Surface wave modes in rails

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 733-740

  Hesse, D ^a   Cawley, P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INSPECTION; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILS;

ENERGY DISTRIBUTION; FATIGUE DEFECTS; LOW-FREQUENCY SURFACE WAVES; RAILWAY INDUSTRY;

SURFACE WAVES;

ARTICLE; DISPERSION; ENERGY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAILWAY; SURFACE PROPERTY; VELOCITY; WAVEFORM;

EID: 33747058278     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2211587     Document Type: Article

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