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Table 5 FEA results’ summary for cavity and non-cavity conditions

From: An impact echo method to detect cavities between railway track slabs and soil foundation

Cavity size (cm)

Sensor location (cm)

Frequency response (Hz)

Resonance duration (S)

Volume (cm3)

Ratio=∆X/∆Y

I=∆PSD/(∆Y*∆X)

(W/HzS)

Observation

L

W

D

5

5

5

5

2420

0.018133206

18567.52

3.14

1690326

Cavity condition

5

5

5

10

2420

0.016119153

14842.93

3.117

1520670

Cavity condition

5

5

5

15

2420

0.011572216

12494.80948

2.633

1291115

Cavity condition

5

5

5

20

2420

0.009080399

10347.7319

1.837

1054919

Cavity condition

5

5

5

25

2420

0.008152887

9648.570873

1.266

985304.5

Cavity condition

5

5

1.25

5

2250

0.013833206

11315.75118

2.361

1332777

Cavity condition

5

5

1.25

10

2250

0.012119153

9515.772963

2.786

1119797

Cavity condition

5

5

1.25

15

2250

0.009722158

7933.948132

2.167

1009318

Cavity condition

5

5

1.25

20

2250

0.009080399

6748.995931

1.837

903218.6

Cavity condition

5

5

1.25

25

2250

0.008152887

6211.697865

0.803

793179.3

Fair condition

5

5

0.75

5

2178

0.01161351

7878.323055

1.371

929964.7

Cavity condition

5

5

0.75

10

2178

0.008381138

7189.101855

1.05

791446.4

Fair condition

5

5

0.75

15

2178

0.006826848

6658.593746

0.856

649308.4

Fair condition

5

5

0.75

20

2178

0.006592786

6099.384799

0.796

648325.7

Fair condition

5

5

0.75

25

2178

0.006382283

5482.158766

0.629

590533.7

Good condition

5

5

0.3

5

2124

0.009028469

4112.444302

1.05

824824.7

Fair condition

5

5

0.3

10

2124

0.008932686

3989.324802

0.858

607984.9

Fair condition

5

5

0.3

15

2124

0.007591469

3589.617629

0.737

575679.6

Good condition

5

5

0.3

20

2124

0.005950318

3298.131422

0.645

559388.5

Good condition

5

5

0.3

25

2124

0.005942065

3294.030099

0.558

530918.6

Good condition

Non-cavity

5

2112

0.004680945

3683.685677

0.711

433452.2

Good condition

Non-cavity

10

2112

0.004532605

3253.757776

0.646

426242

Good condition

Non-cavity

15

2112

0.004271587

3013.219011

0.558

412116.1

Good condition

Non-cavity

20

2112

0.004214606

2808.013438

0.475

399226.9

Good condition

Non-cavity

25

2112

0.003906566

2773.609004

0.45

393622.1

Good condition