Transportation noise contains significant low frequency components. It is difficult to sound insulate buildings against transportation noise because wall cavities are only effective in increasing sound insulation above the mass-air-mass resonance frequency. Stud walls can also have a significant structural resonance in this low frequency range, although it is not yet clear if this is significan...

The article presents an overview of common trends in the evolution rail operations control as well factors stipulating existing approaches to design Rail Operations Control Centres (ROCCs) around world. Based on comparative analysis various ROCCs and traffic parameters, authors propose some classification global models. outlines further steps towards a more detailed terms their effectiveness by...

Long term demand for freight movements in North America is expected to increase dramatically in the coming decades. The railroads are poised to take on this additional traffic assuming the capacity is available. Measuring the capacity of these rail lines is complicated by the interrelationships between asset utilization, reliability, and throughput. There is not a single metric that captures th...

Background: The paper points out the present limited possibility of using the verbal description of injuries for the needs of experts from the field of road transportation as relevant criminalistics traces, as well as the options of the FORTIS system that creates a new area for a deeper interdisciplinary approach in the field of expert evidence. Further a description of how to create injury si...

Rail grinding is a maintenance task performed in the field to return it profile and/or remove damage, however, can affect surface integrity of rail. In this paper, damage resistance three different ground rails (R260, R350HT and R400HT) was evaluated. samples were using same parameters low-traffic line field. The rail metallurgy then examined, white etching layer (WEL) formation wear rolling co...

Road traffic and related noise is a major source of annoyance and impairment to health in urban areas. Many areas exposed to road traffic noise are also exposed to rail and air traffic noise. The resulting annoyance may depend on individual/neighborhood socio-demographic factors. Nevertheless, few studies have taken into account the confounding or modifying factors in the relationship between t...