Alternative Title

Paper No. 4.07

Location

St. Louis, Missouri

Date

11 Mar 1998, 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Abstract

This paper presents the results of a series of experiments conducted on a PC wall-piles barrier. That barrier was built alongside a road passing through some sensitive sites, to assess its effectiveness in isolating vibration caused by running trains and dropping a weight. Then the effectiveness of PC wall-piles for controlling ground vibrations is discussed. Field measurements were performed for 5 cases having different types of PC wall-piles. The simultaneous measurement of vibration was performed at several selected points on the ground. Finally, a method for estimation of vibration reduction by PC wall-piles was developed, being based on wave penetration theory. The major findings from this series of experiments are as follows: 1. Vibration level as registered on the off-side of the PC wall-pile harrier was found to be 5 to 7 dB lower than that recorded at the site with no such barrier. 2. The maximum isolation effectiveness was obtained in the case of hollow PC wall-piles. 3. The theoretical results using the wave penetration theory showed a good agreement comparing with the field tests.

Department(s)

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering

Meeting Name

4th Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering

Publisher

University of Missouri--Rolla

Document Version

Final Version

Rights

© 1998 University of Missouri--Rolla, All rights reserved.

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Document Type

Article - Conference proceedings

File Type

text

Language

English

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Ground Vibrations Isolation by PC Wall-piles

St. Louis, Missouri

This paper presents the results of a series of experiments conducted on a PC wall-piles barrier. That barrier was built alongside a road passing through some sensitive sites, to assess its effectiveness in isolating vibration caused by running trains and dropping a weight. Then the effectiveness of PC wall-piles for controlling ground vibrations is discussed. Field measurements were performed for 5 cases having different types of PC wall-piles. The simultaneous measurement of vibration was performed at several selected points on the ground. Finally, a method for estimation of vibration reduction by PC wall-piles was developed, being based on wave penetration theory. The major findings from this series of experiments are as follows: 1. Vibration level as registered on the off-side of the PC wall-pile harrier was found to be 5 to 7 dB lower than that recorded at the site with no such barrier. 2. The maximum isolation effectiveness was obtained in the case of hollow PC wall-piles. 3. The theoretical results using the wave penetration theory showed a good agreement comparing with the field tests.