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Estimation of the sonic boom effect in future German single-track slab-track tunnels

Last updated on 11 October 2013 3:41

In the 1970s the effect of sonic boom was first noticed on Japan high-speed railway lines. Each time a train entered a long tunnel with slab-track an audible bang could be heard on the opposite end of the tunnel. An explanation for this was found in the steepening of the...

Author(s): Herb J.;Deeg P.;Tielkes T.

Organisation(s): DB Systemtechnik ;

2003

Germany

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