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Strategic vibration mapping for railway infrastructures
Alarcón Rovira, Gabriel; Palacios Higueras, José Ignacio; Solé, Jaume
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria Mecànica; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. GRECEAM - Grup de recerca en contaminació per emissió acústica i en Mecànica
The Environmental Noise Directive 2002/49/EC requires the Member States to determine the exposure to environmental noise through noise mapping for agglomerations, roads, railways and airports using common methods of assessment. These maps will be made available to the public and will allow adopting action plans to prevent and reduce environmental noise, particularly where exposure levels can induce harmful effects. The END does not establish how to asses or reduce vibration impact caused by railway infrastructures. Within this directive, no common method of assessment or evaluation of people exposure to railway induced vibrations are defined. In this paper, Strategic Vibration Mapping concept for railway infrastructures is developed including discussion about input data, vibration harshness evaluation, quantification and action planning.
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-Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Infraestructures i modelització dels transports::Infraestructures i transport ferroviari
-Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Geomàtica::Cartografia
-Railroad law
-Cartography
-Noise
-Ferrocarrils -- Legislació
-Cartografia
-Soroll -- Aspectes ambientals
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