The compression wave produced by a high-speed train entering a tunnel

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 454, Issue 1974, 1998, Pages 1523-1534

  Howe, M S ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

High speed train; Low frequency sound; MagLev; Micropressure wave; Shinkansen; Train entering tunnel

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001598929     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.1998.0220     Document Type: Article

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