• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2011.10a
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• pp.2928-2933
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• 2011

The urban railway has been planned not only the subway, but also the elevated railway in Seoul, South Korea. Therefore, it is steadily increasing civil complaints for railway noise passing through that residential district. In this paper, we focused on noise of squeal characteristics induced by interaction between railway vehicle's wheel and rail. Then we selected the point that carried out scattering water droplet to the rail and compared the noise level of the watering test results before and after. Scattering water test results showed that level of the noise reduced intermittently occurring high frequency characteristics of squeal noise as well as overall noise level. In the future, we will apply the sensor to the sprinkling system for noise reduction where the place of existing squeal noise is, and make a suggestion of this solution will be more economical, environmental-friendly, and appropriate to reduce the squeal noise occurred by railway vehicle than others.

• Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.58-64
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• 2001

Sound absorbing materials are applied to the exposed surfaces of curvet subway tunnel for the reduction of curving noise level. Before the treatment, acoustical engineering simulation is performed to predict the noise level reduction for different kinds and amounts of absorbing material. The principle of geometrical acoustics is utilized to perform the simulation efficiently and accurately. The noise bevels of the inside and outside of running car body are measured to find the noise level reduction. The average noise level reduction of 8 dB has been attained. It has been shown that the simulated results are comparable to the measured ones.

• Journal of KSNVE
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• v.7 no.5
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• pp.827-836
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• 1997

To suggest the standard of railroad noise and its measures and grasp its status 15 open sites of the Jungang. Taeback and Youngdong line in which the background noise level is very low and the railroad is at grade and 7 urban sites of the Kyungboo and Honam line were selected and the sound level which 373 trains passing through the former and 271 trains passing through the latter emitted was investigated. The community response of railroad noise was surveyed for apartment near wayside. Noise reduction of wall for apartment at the wayside was investigated. The prediction of electric train subway noise is derived for the environment impact assessment.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.170-175
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• 2005

In this study, experimental and theoretical methods were applied to understand brake squeal noise VVVF rolling stock on tracks. Trailer cars needed to payed a particular attention, because they were the major source of brake noise. VVVF rolling stocks for lines no 1 of the subway system in Seoul were used for experimental analyses. In order to study brake squeal noise, a dynamometer test at the S&T Brake, Co., which was a manufacturer of brake pads had performed. For measuring vibration and noise, vibration tests of brake parts (brake lining, brake lining head, back plates, etc.) at the SNUT were executed. Also, vibration tests of disc assembly and lining block at the heavy maintenance shop of the Gunja depot were performed. The modal analyses by using an ANSYS which was one of the CAE commercial program were simulated to know the relationship to the mechanism of brake noise. On the based of the tests and the simulations it was found that specific frequencies of the brake parts affected squeal noise, and improvements for reducing squeal noise were proposed.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 1994.04a
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• pp.120-127
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• 1994

Noise and vibration induced by subway operation are one of the major factor which annoy residents living near railway tracks. While lateral vibration is a major factor in analyzing seismic effect of the structure, vertical vibration became a major concern in considering the subway induced vibration because relatively smaller energy affects only nearby areas than that of earthquake. A characteristics of structural response induced by subway operation has been studied with different total height of the building and different number of spans. Also the frame with different span length has been studied. As the numbers of degrees freedom increase the higher mode effect on vertical vibration increases. Accordingly, the total affecting vertical modes are distributive as the numbers of degrees of freedom increase. Though the total degree of freedom increases, only some of the dominant modes actively affects to the vertical response of the structure. A frame with the number of equal spans could be analyzed by replacing the whole frame as one when we want to predict the response of the vertical vibration. Also it has been found that the seperate frame analysis will give little different result when adjacent span is relatively longer than others.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2003.10c
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• pp.513-518
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• 2003

Noises are defined as unwanted sound and invoke the physical harm and unconvenience. The higher the noise level is, the more damage peoples have. Low frequency noise is less harmful than high frequency one. In case of train, noises inside of train which is isolated from outer circumstances reduce the convenience of passenger very much. This paper reviewed the noise standard of train for urban subway and investigated the main transformer as the main noise source of train and suggested the method to diminish the noise resulted from main transformer of train and compared the measured results of before and after the improvement of main transformer.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.112-117
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• 2002

Reduction of noise level in the cabin of urban transit unit is an important issue to enhance the comfortability of passengers. It is made clear that a cause of increased noise level in cabin is the imperfect airtightness of entrance doors. In this study, the sliding-plug door system is developed to reduce the noise level of cabins by securing the airtightness of entrance door. The sliding-plug door system is composed of air-driven engine, swing arms, guide rails, guide rollers and locking devices. It is economical owing to using the previous door engine system. It is also adequate for the platform system of our subway station. It was tested to prove the reliability of system and was applied to standard urban transit unit. The effectiveness of noise reduction in cabin resulting form the sliding-plug door system was confirmed by test results.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 1997.04a
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• pp.354-361
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• 1997

본 연구에서는 우선적으로 수도권 대량운송 수단인 지하철 전동차의 진동을 측정하고 인체에 미치는 영향을 평가하였으며 전동차의 진동특성이 인체 각 부위에 전달되는 형태를 분석.평가함으로써 승객과 승무원의 승차감 및 작업환경 향상은 물론 차후 개발되는 고속전철 및 비접지 차량(zero-ground pressure vehicle) 등의 개발에 필요한 기초자료를 제공하고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 1993.10a
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• pp.169-176
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• 1993

본 논문은 과천선(금정-인덕원간 5.7km) 구간중 인덕원역 주변에서 전동열 차 운행으로 인하여 발생하는 진동으로부터 주민들의 진동피해 실태를 조사 하고, 여러가지 진동 저감대책을 검토하여 항구적인 대책을 마련하는데 그 목적이 있다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.37 no.1
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• pp.17-23
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• 2013

In a subway vehicle, a lateral damper is used for compensating the lateral stiffness deterioration due to the air-spring as a secondary suspension. This lateral damper can reduce the lateral vibration of the carbody. When the damping force of the lateral damper is lowered, the running stability and ride quality of the subway vehicles worsens and the lateral motion of the carbody is increased. In this study, the lateral displacement variation of the carbody according to the damping force of the lateral damper was analyzed by multi-body dynamics to solve the abnormal impact problem during vehicle operation. Furthermore, the noise and vibration due to abnormal impact were considered. An adequate damping coefficient of the lateral damper for the subway vehicle treated in this paper was suggested for preventing abnormal impact.