Comparison of annoyance from railway noise and railway vibration
Invited paper
Occupational and env. medicine
Monday 1 june, 2015, 17:00 - 17:20
0.4 Brussels (189)
Abstract:
Aim: To compare vibration exposure to noise exposure from railway traffic in
terms of equal annoyance, i.e. to determine when a certain noise level is
equally annoying as a corresponding vibration velocity.
Method: Using questionnaire data from the TVANE research project from
residential areas exposed to railway noise and vibration in a logistic
regression, the dose response relationship for annoyance was estimated. By
comparing the relationships between exposure and annoyance for areas both with
and without significant vibration exposure the noise levels and vibration
velocities that caused an equal probability of annoyance could be determined.
Results: The comparison gives a continuous mapping between vibration velocity
in the ground and a corresponding noise level that are equally annoying. For
equivalent noise level at the facade compared to maximum weighted vibration
velocity in the ground the probability of annoyance is approximately 10 % for
52 dB or 0.12 mm/s, and about 70 % for 61 dB or 0.44 mm/s.