Study of the Negative Effects of Railway Transport Systems upon Constructions

Abstract:

This paper presents the negative effects of the vibrations produced by railway transport systems upon the constructions in the neighbourhood of the railways. The railway vehicles in motion produce very high intensity vibrations. Through the soil, these vibrations are transmitted to the foundations of the constructions in the vicinity and consequently settlements, cracks, even collapses of buildings can occur. The paper contains a theoretical part where the features of free and forced vibrations of the track/vehicle system as well as the features of the vibrations of the vehicles displacing along a joint track are described, followed by a practical part in which are shown the results of measurements made to highlight the effects upon the constructions (values of accelerations, velocities and displacements).

• Periodical: Advanced Engineering Forum (Volume 21)
• Pages: 94-101
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AEF.21.94
• Online since: March 2017
• Authors: Raluca Nerişanu*, Delia Drăgan
• Keywords: Accelerations, Displacements, Dynamic Actions, Track, Vehicle, Velocities, Vibration, Waves

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