LOWNOISEPAD

Low cost noise control by optimised rail pad

Project information

Acronym: LOWNOISEPAD
Low cost noise control by optimised rail pad
Project director: Lucie Anderton
Project manager: Pinar Yilmazer
Status: ongoing project

Project description

With this project, the project participants will individually measure and analyse their existing rail pads on their respective network and will aim to optimise rail pad stiffness confirming its dependence on acoustics-relevant parameters:

track decay rates (TDR),
rail fastening system,
static/dynamic stiffness data including the damping parameters.

Having experiences on rail pad research will help the project’s participants to trigger their internal research for future rail pads on their network.

Members

Infrabel S.A.

Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français

Deutsche Bahn AG

Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane SpA

Infraestruturas de Portugal, S.A.

Swedish Transport Administration

Schweizerische Bundesbahnen

Správa železnic, státní organizace

Prorail

Network Rail Infrastructure Limited

Bane NOR SF

Österreichische Bundesbahnen

Consultant

Members

Austria / OBB: Guenter Dinhobl and Bernhard Knoll
Belgium / Infrabel: Sander de Bock and Juliette Florentin
Czech Republic / SZCZ: Anna Siklova and Pavel Kreuziger
France / SNCF: Baldrik Faure and Jean-Philippe Regairaz
Germany / DB: Bernd Asmussen, Christian Frank, Lennart Moheit and Rudiger Garburg
Italy / FS: Marco Fantozzi, Stefano Rossi and Simone Relandini
Netherlands / ProRail: Nils IJntema and Edwin Gelinck
Norway / BaneNor: Trygve Aasen, Alf Helge Lohren, Celine Chapelier, Thomas Vatn Bjorge, Tom Arsenovic and Torbjorn Ursin
Portugal / IP: Diogo Vasconcelos
Sweden / Trafikverket: Karin Blidberg, Anders Hammar, Martin Li and Mathias Asplund and Alf Ekblad (Chair of UIC NV sector)
Switzerland / SBB: Jakob Oertli (Chair of UIC NV sector)
United Kingdom / Network Rail: Jamie Wilkes

Consultant

France / SD&M: Eduard Verhelst

Publications

Optimised rail pad performance for noise reduction - Final report

Annex A - Graphic Reference Guides

Annex B - Rolling stocks - Visual reference guide

IRS 75717: Track noise measurement guidelines - A methodology to measure and compare noise emissions during train pass-bys

Communication materials:

Designing out the noise: Optimising track design for a quieter railway
Pınar Yılmazer and Lucie Anderton (UIC’s Sustainability Unit), Global Railway Review, Issue 2 2022

UIC Contact

For any further information please contact: noisevibration at uic.org

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