Transmission of structure-borne sound in buildings above railway tunnels is studied for a specific case: the sound is assumed to emanate from railway traffic and to be transmitted through the rock foundation into the building. Analytical models are presented for the propagation of structure-borne sound upward in buildings. The models are based on the assumption that the vibrational energy propagates from the foundation in the form of quasi-longitudinal waves. A finite ground impedance is taken into account as well as wave reflection from the roof. Results are presented for buildings constructed with either load-bearing walls or columns.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
LjunggrenS. (1991). “Transmission of structure-borne sound in buildings above railways”, Applied Acoustics, 34, 193–205.
2.
MelkeJ. (1988). “Noise and vibration from underground railway lines: Proposals for a prediction procedure”. Journal of Sound and Vibration90(4), 120,391.
3.
UngarE. E., and BenderE.K. (1975). “Vibration produced in buildings by a passage of subway trains; parameter estimation for preliminary design”, Proceedings of the Inter-Noise, 491–498.
4.
LjunggrenS. (1996). “Noise from underground railways – A ‘state of the art’ review”, Inter-noise, 409–415.
5.
LindbladS. (1993). “Thevenin sources and formulations for continuum behaviour of mechanical and acoustical elements”, Technical report TVBA-3080, Lund Institute of Technology, Department of Engineering Acoustics, Sweden.
6.
CremerL.HecklM., and UngarE.E.,(1988) “Structure-borne sound”, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg.
7.
CraikR. (1996). “Sound transmission through buildings using statistical energy analysis”, Gower publishing limited, England.
8.
BoussinesqJ. (1885). “Application of potentials” (in French), Gauthier-Villars“, Paris.
9.
LjunggrenS. (1989). “Line mobilities of infinite plates”, Journal of Acoustical Society of America, 86(4).
10.
LjunggrenS. (1995). “Mechanical Excitation of Plates at Low Frequencies: A Discussion on the Use of the Bending Wave Equation”, Acta Acustica3, 531–538.
11.
HaetelR. (2000). “Vibration transmission in plate structures”, Department of Vehicle Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm.
12.
KihlmanT. (1967). “Transmission of Structure-Borne Sound in Buildings”, National Swedish Institute for Building Research, Report 9, Stockholm, Sweden.
13.
NelsonJ.T., (1983). “State-of-the art Review: Prediction and control of ground-borne noise and vibration from rail transit trains”, NTIS PB84-158a781 13.
14.
RobertsonI. A. (1962). “Forced vibrations of rigid circular disc on a semi-infinite elastic solid”, Proceeding of the Cambridge philosophical society547–553.
15.
WallerR. A. (1969). “Buildings on springs”, Pergamon, Oxford.
16.
ZillD.G., and CullenM.R. (1992). “Advanced Engineering Mathematics”, OWSKENT Publishing Company, Boston R.JM.
17.
ÅkerlöfL. (1990). “Buildings above railways – Four different methods for the control of structure-borne sound”, Proceedings of Inter-Noise1990, 213–16.
18.
TalbotJ.P., and HuntH.E.M. (2000). “On the performance of Base-Isolated Buildings”, Building Acoustics, Volume 7, Number 3, page 163–178.
