Ground-borne vibration
High Speed Rail (Crewe – Manchester) Environmental Statement, Glossary, abbreviations and references, published by the Department for Transport in 2022, defines ground-borne noise as: ‘Vibration generated by moving vehicles (e.g. trains) in tunnels. Passing through the ground, it propagates into buildings where it causes building elements to vibrate, causing noise to be radiated inside a building.
It defines ground-borne sound as: ‘Sound generated inside a building by ground-borne vibration.’
And ground-borne vibration as: ‘Ground or building element vibration caused by vibration propagating through the ground from a source.’
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