Abstract:Aiming at the stability issue of the sound barrier columns on urban elevated roads, taking the vertical sound barrier on the Middle Ring Line of Shanghai as the research object, a SAP2000 finite element model is established. Through the modal analysis and parameter analysis, the correlations between factors such as the number of columns and the stiffness of supports and the fundamental frequency of the structure, the relative displacement at the top and the dynamic characteristics are quantified. The research results show that the support stiffness is the key parameter affecting the stability of the sound barrier. When the support stiffness is reduced by 50%, the fundamental frequency of the column drops to 3.62 Hz, and the top displacement increases to 1.5 times the critical value. Additionally, through a large number of parametric analyses, the coupling effect of adjacent columns is discovered. Combined with the analysis on the field measured data, a stability classification standard with a fundamental frequency of 4.92 Hz and a top displacement of 307 ~ 436 μm as the threshold is proposed and the corresponding guidelines are compiled, which provides a theoretical basis and practical method for the quantitative detection and daily preventive maintenance of sound barriers.