Measurement and Prediction of Railway Noise Case Study from Slovakia.

Miroslav Němec,Anna Danihelová,Vojtěch Ondrejka,Tomáš Gergeľ,Zuzana Danihelová,Miloš Gejdoš

doi:10.3390/ijerph17103616

Abstract

The paper deals with comparing the measurement of noise from the railroads in the residential zone of the town of Zvolen with the results calculated using the prediction methods “Schall 03“ (Deutsche Bundesbahn, 1990) and “Methodical instructions for the calculation of sound pressure level from transport” (MPVHD). The first is used in the Slovakia and second in the Czech Republic. The measurement results and the results obtained from the prediction methods for both measurement locations were evaluated graphically and statistically. The evaluation of the conformity of the measurement with the prediction showed that the results obtained using the method “Schall 03” are in better agreement with the measurement.

Highlights

The objective of the present study is to compare the in situ measurement results of the noise from the railway transport in the central Europe area with the results obtained from the prediction methods
The results show that the equivalent sound pressure level A according to the prediction method Schall 03 is lower than the expanded measurement uncertainty; the method can be used for noise prediction at the railway line part in question
The ever increasing noise intensity associated with human activities is becoming a more severe problem, mainly in developing urban agglomerations and their centers

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Introduction

The objective of the present study is to compare the in situ measurement results of the noise from the railway transport in the central Europe area with the results obtained from the prediction methods “Schall 03“ and “Methodical instructions for the calculation of sound pressure level from transport”(MPVHD). Environmental Agency (EEA) in 2010, noise from railway transport during the day affects approximately. 12 million inhabitants of the European Union when the sound pressure level is higher than 55 dB, and approximately 9 million inhabitants are affected by the noise at night, with the sound pressure level being higher than 50 dB. These data are higher without any doubt since the EAA initiative to map noise is focused on urban agglomerations with more than 250,000 inhabitants and on railways

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