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Journal of the Acoustical Society of America / Volume 131 / Issue 2 / JASA EXPRESS LETTERS

Annoyance due to railway vibration at different times of the day

J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Volume 131, Issue 2, pp. EL191-EL196 (2012); (6 pages)

Eulalia Peris, James Woodcock, Gennaro Sica, Andrew T. Moorhouse, and David C. Waddington

Acoustics Research Centre, University of Salford, Salford, Greater Manchester, M5 4WT, United Kingdom E.Peris@edu.salford.ac.uk, J.S.Woodcock@edu.salford.ac.uk, G.Sica@edu.salford.ac.uk, A.T.Moorhouse@salford.ac.uk, D.C.Waddington@salford.ac.uk

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The time of day when vibration occurs is considered as a factor influencing the human response to vibration. The aim of the present paper is to identify the times of day during which railway vibration causes the greatest annoyance, to measure the differences between annoyance responses for different time periods and to obtain estimates of the time of day penalties. This was achieved using data from case studies comprised of face-to-face interviews and internal vibration measurements (N = 755). Results indicate that vibration annoyance differs with time of day and that separate time of day weights can be applied when considering exposure–response relationships from railway vibration in residential environments.

© 2012 Acoustical Society of America

Acknowledgment

This research was funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) UK. The survey data were collected under the supervision of A. T. Steele (SHUSU).

Article Outline

  1. Introduction
  2. Methods
    1. Study design and sample
    2. Vibration exposure
    3. Questionnaire
    4. Statistical analyses
  3. Results
  4. Conclusions

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KEYWORDS and PACS

Keywords

railways, vibrations

PACS

  • 43.40.Ng

    Effects of vibration and shock on biological systems, including man

  • 43.50.Qp

    Effects of noise on man and society

  • 43.50.Sr

    Community noise, noise zoning, by-laws, and legislation

ARTICLE DATA

History
Received 07 Nov 2011
Accepted 30 Dec 2011
Published online 26 Jan 2012
Digital Object Identifier
http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.3679390

PUBLICATION DATA

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0001-4966 (print)  

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FIG.1
Exposure–response curves for day, evening, and night vibration levels (vertical vibration rms Wk) and the proportion of people reporting high annoyance (%HA) due to railway vibration during these times of day. Curves are shown in their 95% confidence intervals.

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Comparison of the proportion of people reporting high annoyance (%HA) during the day, evening, and night due to railway vibration (vertical vibration rms Wk). Curves are shown in their 95% confidence intervals.

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(Color online) Comparison of the proportion of people reporting overall high annoyance (%HA) and high annoyance during the day, evening, and night due to railway vibration (vertical vibration rms Wk). Overall annoyance curve is shown in its 95% confidence intervals.

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Tables

Table I. Parameter estimates for railway traffic vibration annoyance during the day, evening, and night using ordinal logit model.t1n1

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