Acoustic optimization of railway sleepers

Journal of Sound and Vibration

Volumn 231, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 753-764

  Nielsen, J C O ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BALLAST (RAILROAD TRACK); BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DAMPING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PASSENGER CARS; RAILROAD TRACKS; STIFFNESS; VEHICLE WHEELS;

RAILPADS; RAILWAY SLEEPERS; SLEEPER MATERIALS; SLEEPER SHAPE; VERTICAL WHEELSET TRACK INTERACTION;

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES CONTROL;

EID: 0034156421     PISSN: 0022460X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsvi.1999.2560     Document Type: Article

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