The University of Salford has derived exposure-response relationships for vibration caused by railway construction and operation in residential environments. The exposure assessment methodology for almost 1000 case studies has its key factor in the measurement of synchronized ground-to-building frequency response functions (FRF). The latter is obtained by averaging the spectral content of simul...

High level ab initio methods have been used to calculate values of the quadrupole moment of the ground X (1)Sigmag+ state of N2 on a dense radial mesh spanning the interval of 0.8-12.1 a.u. Detailed convergence tests indicate that the resulting equilibrium values of the quadrupole moment Theta(e)=-1.1273 a.u. and its first radial derivative dTheta(R)/dR/e=0.9604 a.u. have absolute uncertainties...

In order to effectively control vibration related problems, the development of a reliable vibration monitoring system and the proper assessment of attenuation characteristics of various vibrations are essential. Various ground vibrations caused by train loading, blasting, friction pile driving and hydraulic hammer compaction were measured using 3D geophones inside of the borehole as well as on ...

In this paper, a methodology for the experimental evaluation of mechanical vibration frequency response functions in the framework of groundbourne railway-induced and construction-induced vibration predictions is presented. This methodology is based on a device specifically designed for the excitation of railway superstructures. The device can be used also to excite the ground with the aim of o...