Environment Safety Improving due to Railway Noise Management Decreasing of RMR Method Adaptation
2020
Mareks Mezītis, Guntis Strautmanis, Andrejs Baranovskis, Ruslans Muhitovs

World Health Organization, as well as number of scientists and doctors indicate in their works that during last few decades, the noise has a significant impact on the environment, especially noise from quickly developing transportation systems [1, 2]. Environment noise pollution is being aligned in the same row with the air, water and soil pollution. In EU member states, the EC recommended interim method is being used (RMR, Reken - en Meetvoorschrift Railverkeerslawaai) [5]. It is obvious that RMR modelling method has certain applicability limitations, especially taking into account it’s empirical character. If differences of local railway system are not taken into account correctly, the modelled noise levels can be significantly underpredicted. The monograph's objective is to qualitatively evaluate the applicability of RMR method, to adopt it to Latvian Railway conditions [3, 4], to elaborate guidelines for simplified adaptation and to develop recommendations for RMR method improvement.


Keywords
RMR method, railway noise, trains, sound pressure level
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-42323-0_9
Hyperlink
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-42323-0_9

Mezītis, M., Strautmanis, G., Baranovskis, A., Muhitovs, R. Environment Safety Improving due to Railway Noise Management Decreasing of RMR Method Adaptation. In: Ecology in Transport: Problems and Solutions. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems. A.Sladkowski ed. Cham: Springer, 2020. pp.505-563. ISBN 978-3-030-42322-3. e-ISBN 978-3-030-42323-0. ISSN 2367-3370. e-ISSN 2367-3389. Available from: doi:10.1007/978-3-030-42323-0_9

Publication language
English (en)
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