NOISE AND VIBRATIONS

The following R&I areas have been identified within the scope of this topic. It is up to the applicant to identify the most appropriate R&I work-streams, taking into account the state of the art and previous R&I work – in particular in the context of Shift2Rail activities[[SILVARSTAR (http://silvarstar.eu/), FINE-2 (https://projects.shift2rail.org/s2r_ipcc_n.aspx?p=fine-2), TRANSIT (https://transit-prj.eu/home.aspx),]] – for delivering upon all of the above expected outcome.

On-board measurements of the rail acoustic roughness

The research activities around this area should investigate an effective approach for optimised rail reprofiling processes that minimises nuisance to lineside residents and avoid high maintenance costs.

They should look at on-board measurement of rail acoustic roughness aiming at establishing