 VL - 2 SP - 1137 EP - 1142 PB - Balkema CY - Lisse AN - OPUS4-1595 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - Zur praxisorientierten Berechnung der Steifigkeit und Dämpfung von Fundamenten und Fahrwegen T2 - D-A-CH-Tagung 2001 CY - Innsbruck, Österreich DA - 2001-09-19 PY - 2001 SP - 225 EP - 232 CY - Innsbruck AN - OPUS4-1596 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - Die Fahrzeug-Fahrweg-Untergrund-Wechselwirkung bei der Festen Fahrbahn und beim Schottergleis T2 - Symposium Feste Fahrbahn CY - Berlin, Deutschland DA - 2002-06-12 PY - 2002 SN - 3-9809335-3-9 SP - 1(?) EP - 18(?) PB - IFV Bahntechnik CY - Berlin ET - 2 AN - OPUS4-1597 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Rücker, Werner A1 - Auersch, Lutz A1 - Baeßler, Matthias A1 - Knothe, K. A1 - Wu, Y. A1 - Gerstberger, Ulf A1 - Popp, K. A1 - Kruse, H. A1 - Savidis, S. ED - Popp, K. ED - Schiehlen, W. O. T1 - A comparative study of results from numerical track-subsoil calculations T2 - Colloquium 2002 CY - Stuttgart, Germany DA - 2002-03-13 PY - 2003 SN - 3-540-43892-0 N1 - Serientitel: Lecture notes in applied mechanics – Series title: Lecture notes in applied mechanics IS - 6 SP - 471 EP - 488 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-2358 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - Dynamik und Setzungen von Bahnfahrwegen auf homogenem und inhomogenem Untergrund T2 - 26. Baugrundtagung CY - Hanover, Germany DA - 2000-09-20 PY - 2000 AN - OPUS4-6561 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - Dynamik, Emissionen und Langzeitstabilität von innovativen Bahnfahrwegen T2 - Bahnbau 2000 CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2000-09-15 PY - 2000 AN - OPUS4-6560 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - Characteristic Frequencies of Train-Induced Bridge, Track, Ground and Building Vibrations – Excitation and Mitigation N2 - The characteristic frequencies of train-induced vibrations are discussed in theory and experiment following the propagation of vibrations from the source to the receiver: 1. Out-of-roundness frequencies of the wheels, 2. sleeper-passage frequency, 3. the vehicle-track eigenfrequency, 4. band frequency of the impulses of the passing static axle loads, 5. car-length frequency and multiples, 6. axle-distance frequencies with two characteristic zeros, 7. bridge eigenfrequencies, 8. the cut-on frequency due to the layering, and 9. the cut-off frequency due to the material damping of the soil, 10. the building-soil eigenfrequency, 11. as a rigid building or flexible wall/column mode, 12. floor eigenfrequencies, 13. acoustic room resonances, 14. the „resonance“ frequency or cut-off frequency of a base isolation. Coincidences of some of these characteristic frequencies or frequency ranges can be typically problematic and mitigation measures at the track or at the building can be necessary. The bridge response to the passing static loads is deter¬mined by the axle-sequence spectrum, the eigenfrequency (transfer function) of the bridge, and the modal force or mode shape spectrum. The ground vibration has typically high frequencies for a stiff soil and low frequencies for a soft soil. The high amplitudes between the zeros of the axle-sequence spectrum are often measured in the ground vibrations, and they can be mitigated by soft support elements or a higher bending stiffness of the track. T2 - EVACES 2025 CY - Porto, Portugal DA - 02.07.2025 KW - Train-induced vibration KW - Axle-sequence spectrum KW - Vehicle-track eigenfrequency KW - Axle impulses PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-63654 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - Mitigation of railway-induced ground vibration by soft support elements and a higher bending stiffness of the track N2 - The mitigation of train-induced ground vibrations by track solutions is investigated by calculations and measurements. The calculation by a wavenumber domain method includes the correct vehicle–track interaction and the correct track–soil interaction. Some theoretical results for elastic elements and an increased bending stiffness of the track are presented where the force transfer of the track and the vehicle–track interaction are calculated for the high-frequency dynamic mitigation, and the force distribution along the track is calculated for the low-frequency mitigation which is due to the smoother impulses from the passing static loads. Measurement results for the ground vibration near isolated and un-isolated tracks are given for several under-sleeper pads, for under-ballast mats, and for several under-ballast plates and ballast troughs. The elastic elements yield a resonance frequency of the vehicle–track–soil system and a high-frequency reduction of the dynamic axle loads which depends mainly on the softness of the pads or mats and which can be improved by a higher sleeper mass. In addition, all troughs and most of the soft elements show a low-frequency reduction which is attributed to the scattered impulses of the static axle loads. Besides this main contribution of the article, the problem of a soft reference section on a different soil is discussed and recommendations for better ground vibration measurements of mitigation effects are given. KW - Railway track KW - Elastic elements KW - Bending stiffness KW - Ground vibration KW - Mitigation KW - Lowfrequency reduction KW - Axle impulses PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-612568 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/app14031244 VL - 14 IS - 3 SP - 1 EP - 14 PB - MDPI CY - Basel AN - OPUS4-61256 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - Some resonance effects of non-typical trains and railway bridges investigated by a frequency-domain method N2 - The resonances of railway bridges have often been analysed for short bridges under periodical high-speed trains, for simply supported one-span bridges, for the fundamental bridge mode, and by time-domain analyses. Many time-consuming calculations have been performed to establish simplified rules for standards. In this contribution, the passage of different (existing, new and hypothetic) trains over different (simply supported, integral, multi-span, continuous) bridges will be analysed in frequency domain by using three separated spectra with the purpose to get a better physical insight in the phenomena. At first, the excitation spectrum of the modal forces is built by the mode shape and the passage time of the train over the bridge. The second spectrum is the frequency response function of the bridge which include the modal frequency, damping and mass. The third part is the spectrum of the axle sequence of an arbitrary train which is not limited to periodical or specific (conventional, articulated, regular or standard) trains and which does not include any bridge parameters. The final solution in frequency domain is obtained as the product of these three complex, strongly varying spectra for the dominating bridge mode or in general as the sum of these products over all relevant bridge modes. The time domain solution is obtained via the inverse Fourier transform, and the resulting time histories have been successfully compared with some measurement results. The method is applied to the vertical and torsional modes of a mid-long single-span bridge on elastomeric bearings under standard train speeds, to a short two-span bridge under high-speed traffic, and to a long three-span integral bridge under long periodical freight trains. Different resonance and cancellation effects have been found for systematically varied train speeds according to the axle sequence of the whole train which is dominated by the two locomotives in that case. To be more specific, the first torsional mode of the mid-span bridge is excited for a train speed of 100 km/h whereas the second bending mode is excited for a train speed of 160 km/h. In both cases, the other mode is suppressed by the minima of the axle-distance spectra. In addition, the case of the German high-speed train ICE4, a Maglev train on a viaduct, and the very high-speed hyperloop case will be discussed briefly. In general, it is shown that resonance effects are also worth to be studied for freight and passenger trains with lower speeds. KW - Rail bridge KW - Resonance KW - ICE4 KW - MAGLEV KW - Hyperloop KW - Continuous bridge KW - Multi-span bridge PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-612595 DO - https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2647/25/252014 VL - 2647 SP - 1 EP - 11 PB - IOP Publishing AN - OPUS4-61259 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - Railway vibration – fast physics-based models for the prediction of ground vibration and the identification of track damage N2 - The following applications of machine learning will be discussed: 1. The prediction of the wave propagation from a railway line (completely physics based for surface lines, physics-based machine learning for tunnel lines) 2. The track behaviour for the emission of train-induced ground vibration (physics based for homogeneous soil, machine learning for layered soil) 3. Track damage detection and quantification from frequency response functions and moving load responses 4. Bridge damage detection and localisation from modal analysis and moving load 5. The use of axle-box acceleration for the identification of track/sub-soil condition and bridge resonances. The prediction of railway vibration usually needs time-consuming finite element, boundary element and wavenumber domain calculations. For a user-friendly prediction software however, fast calculations are needed. Several time-consuming detailed calculations have been used to develop simpler and fast models for the surface railway lines. The more challenging prediction from tunnel lines will be attacked by purely mathematical and by physics-informed machine learning. The dynamic stiffnesses of isolated or un-isolated railway tracks from detailed calculations with a continuous soil have been approximated with the simpler Winkler soil. The vehicle-track resonance (P2 resonance) rules the effect of the mitigation measures, and it can also be used for the on-board monitoring of the track and sub-soil condition. For the identification of track damage such as gaps between sleepers, track slabs and layers, detailed models with a continuous soil have been updated to get the best fit to the measured frequency response functions from hammer tests and the deformation pattern from the moving load response. Whereas the track damage can be locally identified, this is more difficult for bridges where the modal analysis gives mainly global information. The influence lines of the inclination for statically passing vehicles (locomotive, truck, compaction roller) have been used to localise bridge damage (stiffness variations). The on-board monitoring of rail bridges needs special conditions (regular trains with special speeds) to excite and measure the bridge resonance. T2 - 11th European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring (EWSHM 2024) CY - Potsdam, Germany DA - 10.06.2024 KW - Vibration prediction KW - Track damage detection KW - Human and machine learning KW - Wave propagation KW - Surface line KW - Tunnel KW - Bridge resonance PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-612462 DO - https://doi.org/10.58286/29865 SN - 1435-4934 SP - 1 EP - 9 PB - NDT.net CY - Kirchwald AN - OPUS4-61246 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Maack, Jürgen A1 - Eidenmüller, Moritz A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - Prognose von Erschütterungs- und Sekundärschall- Immissionen an Bahnlinien unter Verwendung von FEM Gebäudemodellen N2 - Die Errichtung von Wohngebäuden an Bahnstrecken erfordert Betrachtungen zur Begrenzung der Erschütterungs- und Sekundärschallimmissionen. Hierzu werden spektrale Prognoseverfahren ausgehend von Freifeldmessungen eingesetzt. Im rechnerischen Modell werden die Teilaspekte der Körperschallübertragung mit Hilfe von spektralen Übertragungsfunktionen beschrieben. Kenntnis über die Zusammenhänge dieser spektralen Übertragungsfunktionen erhält man im Wechselspiel von: - Messergebnissen von Körperschall- und Luftschallmessungen für einzelne Übertragungssysteme - Modellberechnungen mit der Finite-Elemente-Methode, Parameterstudien, Abgleich mit Messergebnissen - Modellberechnung mit der Finite-Elemente-Methode zur Wechselwirkung des schwimmenden Estrichs mit dem Gebäude T2 - VDI-Tagung Baudynamik CY - Würzburg, Germany DA - 02.04.2025 KW - Bahnerschütterungen KW - Gebäudemodelle KW - Schwimmender Estrich KW - Sekundärschall PY - 2025 SN - 978-3-18-092447-2 SN - 0083-5560 VL - 2447 SP - 301 EP - 314 PB - VDI-Verlag CY - Düsseldorf AN - OPUS4-62887 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - Erschütterungsprognose mit KI? Schnelle Ersatzmodelle und physikbasiertes maschinelles Lernen in der Bauwerk-Boden-Dynamik N2 - Erschütterungsprognosen können mit sehr detaillierten Modellen durchgeführt werden. Dies ist sowohl bei der Erstellung des Modells (zum Beispiel für ein Finite-Element-Modell für Boden und Bauwerk), als auch bei der Berechnung zeitaufwändig, von einigen Minuten für die Wellenausbreitung in geschichteten Böden mit Wellenzahlintegralen bis zu mehreren Stunden für Randelementlösungen für die korrekte Bauwerk-Boden-Wechselwirkung. Hier sind einfache und schnelle Ersatzmodelle von Vorteil, die die Ergebnisse der detaillierten Berechnungen gut wiedergeben. Diese Ersatzmodelle können vollständig auf physikalischen Überlegungen beruhen (white-box Modelle) oder mit Hilfe von maschinellem Lernen aus einer Vielzahl von detaillierten Rechenergebnissen erzeugt werden (black-box Modelle). Erfahrungen mit black-box Modellen zeigen, dass es sinnvoll ist das maschinelle Lernen mit physikalischen Informationen anzureichern (grey-box Modelle). Es werden Anwendungsmöglichkeiten für physikbasiertes maschinelles Lernen im Bereich von Bahnerschütterungen aufgezeigt, die Erschütterungsemission durch die Fahrzeug-Fahrweg-Wechselwirkung, die Wellenausbreitung im Boden, die Erschütterungsimmission in Gebäude, Gleisschäden und das Monitoring von Eisenbahnbrücken. T2 - VDI-Tagung Baudynamik CY - Würzburg, Germany DA - 02.04.2025 KW - Bahnerschütterungen KW - Emissionsmodell KW - Immissionsmodell KW - Transmissionsmodell KW - Tunnelausbreitung KW - Gleisüberwachung PY - 2025 SN - 978-3-18-092447-2 SN - 0083-5560 VL - 2447 SP - 53 EP - 64 PB - VDI-Verlag CY - Düsseldorf AN - OPUS4-62886 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - Erschütterungsprognose mit KI? Schnelle Ersatzmodelle und physikbasiertes maschinelles Lernen in der Bauwerk-Boden-Dynamik N2 - Erschütterungsprognosen können mit sehr detaillierten Modellen durchgeführt werden. Dies ist sowohl bei der Erstellung des Modells (zum Beispiel für ein Finite-Element-Modell für Boden und Bauwerk), als auch bei der Berechnung zeitaufwändig, von einigen Minuten für die Wellenausbreitung in geschichteten Böden mit Wellenzahlintegralen bis zu mehreren Stunden für Randelementlösungen für die korrekte Bauwerk-Boden-Wechselwirkung. Hier sind einfache und schnelle Ersatzmodelle von Vorteil, die die Ergebnisse der detaillierten Berechnungen gut wiedergeben. Diese Ersatzmodelle können vollständig auf physikalischen Überlegungen beruhen (white-box Modelle) oder mit Hilfe von maschinellem Lernen aus einer Vielzahl von detaillierten Rechenergebnissen erzeugt werden (black-box Modelle). Erfahrungen mit black-box Modellen zeigen, dass es sinnvoll ist das maschinelle Lernen mit physikalischen Informationen anzureichern (grey-box Modelle). Es werden Anwendungsmöglichkeiten für physikbasiertes maschinelles Lernen im Bereich von Bahnerschütterungen aufgezeigt, die Erschütterungsemission durch die Fahrzeug-Fahrweg-Wechselwirkung, die Wellenausbreitung im Boden, die Erschütterungsimmission in Gebäude, Gleisschäden und das Monitoring von Eisenbahnbrücken. T2 - VDI-Tagung Baudynamik CY - Würzburg, Germany DA - 02.04.2025 KW - Bahnerschütterungen KW - Emissionsmodell KW - Immissionsmodell KW - Transmissionsmodell KW - Tunnelausbreitung KW - Gleisüberwachung PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-62889 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Auersch, Lutz ED - Papadrakakis, Manolis T1 - Frequency-wavenumber method for the wave propagation through the soil and the soil-structure interaction of railway tracks and building foundations near railway lines N2 - In soil-structure interaction, the soil and the (flexible) structures are modelled as elastic continua. The partial differential equations of elasticity can be transformed to algebraic equations in frequency-wavenumber domain where they can be solved by matrix methods. The results for the soil and a structure can be coupled in frequency-wavenumber domain, and the solution in space domain is obtained by an infinite wavenumber integral (the back-transformation). This method has several applications for the prediction of the emission, transmission and immission of railway-induced vibrations. The wave propagation in homogeneous or layered soils is calculated for surface and tunnel lines by a single wavenumber integration (transmission). The response of ballast or slab tracks (for the emission problem) and the foundation stiffness (for the immission problem) need an additional integration across the track or foundation width. In wavenumber domain, tracks and foundations of infinite length are analysed. Finite structures can be calculated by finite element models where the soil is calculated by the boundary element method. The Green’s functions for the boundary element method are calculated by a wavenumber integration as for the transmission problem. Some example results for all these tasks will be shown. The immission into buildings will be analysed in detail, and the effect of stiff slab foundations and (basement) walls on the incoming wavefield is quantified in a parameter study. The transfer function (the amplitude ratio) structure to free field usually starts with 1 at 0 Hz and decreases continuously with frequency. The reduction is due to the structural stiffness against wave deformation which turns to be higher than the stiffness of the soil, for example above the structure-soil coincidence frequency of the slab foundation. The reduction is better for a high structural stiffness and for a low soil stiffness. Walls are stiffer than plates for the relevant frequency range, but even walls and especially low basement walls are not infinitely rigid and can follow the wave deformation to a certain extent. These basic rules from frequency-wavenumber analysis can well be used for real building projects near railway lines where stiff foundations can be an alternative reduction method to the commonly used base isolation by elastic elements. T2 - COMPDYN 2025 CY - Rhodos, Greece DA - 15.06.2025 KW - Frequency-wavenumber method KW - Wave propagation KW - Soil-structure interaction KW - Building foundations KW - Mitigation measures PY - 2025 SP - 1 EP - 15 PB - NTUA CY - Athen AN - OPUS4-63470 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - Frequency-wavenumber method for the wave propagation through the soil and the soil-structure interaction of railway tracks and building foundations near railway lines N2 - In soil-structure interaction, the soil and the (flexible) structures are modelled as elastic continua. The partial differential equations of elasticity can be transformed to algebraic equations in frequency-wavenumber domain where they can be solved by matrix methods. The results for the soil and a structure can be coupled in frequency-wavenumber domain, and the solution in space domain is obtained by an infinite wavenumber integral (the back-transformation). This method has several applications for the prediction of the emission, transmission and immission of railway-induced vibrations. The wave propagation in homogeneous or layered soils is calculated for surface and tunnel lines by a single wavenumber integration (transmission). The response of ballast or slab tracks (for the emission problem) and the foundation stiffness (for the immission problem) need an additional integration across the track or foundation width. In wavenumber domain, tracks and foundations of infinite length are analysed. Finite structures can be calculated by finite element models where the soil is calculated by the boundary element method. The Green’s functions for the boundary element method are calculated by a wavenumber integration as for the transmission problem. Some example results for all these tasks will be shown. The immission into buildings will be analysed in detail, and the effect of stiff slab foundations and (basement) walls on the incoming wavefield is quantified in a parameter study. The transfer function (the amplitude ratio) structure to free field usually starts with 1 at 0 Hz and decreases continuously with frequency. The reduction is due to the structural stiffness against wave deformation which turns to be higher than the stiffness of the soil, for example above the structure-soil coincidence frequency of the slab foundation. The reduction is better for a high structural stiffness and for a low soil stiffness. Walls are stiffer than plates for the relevant frequency range, but even walls and especially low basement walls are not infinitely rigid and can follow the wave deformation to a certain extent. These basic rules from frequency-wavenumber analysis can well be used for real building projects near railway lines where stiff foundations can be an alternative reduction method to the commonly used base isolation by elastic elements. T2 - COMPDYN 2025 CY - Rhodos, Greece DA - 15.06.2025 KW - Frequency-wavenumber method KW - Wave propagation KW - Soil-structure interaction KW - Building foundations KW - Mitigation measures PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-63468 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - Prediction of ground vibrations from rail tunnels finite element, boundary element and wavenumber calculations N2 - The prediction of ground and building vibrations has been established for surface lines and has now been extended to tunnel lines. The wave propagation in homogeneous or layered soils (the transmission) is calculated by an integration in wavenumber domain. The wave amplitudes at different distances and for different frequencies will be analysed for the following situations. 1. The horizontal propagation from a surface point to a surface point constitutes the basic rules. 2. The horizontal propagation from a source point at depth to a receiver point at depth which is related to a building with a deep basement or on a pile foundation. 3. The propagation from depth to the surface, which is the normal case for free-field measurements, has some different characteristics, for example a weaker attenuation with the horizontal distance from the source, which can be approximated by the full-space solution and the reflection rules for incident waves. The emission from a tunnel structure has been calculated by a finite-element model of the tunnel combined with a boundary-element model of the soil giving the reduction compared to a point-load excitation. The immission has been analysed by finite-element models of tunnel-soil-building systems for examples of research and consultancy work. Measurement results from a high-speed and a metro line confirm some of the established rules. T2 - Recent Advance in Structural Dynamics (RASD) CY - Southampton, UK DA - 01.07.2024 KW - Ground vibration KW - Building vibration KW - Railway tunnel KW - Wavenumber method KW - Finite element method KW - Boundary element method PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-61230 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - Berechnungen und Messungen zum Schwingungsverhalten von Decken N2 - Es wurden Elemente zusammengetragen, die für die Prognose der Deckenschwingungen von Bedeutung sind. Das umfasst Formeln für die Deckeneigenfrequenzen, Rechenergebnisse zu einfachen und mehrfeldrigen Decken sowie vielfältige Messerfahrungen. Die Berechnungen zeigen die verschiedenen Einflüsse auf die Deckeneigenfrequenzen. Die Eigenfrequenzen berechnen sich aus den Abmessungen, dem Material und den Auflagerbedingungen der Decken. Es wurde auch der Einfluss von Unterzügen und von auskragenden Rändern untersucht. Bei Mehrfelddecken stellt man eine Häufung von Eigenfrequenzen in Frequenzbändern fest. Solche Fälle sollten sinnvollerweise nur mit Mittelwertaussagen erfasst werden. Die Berechnung einiger Gesamtgebäudemodelle führt zu vielfältigen Schwingantworten der verschiedenen Gebäudeteile, die ebenfalls Mittelungsgesetze notwendig erscheinen lassen. Die Nachgiebigkeit der Wände und Stützen führt zu einer Verringerung der rotatorischen und vertikalen Auflagersteifigkeit und damit der Deckeneigenfrequenzen. Die Festlegung der Eigenfrequenzen allein aus den Eigenschaften eines Deckenfeldes erscheint deshalb als nicht vernünftig. Es werden Mittelungsgesetze genannt und entwickelt, neben Mittelungsgesetzen für das Gesamtgebäude insbesondere eine Mittelung für die Berücksichtigung verschiedener Decken in einem Gebäude. Wesentliche Erkenntnisse werden aus den Messergebnissen gewonnen. Es wurden 18 Gebäude und insgesamt 55 Decken untersucht. Die Deckeneigenfrequenzen liegen zwischen 5 und 50 Hz. Es wurden empirische Formeln für die Eigenfrequenzen in Abhängigkeit von der Deckenfläche getrennt für Holz- und Stein/Betondecken aufgestellt. Ein weiterer wichtiger experimenteller Befund ist die Dämpfung der Decken, die im Bereich 1 % < D < 5 % ermittelt wurde. Dieser Dämpfungsbereich sollte für die Erschütterungsprognosen verwendet werden, wobei für eine konservative Prognose ein geringer Dämpfungswert einzusetzen wäre. Schließlich wurden Resonanzüberhöhungen der Decken gegenüber den Freifeldamplituden des Bodens gemessen. Mit diesen Messergebnissen kann dann das fertige Prognosemodell abgeglichen werden. Somit sind ausreichend Erkenntnisse über das Deckenverhalten zusammengetragen, die in das Prognosemodell für das gesamte Gebäude eingebaut werden können. KW - Deckenschwingungen KW - Deckeneigenfrequenz KW - Deckendämpfung KW - Boden-Bauwerk-Übertragung KW - Deckenmessungen KW - Auflagerbedingungen KW - Mehrfeld-Decken PY - 2005 SP - 1 EP - 69 AN - OPUS4-58512 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - Mitigation measures for ballasted tracks - sleepers, sleeper pads and substructure - Results from the finite element boundary element method N2 - The ground vibrations, which are generated by trains on different tracks, have been calculated by finite-element boundary-element models. The ballasted track is modelled in detail by the finite element method. The infinite soil is modelled by the boundary element method as a homogeneous or layered half-space. The track-soil system is coupled with a simple rigid mass model of the vehicle so that the vehicle-track interaction is completely included. Transfer functions are calculated in frequency domain without and with vehicle-track interaction, the compliance of the track and the mobilities of the soil at different distances from the track. Finally, the ratios between the ground vibration amplitudes with and without mitigation measure are calculated to quantify the effectiveness of the mitigation measure. Tracks with under sleeper pads have been investigated in a wide parameter study. The main parameters that influence the reduction of ground vibration are the stiffness of the under sleeper pad, the mass and the width of the sleeper. The softest sleeper pad yields the best reduction of the ground vibration. The influence of the sleeper mass is not as strong as the characteristic frequency is ruled by the mass of the sleeper and the mass of the wheelset as well. The influence of other parameters has been examined. The stiffness of the rail pads, the bending stiffness of the track, the stiffness of the ballast, the sub-soil, and the soil, and the layering of the soil. All these parameters show no or only a minor influence on the mitigation effect. As the standard isolated track, a track with an under sleeper pad of a stiffness of kS = 5 107 N/m has been chosen, which can also be expressed as a stiffness per area of kS ’’ = 7.4 107 N/m3 = 0.074 N/mm3. The resonance frequency for this pad stiffness is observed between 32 and 40 Hz. The reduction of the ground vibration is about vi,I /vi,U = 0.2 and 0.1 at 100 Hz. The reduction can be improved by softer sleeper pads. But the compliance of the track gets higher than tolerable. A possibility to use softer sleeper pads without increasing the static compliance of the track is their combination with wide sleepers. The softer sleeper pads under wider sleepers yield the same compliance of the track and a better reduction of the ground vibration. KW - Heavy sleeper KW - Under sleeper pad KW - Finite-element boundary-element method KW - Mitigation KW - Ground vibration KW - Ballasted track PY - 2011 SP - 1 EP - 81 PB - Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-56607 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - Railway-induced ground and building vibrations – Analysis in frequency-wavenumber domain and fast prediction with approximate models N2 - A simple and fast prediction scheme is presented for train-induced ground and building vibrations. For the emission, finite-element boundary-element or multiple-beam-on-continuous-soil models of the track have been analysed and approximated by faster track-on-Winkler-soil models. The vehicle-track interaction due to irregularities yields the excitation forces. For the transmission of waves in the soil, the wavenumber integral of the compliance of layered soils has been evaluated. The calculation time is reduced for the prediction by using the solution of a homogeneous half-space with a frequency-dependent wave velocity (the dispersion) of the soil. For the immision, many 2 and 3-dimenisonal finite-element building models have been investigated, and a good approximation has been established by a 1-dimensional soil-wall-floor model. In addition, the axle sequence of the train, the quasi-static and the “scattered” response of the soil, and the wave propagation from a tunnel to a pile foundation of a building have been included. T2 - ISMA-Conference 2022 CY - Leuven, Belgium DA - 12.09.2022 KW - Ground vibration KW - Simple prediction KW - Vehicle-track interaction KW - Layered soil KW - Soil-building interaction KW - Soil-wall-floor model KW - Propagation from a tunnel KW - Tunnel-pile transfer PY - 2022 SP - 1 EP - 13 PB - KU Leuven CY - Leuven AN - OPUS4-56603 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - Mitigation measures for slab tracks - wide sleepers on soft pads and different slabs - Results from the finite element boundary element method N2 - The ground vibrations, which are generated by trains on different slab tracks, have been calculated by finite-element boundary-element models. The slab track is modelled in detail by the finite element method. The infinite soil is modelled by the boundary element method as a homogeneous half-space. The track-soil system is coupled with a simple rigid mass model of the vehicle so that the vehicle-track interaction is completely included. Transfer functions are calculated in frequency domain without and with vehicle-track interaction, the compliance of the track and the mobilities of the soil at different distances from the track. Finally, the ratios between the ground vibration amplitudes with and without mitigation measure are calculated to quantify the effectiveness of the mitigation measure. Tracks with under sleeper pads have been investigated in a parameter study. The main parameter that influences the reduction of ground vibration is the stiffness of the under sleeper pad. The softest sleeper pad yields the best reduction of the ground vibration. The influence of other parameters has been examined. The stiffness of the rail pads, the stiffness of the slab material, the stiffness of the sleeper material, and the distance of the sleepers. All these parameters show no or only a minor influence on the mitigation effect. As the standard isolated track, a track with an under sleeper pad of a stiffness of kS = 5 107 N/m has been chosen, which can also be expressed as a stiffness per area of kS ’’ = 3.7 107 N/m3 = 0.037 N/mm3. The resonance frequency for this pad stiffness is observed between 32 and 40 Hz. The reduction of the ground vibration is about vi,I /vi,U = 0.1 at 100 Hz. KW - Wide sleeper KW - Under sleeper pad KW - Finite-element boudnary-element method KW - Slab track KW - Mitigation KW - Ground vibration PY - 2012 SP - 1 EP - 50 PB - Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-56608 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Auersch, Lutz A1 - Said, Samir A1 - Rohrmann, R. T1 - Measurement and evaluation tools for ground and building vibrations from industrial pro-cesses, construction work, traffic and other sources N2 - Vibration measurements have many causes and many technical and natural sources. Problems can sometimes be solved by short-term measurements, but in many cases, a long-term measurement is necessary. In long-term measurements of days, weeks, months and even years, it is easy to collect a huge quantity of raw data, but at the end, the post-processing of these data can be exhausting (for example one-year vibration data of a wind energy tower). A software has been developed which con-sists of measuring and evaluation routines where the measuring routines can operate different meas-uring systems and different measuring cards. The main advantage of this software is the fact that the interesting evaluations can be integrated in the measuring process so that the characteristics of the vibration can be extracted without storing all the raw data. Only important time segments are stored, for example train passages. The overall concept of the software and the main evaluation routines will be described in some details. Examples of our measurement experience will illustrate the capabilities of the software. 1) Surveying construction work in nearby sensitive buildings (for example an old wind tunnel), including a stable alarm system and meaningful vibration limits. 2) Prediction of train-induced vibration for a planned building to prevent annoyance and to improve the building design. 3) Modal analysis and long term measurements of several single- or multi-span, concrete or steel bridges 4) Modal and wave analysis of coupled floors in a historical building (“Neues Palais” at Potsdam). 5) Soil properties of various measurement sites (different routines to evaluate the dispersion). Moreover, from many projects, amplitudes, frequencies, and attenuation laws have been collected and analysed for the different sources such as vibratory or impact pile driving and ground compaction, demolition work with different machines, blasting in quarries and in tunnel works, bomb and mine clearing. T2 - 28th International Congress on Sound and Vibration CY - Online meeting DA - 24.07.2022 KW - Ground vibration KW - Building vibration KW - Measurement KW - Evaluation KW - Modes KW - Waves PY - 2022 SP - 1 EP - 8 AN - OPUS4-56602 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - Effects of a varying track and soil stiffness on ground vibrations near railway lines N2 - Usually, geometric irregularities are considered as the main cause of ground vibrations from trains. A varying stiffness of the track, the track support and the soil can also generate ground vibrations. The regular stiffness variation of the track on and between the sleepers results in a deterministic dynamic axle load. The random stiffness variation of the track support yields also dynamic axle loads which are generated by the acceleration of the unsprung mass (from the varying wheel displacements under the static axle load). The random stiffness variation has a second effect. The pulses from the passage of the static axle loads are superposed regularly to the quasi-static response, but also irregularly to yield a “scattered” part of the axle pulses. The same holds for a random variation of the soil stiffness. All these effects of stiffness variations have been calculated by wavenumber-domain multi-beam track models, a random finite-element soil model and the superposition of axle impulses in a stochastic simulation. The results are confronted with many measurements at different sites. It is concluded that the stiffness variation of the track and the soil generate an important ground vibration component near railway lines. T2 - International Conference Railways 2022 CY - Montpellier, France DA - 22.08.2022 KW - Ground vibration KW - Axle loads KW - Irregularities KW - Varying stiffness PY - 2022 SP - 1 EP - 11 AN - OPUS4-56605 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - Die Einfügedämmung bei Schienenfahrwegen Definition, Messung und Berechnung N2 - Die Definition und Beschreibung der Einfügedämmung im Normentwurf DIN 45673-4 ist noch nicht richtig. Es wird die Beschreibung aus DIN 45673-3 herangezogen, die für Messungen gilt. Für die drei Rechenverfahren gibt es jeweils eine passende Beschreibung. Mit diesen Vorlagen ist eine vernünftige Definition der Einfügungsdämmung zu finden. Es bedarf einer Abgrenzung gegenüber anderen (falschen) Möglichkeiten. Des Weiteren ist der Anhang 2 erweitert und der Parametersatz im Anhang 1 auf das Wesentliche reduziert worden. T2 - Norm-Arbeitsausschuss Schwingungsminderung in der Umgebung von Verkehrswegen CY - Online meeting DA - 14.12.2022 KW - Einfügungsdämmung KW - Schienenfahrwege KW - Kraft auf den Boden KW - Erschütterungen im Fernfeld PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-56601 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - Prognoseverfahren für Bahnerschütterungen – DIN 45672-3, VDI 3837, HighSpeed2 und die Fahrzeug-Fahrweg-Boden Wechselwirkung N2 - Die VDI Richtlinie 3837 enthält detaillierte Angaben zur Erschütterungsemission. Die DIN 45672-3 enthält nur den Tunnel- oder einen Bodenmesspunkt als Ausgangspunkt der Prognose. Die Erschütterungsanregung durch die Fahrzeug-Fahrweg-Wechselwirkung wird beschrieben. Die ERgebnisse der BAM stimmen sehr gut mit dem Prognosekonzept von Highspeed 2 überein. Dies wird an den Punkten 1. Störgrößen, 2. Achsimpulse, 3. Tunnelstrecken aufgezeigt. T2 - Norm-Arbeitsausschuss Schwingungsminderung in der Umgebung von Verkehrswegen CY - Frankfurt/M., Germany DA - 08.02.2023 KW - Normung KW - Bahnerschütterungen KW - Emission KW - Fahrzeug-Fahrweg-Boden-Wechselwirkung KW - Störgrößen KW - Achsimpulse KW - Tunnelstrecke PY - 2023 AN - OPUS4-56978 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - The dynamic train-track interaction on a bridge and in a tunnel compared with the simultaneous vehicle, track, and ground vibration measurements at a surface line N2 - The vehicle–track interaction generates forces and consequently vibrations in the environment. The interaction has been analysed by the simultaneous measurements of vehicle, track and ground vibrations during test runs with varied train speeds. The special effects of the passage over a bridge and through a tunnel are studied and compared with the measurements on a conventional ballasted surface line. The maximum amplitudes, narrow band and one-third octave band spectra are presented for the axle-box accelerations and for the track, bridge and ground vibrations. The different frequencies and frequency bands are related to wheel out-of-roundness, track alignment errors, the sleeper passage and the wheelset–track resonance. An axle impulse component has been observed at the track, at the near-field soil and as a scattered version in the far field. Specific results can be found for the bridge track, where clearly speed-dependent bridge resonances occur due to the axle sequence of the train, and for the tunnel track where soft rail pads are responsible for a strong amplification around the wheelset–track resonance. On the other hand, the axle impulses are strongly reduced by the tunnel track, and the scattered axle impulse component is not as relevant as for the surface track. As a consequence, a strong mid-frequency amplitude reduction of the tunnel compared to the surface line has been measured for low and high train speeds by the Federal Institute of Material Research and Testing (BAM) and by other institutes. KW - Vehicle–track interaction KW - Ground vibration KW - Tunnel-to-surface reduction KW - Bridge resonance KW - Axle sequence PY - 2023 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-585139 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/app131910992 VL - 13 IS - 19 SP - 1 EP - 23 PB - MDPI CY - Basel, Schweiz AN - OPUS4-58513 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - Soil–structure interaction and damping by the soil - effects of foundation groups, foundation flexibility, soil stiffness and layers N2 - In many tasks of railway vibration, the structure, that is, the track, a bridge, and a nearby building and its floors, is coupled to the soil, and the soil–structure interaction and the damping by the soil should be included in the analysis to obtain realistic resonance frequencies and amplitudes. The stiffness and damping of a variety of foundations is calculated by an indirect boundary element method which uses fundamental solutions, is meshless, uses collocation points on the boundary, and solves the singularity by an appropriate averaging over a part of the surface. The boundary element method is coupled with the finite element method in the case of flexible foundations such as beams, plates, piles, and railway tracks. The results, the frequency-dependent stiffness and damping of single and groups of rigid foundations on homogeneous and layered soil and the amplitude and phase of the dynamic compliance of flexible foundations, show that the simple constant stiffness and damping values of a rigid footing on homogeneous soil are often misleading and do not represent well the reality. The damping may be higher in some special cases, but, in most cases, the damping is lower than expected fromthe simple theory. Some applications and measurements demonstrate the importance of the correct damping by the soil. KW - Soil–structure interaction KW - Soil dynamics KW - Radiation damping of the soil KW - Rigid foundation KW - Flexible foundation KW - Foundation groups KW - Boundary element method KW - Vibration measurement PY - 2025 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-627007 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/vibration8010005 SN - 2571-631X VL - 8 IS - 5 SP - 1 EP - 28 PB - MDPI CY - Basel, Schweiz AN - OPUS4-62700 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - Prediction of ground vibrations from rail tunnels –finite-element, boundary-element and wavenumber calculations N2 - The prediction of ground and building vibrations has been established for surface lines and has now been extended to tunnel lines. The wave propagation in homogeneous or layered soils (the transmission) is calculated by an integration in wavenumber domain. The wave amplitudes at different distances and for different frequencies will be analysed for the following situations. 1. The horizontal propagation from a surface point to a surface point constitutes the basic rules. 2. The horizontal propagation from a source point at depth to a receiver point at depth which is related to a building with a deep basement or on a pile foundation. 3. The propagation from depth to the surface, which is the normal case for free-field measurements, has some different characteristics, for example a weaker attenuation with the horizontal distance from the source, which can be approximated by the full-space solution and the reflection rules for incident waves. The emission from a tunnel structure has been calculated by a finite-element model of the tunnel combined with a boundary-element model of the soil giving the reduction compared to a point-load excitation. The immission has been analysed by finite-element models of tunnel-soil-building systems for examples of research and consultancy work. Measurement results from a high-speed and a metro line confirm some of the established rules. KW - Railway tunnel KW - Ground vibration KW - Building vibration KW - Wavenumber integral KW - Full-space solution KW - Reflection at the surface PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-627015 DO - https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2909/1/012013 SN - 1742-6596 VL - 2909 SP - 1 EP - 12 PB - IOP Publishing CY - London AN - OPUS4-62701 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - Modal analysis of road and rail bridges for damage detection and resonance prediction N2 - In the 1980s, the Federal Institute of Material Research and Testing started with modal analysis measurements of some bridges before and after repair. For one of the bridges, a structural health monitoring was installed 1994 which is still working up to now. It has been modified and extended several times. The monitoring was extended from the critical span to three neighbouring spans. A modal analysis of the whole bridge with seven spans have been done three times, twice together with EMPA of Switzerland. Additional calibration measurements have been done and additional evaluation procedures have been implemented for the monitoring of the steadily increasing loads from the road traffic. Additional sensors were installed such as strain gauges, crack-width, and temperature sensors. The strong influence of the temperature on the natural frequencies has been studied over the years. Later, a temperature compensation has been established and a weak aging trend has been found in the monitoring data. Now, the bridge will be demolished and replaced by a new bridge. Some results of this long-term monitoring will be shown and possible damages (changes of the pre-stress or the support structure) will be discussed. A second application of modal analysis will be demonstrated: the prediction of the resonances due to passing trains. The response of a bridge to passing trains can be calculated in frequency domain as the multiplication of three spectra, the axle sequence spectrum of the train, the transfer function of the bridge, and the modal force spectrum of a single passing load. A resonance occurs if a maximum of the train spectrum coincides with the maximum of the bridge spectrum. The amplitude at this resonance is strongly influenced by the modal force spectrum which is identical to the frequency or wavenumber spectrum of the corresponding mode shape. Therefore, modal analysis from calculation, impact measurements, wind and train measurements are necessary for the prediction of the resonance occurrence and amplification. Examples of mode shape spectra for single or multi-span bridges with simply supported or continuous spans will be shown, and some relations between mode shapes and resonance amplifications will be concluded. T2 - 11th International Operational Modal Analysis Conference (IOMAC) CY - Rennes, France DA - 20.05.2025 KW - Bridge monitoring KW - Multi-span bridges KW - Damage detection KW - Resonance PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-63472 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - Durch Bodenerschütterungen angeregte Gebäudeschwingungen - Ergebnisse von Modellrechnungen N2 - Beschreibung von Modellrechnungen zur Übertragung von Erschütterungen vom Boden in Gebäuden und zum Schwingungsverhalten von Gebäuden. T3 - BAM Forschungsberichtreihe - 108 KW - Schwingung KW - Stockwerkrahmen KW - Schienenverkehr KW - Modell PY - 1984 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-3423 SN - 978-3-88314-363-4 SN - 0938-5533 VL - 108 SP - 1 EP - 36 PB - Wirtschaftsverlag NW CY - Bremerhaven AN - OPUS4-342 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - Ausbreitung von Erschütterungen durch den Boden N2 - Modellrechnungen zur Ausbreitung der Erschütterungen im Boden, mit denen der Einfluss des Bodenaufbaus, der Materialeigenschaften des Bodens und der Geometrie der Erschütterungsquelle auf die Stärke der Erschütterungen untersucht wurde. Ergebnisse sind auch auf andere Erschütterungsquellen, wie Maschinen, Rammungen oder Sprengungen, übertragbar. T3 - BAM Forschungsberichtreihe - 92 KW - Schienenverkehr KW - Finite-Element-Methode KW - Boden KW - Schwingung PY - 1983 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-3589 SN - 978-3-88314-266-2 SN - 0938-5533 VL - 92 SP - 1 EP - 92 PB - Wirtschaftsverlag NW CY - Bremerhaven AN - OPUS4-358 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rogge, Andreas A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - Innovationspotenzial von Fahrwegkomponenten: Schwere Schwellen auf weichen Schwellensohlen N2 - Der Erhalt und die Weiterentwicklung der Verkehrsinfrastrukturen werden auch zukünftig einen Investitions- und Forschungsschwerpunkt in Deutschland bilden. Gemäß den aktuellen Entwicklungsprognosen sowohl der Bundesregierung als auch der Deutschen Bahn wäre bei unveränderten Marktanteilen der Bahn eine Zunahme insbesondere des Güterverkehrs in den kommenden 10 Jahren um ca. 50% zu erwarten. Dieser Zuwachs erfordert erhebliche Entwicklungen sowohl in der technischen Konstruktion der Fahrwege als auch im Erschütterungs- und Lärmschutz infolge des Schienenverkehrs. PY - 2015 SN - 0013-2845 VL - 64 IS - 7+8 SP - 41 EP - 46 PB - Eurailpress Tetzlaff-Hestra CY - Hamburg AN - OPUS4-33865 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rogge, Andreas A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - Innovation in track components: heavy sleepers on soft under-sleeper pads N2 - The maintenance of the transport infrastructures and their further development are going to remain focal points for investment and research in Germany in future. According to the latest development forecasts made by both the federal government and Deutsche Bahn, even if rail´s percentage share of the market were to remain unchanged, growth of around 50% would be expected in the next ten years, especially in freight traffic. This growth is necessitating considerable development both in the technical design of the tracks and in the abatement of the noise and vibration caused by railway traffic. PY - 2015 SN - 0013-2845 VL - 2 SP - 9 EP - 13 PB - DVV Media Group, Eurailpress CY - Hamburg AN - OPUS4-34993 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Auersch, Lutz A1 - Baeßler, Matthias A1 - Dietrich, T. A1 - Holzlöhner, Ulrich T1 - Dynamik und Setzungen von Bahnfahrwegen auf homogenem und inhomogenem Untergrund N2 - Seit 25 Jahren betreibt die Bundesanstalt für Materialprüfung intensive Forschung auf dem Gebiet der Eisenbahndynamik unter realistischer Einbeziehung des Gleisuntergrundes. Das umfaßt theoretisch/numerische Arbeiten, Feldmessungen und Labor-, Modell- und Elementversuche zu den folgenden Fragen: -die Erschütterungs- und Körperschallweiterleitung durch den natürlichen Boden, - das Schwingungsverhalten der verschiedenen Fahrwege auf speziellen Boden- und Schotterschichten, - die dynamischen Kräfte während der Überfahrt des Fahrzeugs sowie - das Setzungs- und Differenzsetzungsverhalten verschiedener Gleisstrukturen. Es werden Rechen- und Meßergebnisse zum Vergleich der Festen Fahrbahn und des Schottergleises vorgestellt und daraus Möglichkeiten für die weitere Verbesserung von Bahnfahrwegen gefolgert. Eine wesentliche Rolle kommt dabei der Wechselwirkung von Platten und steifen Declcschichten mit dem umgebenden Boden zu, deren Theorie in der BAM in den 90er Jahren weiterentwickelt wurde. T2 - Baugrundtagung CY - Hannover, Germany DA - 18.09.2000 PY - 2000 SN - 3-7739-1249-8 SP - 273 EP - 282 PB - VGE CY - Essen AN - OPUS4-11587 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Auersch, Lutz A1 - Baeßler, Matthias A1 - Rücker, Werner T1 - Dynamik, Emissionen und Langzeitstabilität von innovativen Bahnfahrwegen N2 - Seit 25 Jahren betreibt die Bundesanstalt für Materialprüfung intensive Forschung auf dem Gebiet der Eisenbahndynamik unter Einbeziehung aller Systemkomponenten. Das umfasst theoretisch/numerische Arbeiten, Feldmessungen und Laborversuche zu den folgenden Fragen: - die Erschütterungs- und Körperschallweiterleitung durch den natürlichen Boden, - das Schwingungsverhalten der verschiedenen Fahrwege auf dem Untergrund, - die dynamischen Kräfte aus der Wechselwirkung zwischen dem Fahrzeug und dem Fahrweg sowie - die Gleislageentwicklung unter dieser Belastung bei verschiedenen Fahrwegen. Es werden Ergebnisse zu den dynamischen Kräften bei Geschwindigkeiten von 40 bis 300 km/h und zum Vergleich der Festen Fahrbahn mit dem Schottergleis vorgestellt, woraus Möglichkeiten für die T2 - VDEI Fachtagung BahnBau 2000 ; Technical Meeting and Exhibition on Railway Construction ; InnoTrans CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 12.09.2000 PY - 2000 SP - 265 EP - 271 CY - Frankfurt AN - OPUS4-11586 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - Dynamisches Verhalten von Gründungen von Offshore-Windkraftanlagen T2 - VDI-Tagung Baudynamik CY - Kassel, Germany DA - 2009-05-14 PY - 2009 AN - OPUS4-19492 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Lüddecke, Falk A1 - Auersch, Lutz A1 - Baeßler, Matthias A1 - Rücker, Werner T1 - Dynamisches Verhalten von Gründungen von Offshore-Windkraftanalagen T2 - 3. VDI-Fachtagung - Baudynamik CY - Kassel, Deutschland DA - 2009-05-14 PY - 2009 SN - 978-3-18-092063-4 SN - 0083-5560 VL - 2063 SP - 467 EP - 480 PB - VDI-Verl. CY - Düsseldorf AN - OPUS4-19862 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Auersch, Lutz A1 - Said, Samir T1 - System and damage identification for cars, floors and roofs, bridges, tracks and foundations by modal analyses, frequency response functions and moving-load responses N2 - The following objects have been analysed by frequency response functions and moving load responses. A simple modal analysis which is based on the transformed and weighted system equations has been tested for an automotive test car and for many floors in many buildings to get some rules for their natural frequency and damping. Moreover, six neighboured equal, weakly coupled, wooden floors in a castle have been measured by ambient and hammer excitation, and a special method to extract the different mode shapes of the closely spaced natural frequencies has been developed and tested. Different foundations, for which the soil-structure interaction is generally important, have been measured and compared with finite-element boundary-element models of varying soil properties. Similarly by FEBEM calculations, damages in railway tracks have been identified from flexibility functions (frequency response functions) and from the moving-load responses to normal train operation. Rail and foot bridges have been measured during train passages and by quasi-static tests with moving vehicles. The repeatability of the inclinometer measurements has been checked for different passages, passage directions, and measurement campaigns at a six-span foot bridge. Two rail bridges at the Hanover-Würzburg high-speed line have been measured and evaluated for integrity and for the train- and speed-dependent bridge resonances. The relation between the multi-axle and the single-axle excitation can be solved in frequency domain by the axle-sequence spectrum of the vehicle or the whole train. The single axle response has been used to identify track and bridge damages in laboratory and in situ. T2 - 10th International Operational Modal Analysis Conference (IOMAC 2024) CY - Naples, Italy DA - 21.05.2024 KW - Weakly coupled floors KW - Bridge passage KW - Track damage KW - Foundation-soil interaction KW - Flexibility function KW - Moving load response PY - 2024 SN - 978-3-031-61420-0 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-61421-7_19 SN - 2366-2557 SP - 187 EP - 195 PB - Springer Nature Switzerland AG CY - Cham, Schweiz AN - OPUS4-61248 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - Die Minderung von Bahnerschütterungen – Messergebnisse aus Österreich, Deutschland und der Schweiz N2 - Die Minderung von Bahnerschütterungen neben Eisenbahnstrecken ist an vielen Stellen gemessen worden. Dabei ist neben der hochfrequenten Wirkung von elastischen Gleiselementen wie Schienenlager, Schwellensohlen und Unterschottermatten auch oft eine tieffrequente Minderung beobachtet worden. Diese tieffrequente Minderung wird interpretiert und mit der weiteren Lastverteilung der statischen Last erklärt. T2 - Wiener Dynamik Tage CY - Vienna, Austria DA - 25.07.2027 KW - Bahnerschütterungen KW - Minderung KW - Messungen KW - Schwellensohlen KW - Unterschottermatte KW - Gleistrog PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-61228 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - Vibraciones de estructuras multi vanos como forjados, puentes ferroviarios y de carreteras N2 - Se han analizado las frecuencias y las formas modales de las estructuras multi-vanos en teoría y mediante ocho ejemplos medidos. Como consecuencia por los puentes de ferrocarril, se han calculado las amplitudes de resonancia en el dominio de las frecuencias con los espectros del tren, de la fuerza modal, y de la resonancia. Para los vanos (idénticos) continuos resp. simplemente apoyados el acoplamiento es fuerte resp. debil, las frecuencias son separadas resp. agrupadas, las formas modales son globales y globales, la resonancia es menor resp. menor – (igual). Los resultados en el dominio del tiempo se obtiene con la transformación inversa de Fourier o – más robusto – el valor de eficaz por la superposición. T2 - DinEst 2024 Third Conference on Structural Dynamics CY - Seville, Spain DA - 12.09.2024 KW - Multi-span bridges KW - Train passage KW - Resonance PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-61225 LA - spa AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - The excitation, propagation, and mitigation of train-induced ground vibrations from the axle impulses on the track N2 - Train-induced vibrations in soft ground usually have a strong low-frequency component. This component has a characteristic spectrum which is related to the axle sequence and the speed of the train. Its attenuation with distance is weaker than the attenuation for higher frequencies, and it always dominates the far-field ground vibration. Narrow-band frequency analyses clearly show that this ground vibration component is due to the static axle loads. Axle box vibrations have a different characteristic where the first out-of-roundness of the wheels is the only remarkable low-frequency component. Therefore, the dynamic axle loads from wheel and track irregularities are not the reason for the strong ground vibration component. The moving static axle loads generate the quasi-static response of the soil at very low frequencies and at very near distances. A part of the original impulse spectrum is scattered when it propagates through an inhomogeneous ballast and soil with a randomly varying stiffness. The axle impulses are smoother for a higher bending stiffness or a lower support stiffness (under sleeper pads, under ballast mats) of the track. This mitigation of the ground vibration will be demonstrated by measurements at three sites in Switzerland as well as the characteristic of the soil and axle-box vibrations. T2 - Railways Conference CY - Prague, Czech Republic DA - 02.09.2024 KW - Soil and vehicle measurements KW - Train passages KW - Ground vibration KW - Excitation mechanisms KW - Mitigation KW - Under sleeper pads KW - Under ballast mat PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-61226 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -