A numerical study into the reconstruction of impact forces on railway track-like structures

Structural Health Monitoring

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-45

  Lee, M L ^a   Chiu, W K ^a   Koss, L L ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cepstral analysis; Impact reconstruction; Inverse analysis; Rail track modelling; Structural response

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745285324     PISSN: 14759217     EISSN: 17413168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1475921705047501     Document Type: Article

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