Annoyance due to railway vibration at different times of the day

Peris, E; Woodcock, JS; Sica, G; Moorhouse, AT; Waddington, DC

Abstract

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.

Citation

Peris, E., Woodcock, J., Sica, G., Moorhouse, A., & Waddington, D. (2012). Annoyance due to railway vibration at different times of the day. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 131(2), 191-196. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.3679390

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 26, 2012
• Deposit Date: Feb 6, 2012
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 5, 2016
• Journal: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA)
• Print ISSN: 0001-4966
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 131
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 191-196
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1121/1.3679390
• Keywords: human response, vibration, noise, residential environments, railway, railway noise, railway vibration
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.3679390
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