Experimental Study of Combined Vibration Effect Due to Vehicular Traffic and Upcoming Metro Train in Ahmedabad City

the vibrations induced by metro trains have raised more and more attention along with the development of the mass transition system in many cities of World. With the continuous expansion of Ahmedabad city, metro has become a primary choice to ease the heavy traffic, as its convenience, capacity and safety. However, the vibration induced by metro trains may be affect structures and people nearby. In this project work we are analyzing the vibration impact due to Ahmedabad metro along with existing traffic vibration and its effects on existing engineering structures. Vibrations in engineering structures located along the metro route are measured using 16-channel vibration analyzer due to vehicular traffic along the metro route and on roads with heavy traffic along which metro line may pass during further metro construction phase. Vibrations of metro are predicted using SAP200 modeling. The level of vibrations will be analyzed by addition of existing vehicular traffic vibration and vibration which can be induced during operations of metro in Ahmedabad.