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UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA

Acoustical and Mechanical Engineering Laboratory (LEAM)

ENTITY PROFILE
The Acoustical and Mechanical Engineering Laboratory (LEAM-UPC) is a research group
expert on assessment and control techniques of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
(UPC). The aim of the group is the research and development of methodologies to deal with
vibroacoustic problems. In the railway framework, the group's most important research line is
related to the prediction and control of railway-induced noise and vibration in nearby residential
buildings or other facilities. The group is also working in railway-induced noise in passenger
stations or inside the railway vehicle cars.

AREAS OF ACTIVITY UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH CENTRES
• Railway-induced noise and vibration • Vibration energy harvesting in bogies
• Railway vehicle dynamics • Predictive maintenance of bogies
• Active noise and vibration control • Assessment of railway-induced
• Pantograph/catenary interaction environmental noise

R&D: PROJECTS AND PRODUCTS

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NVTRail: Noise and Vibrations induced by railway traffic in tunnels: an integrated
approach. COMPETE2020 (2017), Portugal.

VIBWAY: Fast computational tool for railway-induced vibrations and re-radiated noise
assessment. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación. Retos de Investigación 2018.

ISIBUR: Innovative Solutions for the Isolation of Buildings from Undeground Railway-
induced Vibrations. Retos de Investigación 2014.

RECYTRACK: Elastomeric “eco-friendly” material based on end-of-life tyres blended
with organic bind resin for railway applications. Life+ Programme 2010.

CATdBTren: Research about railway-induced vibrations in urban areas:phenomenology
and leading attenuation measures. NUCLIS 2007.

ADDRESS CONTACT PERSON
ESEIAAT - UPC Robert Arcos
Calle Colom, 11, 08222 Terrassa (Barcelona) robert.arcos@upc.edu
Tel.: + 34 937398053 Tel.: + 34 937398053