TY - JOUR A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - Dynamic behavior of slab tracks on homogeneous and layered soils and the reduction of ground vibration by floating slab tracks N2 - The dynamics of slab tracks and floating slab tracks are analyzed by multibeam models for the track and by integration in the wave-number domain for the soil, which is modeled as a layered half-space. Frequency-dependent compliances and force transfers are calculated for a great variety of track and soil parameters. The distribution of the load and the displacements along the track is investigated as well as the wave propagation perpendicular to the track and the ground vibration amplitudes. The floating slab track has a dominating plate-mat resonance and a strong high-frequency reduction. A track-soil resonance can also be recognized for an unisolated slab track in the case of layered soils. Generally, there is a strong damping of the track by the soil. The reduction effect of the slab mat is mainly owing to the elimination of this strong damping. The continuous soil yields slightly different rules for the displacements and force densities than those of a Winkler support. The total force transfer from the rail to the soil is the best criterion to judge the effectiveness of a floating slab track in reducing the ground vibration at some distance from the railway line. The total force transfer is easier to calculate than the double Fourier integrals of the ground vibration amplitudes, namely in the far field, and it has the best correlation with the reduction of the ground vibration. KW - Railway track KW - Slab track KW - Floating slab track KW - Track-soil interaction KW - Track vibration KW - Ground vibration KW - Force transfer PY - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889.0000407 SN - 0733-9399 SN - 1943-7889 VL - 138 IS - 8 SP - 923 EP - 933 PB - Soc. CY - New York, NY, USA AN - OPUS4-26860 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Auersch, Lutz A1 - Rücker, Werner A1 - Said, Samir T1 - Mitigation measure for the wave propagation at a Swiss site T2 - RIVAS WP 4 Meeting CY - Munich, Germany DA - 2012-08-27 PY - 2012 AN - OPUS4-27128 LA - deu 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 T1 - Train induced vibration of inhomogeneous soils - a prediction based on measured and calculated point-load solutions T2 - 19th Int. Congress on Sound and Vibration ICSV CY - Vilnius, Lithuania DA - 2012-07-08 PY - 2012 AN - OPUS4-27108 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - 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 - Die Berechnung erschütterungsmindernder Eisenbahnfahrwege mit der kombinierten Finite-Element-Randelement-Methode N2 - Um die Erschütterungen infolge von Schienenverkehr zu reduzieren, werden elastische Elemente in den Eisenbahnfahrweg eingebaut: elastische Zwischenlagen zwischen Schiene und Schwelle, elastische Schwellensohlen zwischen Schwelle und Schotter und Unterschottermatten unterhalb des Schotters. Das elastische Element führt zu einer ausgeprägten Eigenfrequenz des Gesamtsystems bestehend aus Fahrzeug, Fahrweg und Untergrund. Die Wirkung der elastischen Elemente beruht darauf, dass die Frequenzen oberhalb dieser Eigenfrequenz abgemindert werden. Für die Ermittlung der Wirksamkeit der Minderungsmaßnahme werden das Gleis mit elastischem Element und das Gleis ohne elastisches Element berechnet. Beide Eisenbahnfahrwege werden mit der kombinierten Finite-Element- Randelement-Methode berechnet, wobei das Gleis einschließlich des Schotters mit der Finite-Element-Methode berechnet wird, der Gleisuntergrund hingegen mit der Randelementmethode. Für die erschütterungsmindernden Gleise erweist es sich als vorteilhaft, spezielle Gleisendelemente an den Seiten des FE-Modells anzufügen. Dadurch wird zusätzlich zur Unendlichkeit des Untergrundes auch die unendliche Länge des Gleises berücksichtigt. Für die Ermittlung der Minderungswirkung werden die frequenzabhängige Nachgiebigkeit des Gleise, die Kraftübertragung des Gleises, und die Fahrzeug-Fahrweg-Wechselwirkung berechnet. Schließlich werden die Kraftminderungen verschiedener Eisenbahnfahrwege dargestellt und der Einfluss der wesentlichen Parameter untersucht. T2 - 4. VDI-Fachtagung - Baudynamik 2012 CY - Kassel, Germany DA - 25.04.2012 PY - 2012 SN - 978-3-18-092160-0 SN - 0083-5560 N1 - Serientitel: VDI-Berichte – Series title: VDI-Berichte VL - 2160 SP - 171 EP - 184 PB - VDI-Verl. CY - Düsseldorf AN - OPUS4-27256 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - Erschütterungsminderung der besohlten Schwelle, Rechenergebnisse zur Auswahl einer Teststruktur T2 - RIVAS WP 3.2 Meeting CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2012-02-29 PY - 2012 AN - OPUS4-25780 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - Minderung von Eisenbahnerschütterungen - Vergleich verschiedener besohlter Schwellen T2 - RIVAS WP 3.2 Meeting CY - Frankfurt am Main, Germany DA - 2012-03-29 PY - 2012 AN - OPUS4-25781 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - Mitigation measures for slab tracks - analysis of elastically supported wide sleepers on asphalt slabs T2 - RIVAS WP 3.4 Meeting CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2012-04-17 PY - 2012 AN - OPUS4-25782 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - Die Berechnung erschütterungsmindernder Eisenbahnfahrwege mit der kombinierten Finite-Element-Randelement-Methode T2 - VDI-Tagung Baudynamik CY - Kassel, Germany DA - 2012-04-25 PY - 2012 AN - OPUS4-25783 LA - deu 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 - JOUR A1 - Auersch, Lutz T1 - Train induced ground vibrations: different amplitude-speed relations for two layered soils N2 - Ground vibrations created by running high-speed trains at speeds between 100 and 320 km/h are calculated in detail using transfer functions to model the effects of the moving loads. These transfer functions for layered soils are obtained by integration in the wavenumber domain. The train-induced vibrations in a soil that is considered to consist of single layers of two slightly different soils are analysed for different excitations: for their spectra, attenuation laws and amplitude-speed relations. An important mid-frequency component is shifted through the cut-on region of the layered soil with an increase in the train speed. The cut-on frequency divides the response of the layered soil into a low-frequency low-amplitude range and a high-frequency high-amplitude range. This leads to completely different train speed dependencies for the two soil layers with strongly increasing amplitudes around the cut-on frequency and almost constant amplitudes beyond this frequency. All calculated results closely agree with ground vibration measurements at two corresponding sites, especially if the mid-frequency component is calculated by axle impulses. KW - Ground vibration KW - Layered soil KW - Wavenumber integrals KW - Moving load KW - Excitation forces KW - High-speed trains KW - Measured railway vibrations PY - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1177/0954409712437305 SN - 0954-4097 VL - 226 IS - 5 SP - 469 EP - 488 PB - Sage Publ. CY - London AN - OPUS4-31162 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -