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Study on Possible Application of Rubber Granulate from the Recycled Tires as an Elastic Cover of Prototype Rail Dampers, with a Focus on Their Operational Durability
- Source :
- Materials, Materials, Vol 14, Iss 5711, p 5711 (2021), Materials; Volume 14; Issue 19; Pages: 5711
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- MDPI, 2021.
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Abstract
- This study is an attempt to investigate possible applications of rubber granulate SBR (styrene-butadiene rubber) produced from recycled waste tires as an elastic cover for prototype rail dampers, which are aimed at reducing the level of railway noise emitted in the environment. The authors present laboratory procedures and discuss the results of several experimental tests performed on seven different SBR materials with the following densities: 1100, 1050, 1000, 850, 750, 700 and 650 kg/m3. It is proven that rubber granulate SBR produced from recycled waste tires, can be used as an elastic cover in steel inserts in rail dampers, provided that the material density is not lower than 1000 kg/m3. In the conducted tests, samples of the materials with high densities exhibited good static and dynamic elastic characteristics and had sufficient operational durability.
- Subjects :
- Technology
Cover (telecommunications)
Waste tires
rail dampers
noise reduction
track structure
elastic characteristics
operational durability
Article
Damper
Natural rubber
General Materials Science
Railway noise
Microscopy
QC120-168.85
business.industry
QH201-278.5
Structural engineering
Material density
Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Durability
TK1-9971
Descriptive and experimental mechanics
visual_art
visual_art.visual_art_medium
Environmental science
Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
TA1-2040
business
Focus (optics)
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19961944
- Volume :
- 14
- Issue :
- 19
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Materials
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....43681058b84f2aaf411570bcf85cff05