LOWNOISEPAD

Low cost noise control by optimised rail pad

Project information

Acronym: LOWNOISEPAD
Low cost noise control by optimised rail pad
Project director: Lucie Anderton
Project manager: Pinar Yilmazer
Status: ongoing project

Project description

With this project, the project participants will individually measure and analyse their existing rail pads on their respective network and will aim to optimise rail pad stiffness confirming its dependence on acoustics-relevant parameters:

track decay rates (TDR),
rail fastening system,
static/dynamic stiffness data including the damping parameters.

Having experiences on rail pad research will help the project’s participants to trigger their internal research for future rail pads on their network.