Investigation of free vibrations of voided concrete sleepers in railway track system

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Volumn 221, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 495-507

  Kaewunruen, S ^a   Remennikov, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Finite elements; Free vibrations; In situ railway concrete sleepers; Shear beam; Sleeper ballast; Structure soil interaction; Timoshenko beam on elastic foundation; Voids and pockets

Indexed keywords

BALLAST (RAILROAD TRACK); CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; VIBRATION CONTROL;

FREE VIBRATIONS; IN SITU RAILWAY CONCRETE SLEEPERS; SHEAR BEAMS; SLEEPER-BALLAST; STRUCTURE-SOIL INTERACTION; TIMOSHENKO-BEAM ON ELASTIC FOUNDATION; VOIDS AND POCKETS;

RAILROAD TRACKS;

EID: 37149025928     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544097JRRT141     Document Type: Article

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