NTL Record

Title Handbook of Urban Rail Noise and Vibration Control: Executive Digest
Record ID 38735
Personal Name
Creator
Saurenman, H. J.; Nelson, J. T.; Wilson, G. P.
Personal Name
Contributor
Kurzweil, Leonard G.; Cooney, Nancy A.; Ivey, Elizabeth; Williams, Thayer
Corporate Creator Wilson, Ihrig & Associates; John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
Corporate
Contributor
United States. Department of Transportation. Urban Mass Transportation Administration
Publisher United States. Department of Transportation. Urban Mass Transportation Administration
Publication Date 19820701
Language English
Abstract This executive digest presents a summary of the information that is contained in the Handbook of Urban Rail Noise and Vibration Control. The handbook is a comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art in the field. The digest is intended for all those who would like an overview of the handbook's contents, either as an introduction to the handbook or as a source of information in and of itself. The text provides information useful in integrating noise and vibration control into transit system planning and operations. The tables, which follow the text, summarize technical information contained in the handbook on control treatments for wayside, vehicle, station, and groundborne noise and vibration.
Public Note 58p. in various pagings
Rosap ID dot:9193
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/9193
TRT Terms Acoustic measuring instruments; Acoustics; Handbooks; Rail transit stations; Railroad facilities; State of the art studies; Noise control; Noise; Urban areas; Urban transportation; Vibration; Vibration control
General Subjects Urban rail noise and vibration; Noise criteria; Noise measurement; Noise and vibration control; Vehicle noise; Station noise; Elevated structure noise; Groundborne noise and vibration
Geographical
Coverage
United States
TRIS Online
Accession No
365336
Report Number DOT-TSC-UMTA-81-73; UMTA-MA-06-0099-82-2
Availability Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference Center
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/38000/38700/38735/handbookofurbanr00saur.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository