Charlotte Trolley, USA
*Vintage Trolley Car No.85 in front of Stonewall Station*
| Project Charlotte Convention Center / Charlotte Trolley Project A section of the Charlotte Trolley runs through the Charlotte Convention Center in close proximity to conference Areas and venues. High levels of struture borne noise from the train operations were expected if proper mitigation was not provided. A floating track bed system was designed as an efficient system for reducing vibrations and noise in the conference center. |
Vibration Isolation System 456 spring elements, type GSIV |
| Design axle load 12,5 t |
Commissioning July 2004 |
| Mass-Spring-System Length: 221 m vertical system natural frequency: 6.5 Hz Trough length: 26 m Trackbed width: 8.5 m Number of tracks: 2 Design velocity: 25 km/h Trackbed mass: 1.4 t/m2 |
Owner City of Charlotte |
| Construction Details Floating twin-track slabs on jack-up system |
Vibration Consultant Wyle Laboratories, Inc. (Arlington, VA) |
| Photo All photos marked with * have been provided by Mr. Jon Bell - Presbyterian College, Clinton, South Carolina, USA |
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