A preocupação com o impacto ambiental decorrente da implantação e operação de novas linhas metroferroviárias faz com que na elaboração dos projetos de via permanente sejam frequentemente adotados sistemas amortecedores de vibrações e ruídos secundários. As vibrações em vias de metrô são causadas principalmente pelo contato roda-trilho e são propagadas pela estrutura do túnel e pelas distintas camadas de solo podendo chegar às edificações lindeiras, onde, dependendo da intensidade, provocam desconforto aos usuários da edificação e mau funcionamento de equipamentos. Uma solução de atenuação largamente empregada atualmente em locais críticos é o \"sistema massa mola\". O sistema \"massa mola\" é composto por lajes de concreto armado, denominadas lajes flutuantes, apoiadas sobre materiais resilientes. De forma geral, quanto menor a frequência natural deste sistema, maior a atenuação das vibrações. No entanto, a utilização de apoios excessivamente flexíveis para obtenção de baixas frequências pode acarretar problemas operacionais em função de deslocamentos e acelerações excessivos das lajes flutuantes. Este projeto tem como objetivo o estudo do comportamento dinâmico das lajes flutuantes de concreto armado utilizadas em sistemas \"massa mola\" principalmente com relação à atenuação de vibrações e nível de vibrações na via permanente durante a passagem dos trens metropolitanos. A avaliação foi realizada utilizando modelos numéricos calibrados com dados experimentais obtidos nas linhas do Metrô de São Paulo. / Deploying and operating subway lines cause growing concern about environmental impact, making necessary in new lines projects the adoption of damping systems for no propagation of noise and vibration arising from traffic from trains. The vibrations in a subway track are mainly caused by wheel-rail contact and are propagated by tunnel structure and soil layers, reaching the neighboring buildings and causing annoyance residents in building. Equipment failures represent a consequence as well. A mitigation solution widely employed in critical locations is the known \"mass spring system\". The \"mass spring system\" system is composed of reinforced concrete slabs, so called floating slabs, resting on resilient materials. In general, greater attenuation of vibrations can be attained with lower natural frequency of system. However, the use of flexible supports for obtaining excessively low frequencies can cause operational problems due to excessive accelerations and displacements of the floating slab. This project aims to study the dynamic behavior of reinforced concrete floating slabs used in systems\' mass spring particularly with respect to mitigating vibrations and level of vibrations during the passage of the commuter trains. The evaluation was performed using numerical models calibrated with experimental data obtained in the lines of the São Paulo Metro.

A preocupação com o impacto ambiental decorrente da implantação e operação de novas linhas metroferroviárias faz com que na elaboração dos projetos de via permanente sejam frequentemente adotados sistemas amortecedores de vibrações e ruídos secundários. As vibrações em vias de metrô são causadas principalmente pelo contato roda-trilho e são propagadas pela estrutura do túnel e pelas distintas camadas de solo podendo chegar às edificações lindeiras, onde, dependendo da intensidade, provocam desconforto aos usuários da edificação e mau funcionamento de equipamentos. Uma solução de atenuação largamente empregada atualmente em locais críticos é o \"sistema massa mola\". O sistema \"massa mola\" é composto por lajes de concreto armado, denominadas lajes flutuantes, apoiadas sobre materiais resilientes. De forma geral, quanto menor a frequência natural deste sistema, maior a atenuação das vibrações. No entanto, a utilização de apoios excessivamente flexíveis para obtenção de baixas frequências pode acarretar problemas operacionais em função de deslocamentos e acelerações excessivos das lajes flutuantes. Este projeto tem como objetivo o estudo do comportamento dinâmico das lajes flutuantes de concreto armado utilizadas em sistemas \"massa mola\" principalmente com relação à atenuação de vibrações e nível de vibrações na via permanente durante a passagem dos trens metropolitanos. A avaliação foi realizada utilizando modelos numéricos calibrados com dados experimentais obtidos nas linhas do Metrô de São Paulo. / Deploying and operating subway lines cause growing concern about environmental impact, making necessary in new lines projects the adoption of damping systems for no propagation of noise and vibration arising from traffic from trains. The vibrations in a subway track are mainly caused by wheel-rail contact and are propagated by tunnel structure and soil layers, reaching the neighboring buildings and causing annoyance residents in building. Equipment failures represent a consequence as well. A mitigation solution widely employed in critical locations is the known \"mass spring system\". The \"mass spring system\" system is composed of reinforced concrete slabs, so called floating slabs, resting on resilient materials. In general, greater attenuation of vibrations can be attained with lower natural frequency of system. However, the use of flexible supports for obtaining excessively low frequencies can cause operational problems due to excessive accelerations and displacements of the floating slab. This project aims to study the dynamic behavior of reinforced concrete floating slabs used in systems\' mass spring particularly with respect to mitigating vibrations and level of vibrations during the passage of the commuter trains. The evaluation was performed using numerical models calibrated with experimental data obtained in the lines of the São Paulo Metro.

The increased use of continuously welded rails in the railway systems makes it necessary to increase the control of the rail stresses to avoid instability and damages of the rails. Large stresses are especially prone to appear at discontinuities in the railway systems, such as bridges, due to the interaction between the track and the bridge. The interaction leads to increased horizontal forces in the rails due to the changed stiffness between the embankment and the bridge, temperature variations, bending of the bridge structure because of vertical traffic loads and braking and traction forces. If the compressive rail stresses become too high it is necessary to use costly and maintenance-requiring devices such as rail expansion joints and other rail expansion devices. These devices increase the railway systems life cycle cost and should if possible be avoided. The use of non-ballasted track on high-speed railways, tramways and subways, has increased since this kind of track requires less maintenance and according to some investigations have a lower life cycle cost compared to ballasted track. The non-ballasted track is usually made of a track slab to which the rails are connected through fastenings. The track slab is connected to the bridge structure and held in place by shear keys. When non-ballasted tracks are used in populated areas it is sometimes necessary to introduce some vibration and noise damping solution. One of the possible solutions is to introduce a floating slab mat (elastic mat) under the track slab on the bridge. The influence of the floating slab mats properties on the rail stresses is investigated in this degree project. The investigation was performed through a numerical modelling of two railway bridges using the finite element software SOFiSTiK. The results from the investigation showed that there was a small reduction of the compressive rail stresses by approximately 3 – 7% (depending on the stiffness of the elastic support, load positions and the properties of the mat) when a mat was installed under the track slab. The results from the investigation also showed that there was a small reduction (up to approximately 1 %) of the compressive stresses in the rail when the thickness of the mat was increased, and the stiffness of the mat was reduced. This reduction of the compressive stresses is assumed to be caused by the mat being mounted on the sides of the shear keys. The lower stiffness of the mat allows the track slab and the bridge deck to move more freely parallel to each other in the horizontal direction. This leads to a decrease of the stresses in the rail due to a lower interaction between the track and the bridge. It was also shown that the rail stresses increased if the friction between the slab mat and the bridge deck was considered. This is because of an increase of the interaction between the track and the bridge due to the mats horizontal stiffness. / Den ökade användningen av kontinuerligt svetsade räler i järnvägsnäten i världen leder till en ökad kontroll av rälsspänningarna för att undvika instabilitet och skador på rälsen. Särskilt vid en diskontinuit i järnvägssystemet, som vid broar, kan stora tillskottspänningar i rälsen uppstå till följd av interaktionen mellan spår och bro. Interaktion leder till ökade horisontella krafter som verkar på rälsen och beror på den förändrade styvheten mellan järnvägsbank och bro, temperaturvariationer, nedböjning av bron på grund av vertikala trafiklaster samt broms- och accelerationskrafter. Om spänningarna i rälsen blir för stora behöver kostsamma och underhållskrävande dilatationsfogar införas. Dessa dilatationsfogar ökar järnvägssystemets livscykelkostnad och är något som ska undvikas att införas i den mån det är möjligt. Användningen av ballastfritt spår för höghastighetsjärnvägar, spårvägar och tunnelbanor ökar på grund av att dessa spår kräver mindre underhåll och har enligt vissa undersökningar en lägre livscykelkostnad i jämförelse med ballasterat spår. Ballastfritt spår består oftast av en betongplatta till vilken rälsen är kopplad genom befästningar. Plattan är i sin tur kopplad till underbyggnaden genom skjuvförbindare som håller plattan på plats. När ballastfritt spår används i bebodda områden är det ibland nödvändigt att ta till vibrations- och ljuddämpande åtgärder. En åtgärd som används på brokonstruktioner för att minska vibrationer och ljudföroreningar är att montera en vibrationsdämpande matta, som är tillverkad av ett elastiskt material, mellan betongplattan och broöverbyggnaden. I detta examensarbetet undersöks hur den vibrationsdämpande mattans egenskaper påverkar rälsspänningarna. Resultaten från undersökningen visar att spänningarna i rälsen minskar med cirka 3–7 % (beroende på det elastiska stödets styvhet, lastpositioner och mattans egenskaper) när en elastisk matta installeras under spårplattan i jämförelse med när ingen matta används. När mattans tjocklek ökar och när styvheten sänks minskar spänningarna med cirka 1 % i jämförelse mellan den tjockaste och tunnaste mattan. Denna minskning av spänningarna antas bero på att den vibrationsdämpande mattan som är monterad på sidan av skjuvförbindarna ger en möjlighet för spåret och bron att förskjutas fritt parallellt varandra innan en interaktion mellan spår och bro uppstår. Det visade sig även att om friktionen mellan mattan och broöverbyggnaden medräknas ökar spänningarna i rälsen. Detta beror på att mattan då skapar en större interaktion mellan spåret och bron gentemot fallet då mattans horisontella styvhet inte beaktas.