Noise and Vibration Mitigation for Rail Transportation Syste

Noise Statistics by Monitoring Stations - Input for Dutch Prediction Method RMR and Track Access Charging.- Measurement and Modelling of Noise from the Arsta Bridge in Stockholm.- Minimising Noise from Viaducts in the Borough Area of London for the Thameslink Programme.- The New German Prediction Model for Railway Noise "Schall 03 2006" - Potentials of the New Calculation Method for Noise Mitigation of Planned Rail Traffic.- Floating Slab Track Re-engineering: Experience Drawn from a Completely Renovated FST Damaged by Major Flooding in Sao Paulo Metro.- Session 6: General Rolling Noise Aspects (II).- In-Car Noise and Carriage Floor Vibration on Different Track Forms and Curvatures in a Metro System.- Experimental and Theoretical Analysis of Railway Bridge Noise Reduction Using Resilient Rail Fasteners in Burgdorf, Switzerland.- Comparison of Two Metrics for Assessing Human Response to Vibration.- A Study on Source Mechanism in the Interior Noise Problem of High Speed Trains.- Reducing the Noise Emission by Increasing the Damping of the Rail: Results of a Field Test.- Session 7: Cost Benefit Considerations of Noise Abatement.- Railway Noise Abatement: The Case for Retrofitting Freight Vehicles with Composite Brake Blocks.- A Systematic Approach for Arriving at Reasonable Heights and Locations for Noise Barriers Adjacent to Railway Lines.- How Can Infrastructure Manager Influence Noise Generation of Rolling Stock.- Acoustic Effectiveness of Damped Wheels and Impact on Life-Cycle Cost of Different Typologies of Passenger Trains.- Mitigation Measures for Open Lines against Vibration and Ground-Borne Noise: A Swiss Overview.- Session 8: Prediction Tools and Theoretical Models (I).- Preliminary Analysis on Effect of Sleeper Pitch on Rail Corrugation at a Curved Track.- A Hybrid Model for Noise Generation from a Railway Wheel Due to Wheel/Rail Impact.- A Time Domain Model for Wheel/Rail Interaction Aiming to Include Non-linear Contact Stiffness and Tangential Friction.- Optimization of Track Parameters, Considering Their Physical Dispersion, to Minimize Rail Corrugation.- Predicting the Effect of Temperature on the Performance of Elastomer-Based Rail Damping Devices.- Estimation of Sound Transmission through Extruded Panels Using a Coupled Waveguide Finite Element-Boundary Element Method.- Session 9: Prediction Tools and Theoretical Models (II).- Squeal Prediction for a Bogied Vehicle in a Curve.- Synthesis of Noise of Operating Vehicles: Development within SILENCE of a Tool with Listening Features.- IMAGINE Rail Noise Sources - A Practical Methodology.- Optimization of a Wheel Damper for Freight Wagons Using FEM Simulation.- Session 10: Grinding, Corrugation and Roughness (I).- Types of Rail Roughness and the Selection of Vibration Isolation Measures.- Rail Roughness Monitoring in the Netherlands.- Rail Roughness Level Assessment Based on High-Frequency Wheel-Rail Contact Force Measurements.- Session 11: Grinding, Corrugation and Roughness (II).- Testing the New Acoustic Rail Roughness Measurement Standard.- Practical Implementations and Benefits of Highly Accurate Rail Roughness Measurements.- Session 12: New Noise Reduction Technologies (I).- New Rail Dampers at the Railway Link Roosendaal-Vlissingen Tested within the Dutch Innovation Program.- Theoretical Study on Noise Reduction of Rail Component by Use of Rail Absorber.- Reducing Wheel-Rail Interaction Forces and Roughness Growth by Application of Rail Dampers.- Session 13: New Noise Reduction Technologies (II).- Mitigation of Wheel Squeal and Flanging Noise on the Australian Rail Network.- How to Avoid Squeal Noise on Railways State of the Art and Practical Experience.- Noise Reduction Measures at Freight Train Locomotives "Blue Tiger".- Noise Reduction at Urban Hot-Spots by Vehicle Noise Control.- Poster Session.- Directivity of Railway Rolling Noise.- Complex Eigenvalue Analysis of Railway Curve Squeal.- Wave Propagation in Railway Tracks at High Frequencies.- Stability and Transient Analysis in the Modelling of Railway Disc Brake Squeal.- Large-Scale Fatigue Test of Stone Wool Based Anti-vibration Mats.