Performance of ballast mats on passenger railroads: Measurement vs. projections

Journal of Sound and Vibration

Volumn 293, Issue 3-5, 2006, Pages 873-877

  Hanson, C E ^a   Singleton Jr , H L ^b  

^a Harris Miller Miller/Hanson Inc   (United States)

^b Cross Spectrum Labs   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLAST (RAILROAD TRACK); FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

FLAT BEAM MODEL; INSERTION LOSS; WETTSCHURECK/KURZE MODEL;

RAILROADS;

EID: 33645906264     PISSN: 0022460X     EISSN: 10958568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2005.08.052     Document Type: Article

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4. Y. Kimura, Control of ground-borne vibration from at-grade track using ballast mats, unpublished paper presented at the 1995 American Public Transit Association Rapid Transit Conference, June 1995.