Vibration barriers for shock-producing equipment

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 297-306

  El Naggar, M Hesham ^a   Chehab, Abdul Ghafar ^a  

^a Faculty of Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Concrete trenches; Finite element modeling; Gas cushion trenches; Hammer foundation; Impact load; Soil bentonite trench

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; CUTTING EQUIPMENT; HAMMERS; PRESSES (MACHINE TOOLS); ROCKS; SOILS;

BEDROCKS; PRODUCTION MACHINERY; SHOCK-PRODUCING EQUIPMENT; VIBRATION BARRIERS;

VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOUNDATION; VIBRATION;

EID: 19944397516     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t04-067     Document Type: Article

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