The Effectiveness of Pre-Cast Wall-Piles in Reducing Ground Vibration

Building Acoustics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 185-199

  Hayakawa, K ^a   Kani, Y ^b   Matsubara, N ^c   Woods, R D ^d  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nippon Concrete Industries Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c Nippon Concrete Industries Co Ltd   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIELD MEASUREMENT; FIELD TEST; GROUND VIBRATION; PRE-CAST; VIBRATION LEVEL; VIBRATION REDUCTIONS; WAVE PENETRATION;

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EID: 0942293791     PISSN: 1351010X     EISSN: 20598025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1351010X9800500303     Document Type: Article

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