Noise and Vibration Mitigation for Rail Transportation Systems: Proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on Railway Noise, Uddevalla, Sweden, 9-13 September 2013 (Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design)

The book reports on the 11th International Workshop on Railway Noise, held on 9 - 13 September, 2013, in Uddevalla, Sweden. The event, which was jointly organized by the Competence Centre Chalmers Railway Mechanics (CHARMEC) and the Departments of Applied Mechanics and Applied Acoustics at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden, covered a broad range of topics in the field of railway noise and vibration, including: prospects, legal regulations and perceptions; wheel and rail noise; prediction, measurements and monitoring; ground-borne vibration; squeal noise and structure-borne noise; and aerodynamic noise generated by high-speed trains. Further topics included: resilient track forms; grinding, corrugation and roughness; and interior noise and sound barriers. This book, which consists of a collection of peer-reviewed papers originally submitted to the workshop, not only provides readers with an overview of the latest developments in the field, but also offers scientists and engineers essential support in their daily efforts to identify, understand and solve a number of problems related to railway noise and vibration, and to achieve their ultimate goal of reducing the environmental impact of railway systems. Session 1: Prospects, Legal Regulation, Perception - Part I Session 2: Prospects, Legal Regulation, Perception.- Part II Session 2: Wheel and Rail Noise.- Part I Poster Session 1: Prospects, Legal Regulation, Perception / Wheel and Rail Noise / Prediction, Measurements, Monitoring.- Session 3: Wheel and Rail Noise.- Part II Session 3: Prediction, Measurements, Monitoring - Part I.- Session 4: Prediction, Measurements, Monitoring - Part II Session 5: Ground-Borne Vibration.- Part I Session 6: Ground-Borne Vibration.- Part II Poster Session 2: Interior Noise, Sound Barrier / Grinding, Corrugation, Roughness / Resilient Track Forms.- Session 7: Squeal Noise, Structure-Borne Noise.- Session 8: High-Speed Trains, Aerodynamic Noise.- Part I Session 9: High-Speed Trains, Aerodynamic Noise.- Part II Session 9: Ground-Borne Vibration.- Part III Poster Session 3: Ground-Borne Vibration / High-Speed Trains, Aerodynamic Noise / Squeal Noise, Structure-Borne Noise.- Session 10: Resilient Track Forms.- Session 11: Grinding, Corrugation, Roughness.- Session 11: Interior Noise, Sound Barrier - Part 1-. Session 12: Interior Noise, Sound Barrier.