Numerical Study on Acoustic Performance of High-speed Railway Noise Barriers with Different Geometric Shape

doi:10.3901/JME.2016.02.099

Abstract

Abstract: The geometrical shapes of sound barriers have an effect on high-speed railway external noise. In order to make clear the noise reduction mechanism and effect of the sound barrier with different geometric head shape, the two-dimension(2D) boundary element method(BEM) is used to develop a noise prediction model for railway noise barrier. Using the model，the structure parameters of the different sound barriers are investigated and their noise reduction performance is analyzed. With taking into account the influence of train speed, sound sources distribution and their frequency characteristics on insertion loss(IL), the sound source model of high-speed railway is developed according to the external noise source identification results. A BEM calculation model is developed on through sufficient considering the multiple reflections among train body, track and sound barrier. The noise reduction effects of sound barriers with sloping top, T-shaped top, multiple diffraction edges, Y-shaped top and cylinder-shaped top are surveyed. In the discussion, the changes of IL, frequency spectrum of field points and sound field are given. It’s shown that the noise reduction effect of Y-shaped sound barrier is the best and the average IL is improved 3.4 dB(A), secondly is the cylinder-shaped sound barrier.

Key words: boundary element method, high-speed railway, insertion loss, noise barrier, sound source model

CLC Number:

TG156

HE Bin, XIAO Xinbiao, ZHOU Xin, WEN Zefeng, JIN Xuesong. Numerical Study on Acoustic Performance of High-speed Railway Noise Barriers with Different Geometric Shape[J]. Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 2016, 52(2): 99-107.

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