Fluid-structure interaction between trains and noise-reduction barriers: Numerical and experimental analysis

WIT Transactions on the Built Environment

Volumn 105, Issue , 2009, Pages 49-60

  Belloli, M ^a   Pizzigoni, B ^a   Ripamonti, F ^a   Rocchi, D ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

CFD; Noise reduction barriers; Pressure distribution; Train transit; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

CFD; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL CAMPAIGN; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; HIGH-SPEED RAILWAYS; LARGE SURFACE AREA; NOISE REDUCTION BARRIERS; NOISE REDUCTIONS; PRESSURE TAPS; PRESSURE WAVES; RAILWAY VEHICLES; RELATIVE MOTION; SLIDING MESH; WIND CONTRIBUTION; WIND SPEED;

ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; FLUIDS; LOCOMOTIVES; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; RAILROAD CARS; RAILROAD ENGINEERING; RAILROADS; TUNNELS; WATER WAVE EFFECTS; WIND TUNNELS;

RAILROAD TUNNELS;

BARRIER (EQUIPMENT); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NOISE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TRAIN; WIND TUNNEL; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 71649104711     PISSN: 17433509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2495/FSI090051     Document Type: Conference Paper

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