Ground-borne vibration generated by vehicles crossing road humps and speed control cushions

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 221-236

  Watts, G R ^a   Krylov, V V ^b  

^a TRANSPORT RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Perception of vibration; Road humps and speed cushions; Traffic induced vibration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038547835     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-682X(99)00026-2     Document Type: Article

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