Title
Rail freight vibration impact sleep and community response: An overview of CargoVibes
Author
Persson Waye, K.
Janssen, S.A.
Waddington, D.
Groll, W.
Croy, I.
Hammar, O.
Koopman, A.
Moorhouse, A.
Peris, E.
Sharp, C.
Sica, G.
Smith, M.G.
Vos, H.
Woodcock, J.
Ogren, M.
Publication year
2014
Abstract
The European Union funded project: CargoVibes involving ten partners from eight nations has aimed to examine ground-borne vibration affecting residents close to freight railway lines. The paper presents an overview of the work package investigating human response to vibration, with particular focus on physiological and psychological impact on sleep, community annoyance and the development of guidance in evaluating response. Existing field studies of community response were supplemented with further field work in the Netherlands and Poland, and a meta-analysis conducted to determine dose-response relationships for railway vibration. The effects of vibration on sleep were measured in a series of laboratory trials at the University of Gothenburg. Numerous outcomes of vibration exposure were found, with physiological markers such as greater heart rate response and cortical reactions during sleep, and annoyance and sleep disturbance increasing with higher vibration amplitudes. A guidance document considering current state of the art regarding vibration measurement and assessment was produced pertaining to human perception, evaluation methods, annoyance, sleep impacts, and non-exposure factors. The outcomes of this work represent a significant advance in the understanding of the human response to railway vibration and a step towards a much needed harmonization of assessment methods. The findings presented in this paper highlight the importance of considering environmental vibration in the planning, construction, and maintenance of railways in residential environments
Subject
Earth & Environment Building Engineering & Civil Engineering
UES - Urban Environment & Safety SD - Structural Dynamics
ELSS - Earth, Life and Social Sciences TS - Technical Sciences
Urban Development
Acoustics and Audiology
Built Environment
To reference this document use:
http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ef540806-91b9-4510-a535-2367898fb852
TNO identifier
522968
Source
11th International Congress on Noise as a Public Health Problem (ICBEN) 2014, Nara, Japan, 1-8
Document type
conference paper