@article {Johnson:2016:0736-2935:1095,
title = "Ground-borne Vibration from Rubber Tired Vehicles Used in Tunnel Construction",
journal = "INTER-NOISE and NOISE-CON Congress and Conference Proceedings",
parent_itemid = "infobike://ince/incecp",
publishercode ="ince",
year = "2016",
volume = "252",
number = "1",
publication date ="2016-06-13T00:00:00",
pages = "1095-1102",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "0736-2935",
url = "https://ince.publisher.ingentaconnect.com/content/ince/incecp/2016/00000252/00000001/art00026",
keyword = "13.7, 43.2",
author = "Johnson, Tomothy and Bergen, Thomas F. and Nelson, James T.",
abstract = "Transit tunnel construction and tunnel boring machine (TBM) operations are typically supported by tunnel supply and/or muck trains running on steel rails pulled by locis. These TBM support trains can create noticeable ground-borne noise and vibration (GBNV) levels in nearby buildings.
An alternative to tunnel trains running on steel rails is to use rubber tired vehicles (RTVs) that create significantly lower GBNV levels. The RTVs carry tunnel ring liner segments, hardware, tools, and personnel in support of TBM operation and other tunnel construction activities. Field vibration
measurements were conducted at multiple locations to characterize the ground surface vibration produced by RTVs traveling in a newly bored tunnel with tunnel liners installed. The RTVs consistently produced distinct 1/3 octave band spectral peaks between 2.5 and 6.3 Hz, lower frequencies than
those typically produced by vehicles such as buses in the 8 to 16 Hz frequency range. The measured RTV vibration data at multiple sites and distances from the tunnel were used to calculate the vibration attenuation with respect to offset distance from the tunnel centerline for predicting levels
at other locations.",
}