Ground-borne Noise and Vibration

Dear Colleagues,

Ground-borne noise and vibration are increasingly important considerations for engineers working to ensure the vibration serviceability of our built infrastructure. Sources of ground-borne noise and vibration are becoming more significant, as new tram networks, underground metros and high-speed railways are constructed in ever closer proximity to buildings. The buildings themselves are becoming more susceptible to these sources, as modern design methods produce strong, efficient structures but often at the expense of dynamic stiffness. In addition, the demands on our buildings are growing, as we seek to reduce disturbance in residential properties, enhance our experience of cinemas and concert halls, and install ever more sophisticated—and often more vibration sensitive—machines in our hospitals, factories and research facilities. To meet these demands, engineers are often required to make measurements, analyze data and make predictions of noise and vibration to guide their designs, whether these aim to address the problem at the source, along the transmission path or at the receiving building. A range of different approaches is used in practice, but there is a great deal of uncertainty and little guidance is available.

This Special Issue calls for papers presenting original work within the broad field of ground-borne noise and vibration, with a view to highlighting current challenges and potential solutions for both practitioners and researchers. Papers may, for example, report on developments in prediction methods, design case-studies or new approaches to assessing response, focusing on the vibration source, receiver or system as a whole.

Dr. James Talbot
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Vibration is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• ground-borne vibration
• re-radiated noise
• building vibration
• vibration mitigation