Assessment of the Impact of Vibration on Buildings and Structures in the Zone of Influence of the Railway

The issue of assessing the impact of the dynamic load created by the rolling stock of railway lines on buildings and structures located near these tracks is considered. When expanding existing railway lines, the second and subsequent tracks are moved closer to the foundations of buildings and structures, as a result of which there is a risk of damage to structures caused by the action of dynamic forces, for which these buildings were not originally designed and capable of reducing their operational reliability. In the Russian Federation, GOST R 52892–2007 “Vibration and shock. Vibration of buildings. Vibration measurement and evaluation of its impact on the structure” is in force, which establishes the criteria for limiting vibration levels (peak values of vibration velocities of vibrations of foundations and load-bearing structures of a building) based on direct measurements in an existing building (structure). At the same time, this regulatory document does not contain a methodology for calculating the vibration levels of the building foundation from the designed track structure (taking into account its specific features, as well as engineering-geological characteristics and building characteristics). It is proposed to refine the methodology for predicting vibration based on the provisions of SP 441.1325800.2019 “Protection of buildings from vibration” generated by railway transport and assessing their impact on the bearing structures of buildings and structures with the criteria established by GOST R 52892–2007. The results of measurements of the vibration characteristics of trains of the third category according to SP 441.1325800 and the calculation of the zone of influence depending on the various characteristics of the foundation soils are presented.

V.A. SMIRNOV^1,3, Candidate of Sciences (Engineering) (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.);
M.Yu. SAVULIDI², Engineer (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.);
M.Yu. SMOLYAKOV³, Engineer (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

¹ National Research Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (26, Yaroslavskoe Highway, Moscow,129337, Russian Federation)
² JSC “Mosgiprotrans” (2, Pavel Korchagin Street, Moscow, 129626, Russian Federation)
³ Scientific-Research Institute of Building Physics of RAACS (21, Lokomotivniy Driveway, Moscow, 127238, Russian Federation)

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