A tuned damping device for reducing noise from railway track

Applied Acoustics

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-57

  Thompson, D J ^a   Jones, C J C ^a   Waters, T P ^a   Farrington, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Moss Bay   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Damping; Modelling; Railway noise; Railway track; Tuned absorber

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RAILROAD TRACKS; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; VIBRATION CONTROL;

MODELING; RAILWAY NOISE; TUNED ABSORBERS;

NOISE ABATEMENT;

EID: 33748681107     PISSN: 0003682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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