A novel approach to analysing and simulating railcar shock and vibrations

Packaging Technology and Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-26

  Rouillard, Vincent ^a   Richmond, Robert ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Railcar; Shock; Shock on random; Transient vibration; Vibration

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MEASUREMENT THEORY; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS;

PACKAGING SYSTEMS; SHOCK-ON-RANDOM; TRANSIENT VIBRATIONS;

VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

RAILROAD CARS; SHOCK ABSORBERS; VIBRATION;

EID: 33847693506     PISSN: 08943214     EISSN: 10991522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pts.739     Document Type: Article

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