Research Article

Vibration Induced by Subway Trains: Open-Trench Mitigation Analysis in the Time and Frequency Domains

Table 1

Model scaling of physical parameters.

ParametersScaling factorModel/Prototype

LengthCl1/20
DensityCρ1/1
Young’s modulusCE1/30
ForceCF = Cl3·Cρ1/8000
StrainCε = Cl·Cρ·CE−11/0.667
StressCσ = CE·Cε1/20
AccelerationCa = am/ap1/1
Velocity = CE0.5·Cρ−0.51/5.477
DisplacementCu = Cl·Cε1/13.333
Dynamic timeCt = Cl·Cρ0.5·CE−0.51/3.651
FrequencyCω = Ct−11/0.274