Timoshenko beam finite element for vehicle-track vibration analysis and its application to jointed railway track

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 159-172

  Koro, K ^a   Abe, K ^a   Ishida, M ^b   Suzuki, T ^b  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RAILWAY TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Discontinuity in slope deflection; Impact load; Moving loads; Rail joint; Timoshenko beam

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

FISHPLATES; RAIL JOINTS; TIMOSHENKO BEAMS; VEHICLE-TRACK VIBRATIONS;

RAILROAD TRACKS;

EID: 25144453290     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: 09544097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954409041319687     Document Type: Conference Paper

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