Sixth International Workshop on Railway Noise, 1998: A summary of conclusions

The Workshop opened with a review of railway noise and vibration research a nd results since the last Workshop. The achievements resulting from the dev elopment of tools and methods to design solutions for rolling noise reducti on were emphasized. The growing need for decision support systems to seek t he most efficient application, in an economic sense, of solutions for diffe rent elements of the vehicle or track system was also stressed. (C) 2000 Ac ademic Press.