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D Thompson - MOTIV

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor David Thompson MA PhD CEng FIMechE FIOA FHEA

Professor of Railway Noise and Vibration

Research interests

  • Low noise design in railways
  • Ground vibration and ground-borne noise
  • Aerodynamic noise from high-speed trains
Connect with David

Email: [email protected]

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Dynamics Group

The group's research covers a range of topics including fundamental theoretical studies, the development of numerical tools and experimental measurement techniques.

Research outputs

Modelling train-induced vibration of structures using a mixed-frame-of-reference approach
Paulius Bucinskas, Evangelos Ntotsios, David Thompson & Lars Vabbersgaard Andersen, 2021, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 491
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2020.115575
Type: article
The shadow effect on the ground surface due to vibration transmission from a railway tunnel
Qiyun Jin, David Thompson, Daniel Lurcock & Evangelos Ntotsios, 2020, Transportation Geotechnics, 23, 1-12
DOI: 10.1016/j.trgeo.2020.100335
Type: article
A comparison of ground vibration due to ballasted and slab tracks
Evangelos Ntotsios, David J. Thompson & Mohammed F.M. Hussein, 2019, Transportation Geotechnics, 21
DOI: 10.1016/j.trgeo.2019.100256
Type: article
Modelling, simulation and evaluation of ground vibration caused by rail vehicles
David Thompson, Georges Kouroussis & Evangelos Ntotsios, 2019, Vehicle System Dynamics, 57(7), 936-983
DOI: 10.1080/00423114.2019.1602274
Type: review
A 2.5 D finite element and boundary element model for the ground vibration from trains in tunnels and validation using measurement data
Qiyun Jin, David J. Thompson, Daniel E.J. Lurcock, Martin G.R. Toward & Evangelos Ntotsios, 2018, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 422, 373-389
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2018.02.019
Type: article