Frequency– and Time-domain BEM Analysis of Rigid Track on a Half-Space with Vibration Barriers |
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Authors: | Wolfgang Hubert Klaus Friedrich Gero Pflanz Günther Schmid |
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Institution: | (1) Theory of Structures and Simulation Techniques, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Building IC, Room 4/135, Ruhr University Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany |
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Abstract: | The rapid development of high-speed trains like the TGV or the ICE in recent years results in high dynamic loads causing vibrations which propagate from the train-track structure into the ground and further into nearby buildings. In this context it is important to develop rigid tracks with improved dynamic behaviour and to investigate possible means of vibration reduction. The boundary element method in frequency and time domain is used to simulate train-track structures subjected to dynamic loading and the reduction of vibrations which for instance can be achieved via a trench running parallel to the rigid track. In this context the non-causality error, which arises when the time-domain BEM algorithm is applied to mathematically concave domains, is discussed and the substructure method is proposed as a solution to this problem. A two-layered cylindrical elastic structure on a half-space with a trench is added as an example of a possible application. |
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Keywords: | Wave propagation Rigid track Vibration reduction Soil-structure interaction Boundary element method |
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