Three-dimensional modelling of train-track and sub-soil analysis for surface vibrations due to moving loads

Applied Mathematics and Computation

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 209-230

  Celebi, E ^a  

^a SAKARYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Boundary element algorithm; Moving loads; Sub structure technique; Thin layer method flexible volume method; Trench barrier; Vibration reduction; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOILS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); WAVE PROPAGATION;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT ALGORITHM; MOVING LOADS; SUB-STRUCTURE TECHNIQUE; THIN LAYER METHOD/FLEXIBLE VOLUME METHOD; THIN LAYER METHOD/FLEXIBLE VOLUME METHOD (TLM/FVM); TRENCH BARRIER; VIBRATION REDUCTION;

RAILROAD TRACKS;

EID: 33747606244     PISSN: 00963003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amc.2005.11.095     Document Type: Article

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