Research Article

Analytical Solution for the Sound Radiation Field of a Viscoelastically Supported Beam Traversed by a Moving Load

Table 1

Properties of the UIC60 rail, foundation, load, and acoustic medium [8].

ItemNotationValue

Young’s modulus (steel)E 210 GPa
Mass density of beamρ7850 kg/m3
Cross-sectional areaA 7.69 × 10−3 m2
Second moment of areaI 30.55 × 10−6 m4
Bending stiffness 202 MN/m2
Viscous dampingc 141 kN s/m2
Load 65 kN
Mass density of acoustic medium (air) 1.2 kg/m3
Wave velocity 343 m/s