Measuring high-frequency wave propagation in railroad tracks by joint time-frequency analysis

Journal of Sound and Vibration

Volumn 273, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 637-651

  Lanza di Scalea, F ^a   McNamara, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; ACOUSTIC DISPERSION; ACOUSTIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ATTENUATION; ELASTIC WAVES; FREQUENCIES; IMPULSE NOISE; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

DISPERSIVE BEHAVIOR; GABOR WAVELET TRANSFORM; GROUP VELOCITY; TIME-FREQUENCY RESOLUTION; VIBRATIONAL MODES;

RAILROAD TRACKS;

EID: 1642287141     PISSN: 0022460X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-460X(03)00563-7     Document Type: Article

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