Response of beams resting on viscoelastically damped foundation to moving oscillators

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1317-1336

  Muscolino, Giuseppe ^a   Palmeri, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dimensional analysis; Modal strain energy (MSE) method; Moving oscillator; Standard linear solid (SLS) model; State space equation; Train track interaction; Viscoelastic foundation

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DAMPING; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FOUNDATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); VISCOELASTICITY;

MODAL STRAIN ENERGY (MSE) METHOD; STANDARD LINEAR SOLID (SLS) MODELS; TRAIN-TRACK INTERACTION; VISCOELASTIC FOUNDATIONS;

BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 33846112285     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2006.06.013     Document Type: Article

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