Asymptotic analysis of hard wave barriers in soil

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 143-158

  Hildebrand, Robert ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Filled trench; Lime cement columns; Railway vibration; Structure borne sound; Vibration isolation; Wave barrier

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); WAVE EFFECTS;

HARD WAVE BARRIER;

SOIL MECHANICS;

BARRIER (EQUIPMENT); SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; SURFACE WAVE; TRENCH; VIBRATION;

EID: 0037324462     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0267-7261(02)00154-9     Document Type: Article

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