Ground-borne noise and vibration damping

US5173012A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Clouth Gummiwerke Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Hermann Ortwein · Bocholt, DE
• Heinz Fischer · Solms, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 10, 1990
• Grant date: Dec 22, 1992
• Expiry date: Dec 10, 2010

Classification

• Technology area (CPC E): Fixed Constructions
• CPC primary: E01B2204/01
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A ground-borne noise and vibration damping system in which is a track bed formed with rails for a railway vehicle and generating noise and vibration, a structure is to be protected against the noise and vibration; and a damper for ground-borne noise and vibration is embedded vertically in the ground and interposed between the track bed and the structure. The damper has two upright rigid concrete plates defining a vertical gap between them, and an elastic mat sandwiched between the concrete plates and in contact therewith.