López-Mendoza, D, Romero, A, Connolly, DP et al. (1 more author) (2017) Scoping assessment of building vibration induced by railway traffic. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 93. C. pp. 147-161. ISSN 0267-7261
Abstract
This work presents a scoping model to predict ground-borne railway vibration levels within buildings considering soil-structure interaction (SSI). It can predict the response of arbitrarily complex buildings in a fraction of the time typically required to analyse a complex SSI problem, and thus provides a practical tool to rapidly analyse the vibration response of numerous structures near railway lines. The tool is designed for use in cases where the ground-borne vibration is known, and thus can be used as model input. Therefore in practice, for the case of a new line, the ground motion can be computed numerically, or alternatively, for the case of new buildings to be constructed near an existing line, it can be recorded directly (e.g. using accelerometers) and used as model input. To achieve these large reductions in computational time, the model discretises the ground-borne vibration in the free field into a frequency range corresponding to the modes that characterize the dynamic building response. After the ground-borne response spectra that corresponds with the incident wave field is estimated, structural vibration levels are computed using modal superposition, thus avoiding intensive soil-structure interaction computations. The model is validated using a SSI problem and by comparing results against a more complex finite element-boundary element model. Finally, the new scoping model is then used to analyse the effect of soil properties, building height, train speed and distance between the building and the track on structural-borne vibration. The results show that the scoping model provides a powerful tool for use during the early design stages of a railway system when a large number of structures require analysis.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | Scoping assessment; Modal superposition; Railway traffic; High speed rail; Building vibrations; Ground-borne vibrations; Structural vibration; Railroad vibration; Environmental impact assessment (EIA) |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Civil Engineering (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 25 Jan 2018 10:25 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jan 2018 10:25 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.soildyn.2016.12.008 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:126625 |