Life Cycle Assessment of Railway Ground-Borne Noise and Vibration Mitigation Methods Using Geosynthetics, Metamaterials and Ground Improvement

Life Cycle Assessment of Railway Ground-Borne Noise and Vibration Mitigation Methods Using Geosynthetics, Metamaterials and Ground Improvement

Significant increase in the demand for freight and passenger transports by trains pushes the railway authorities and train companies to increase the speed, the axle load and the number of train carriages/wagons. All of these actions increase ground-borne noise and vibrations that negatively affect p...

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Main Authors: Sakdirat Kaewunruen, Victor Martin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-10-01
Series:Sustainability
Subjects:
life-cycle assessment
ground-borne noise and vibration
railway vibration
railway noise
vibration and noise mitigation methods
geosynthetics
metamaterials
ground improvement
Net Present Value
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/10/3753

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