Determination of dynamic properties of rail pads using an instrumented hammer impact technique

Acoustics Australia

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 63-67

  Remennikov, Alex ^a   Kaewunruen, Sakdirat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE AGGREGATES; DAMPING; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DYNAMICS; HAMMERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODAL ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; VEHICLE WHEELS;

CONCRETE SLEEPERS; RAIL PADS; SINGLE DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM SYSTEM (SDOF);

RAILROAD TRACKS;

EID: 24744443554     PISSN: 08146039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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