Erschuetterungswirkungen aus dem Schienenverkehr. Bd. 1 Hauptbericht

The study - a field investigation - deals with the effects of rail traffic-induced vibrations on people living near railway. The effects of three factors influencing the vibration annoyance are analysed: (1) vibration severity, (2) number of trains passing and (3) the simultaneous noise level. Additionally the results of the field investigation are discussed from the aspect of possible vibration guideline values. The statistical analyses of the various data (such as vibration load, noise level and sociopsychological data) showed: the overall relationship between vibration intensity and annoyance is rather weak. Furthermore the effect of vibration intensity is smaller for people suffering from simultaneous higher noise levels than for those suffering from lower noise levels (vibration x noise interaction). It is proposed that vibration guideline values should not be based on the vibration levels of the maximum individual occurences, but rather on reference values based on the energetic mean value of all vibrations occuring during the period under consideration. (orig.)SIGLEAvailable from TIB Hannover: RN 8908(96-012,1) / FIZ - Fachinformationszzentrum Karlsruhe / TIB - Technische InformationsbibliothekBundesbahn-Zentralamt, Muenchen (Germany)DEGerman