Modelling of the dynamic behaviour of in situ concrete railway sleepers

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

Volumn 222, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 433-440

  Dahlberg, T ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Concrete sleeper; Eigenfrequencies; Elastic foundation; Railway sleeper; Rayleigh Timoshenko beam theory

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; FOUNDATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RAILROADS; RELIABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS;

CONCRETE SLEEPER; EIGENFREQUENCIES; ELASTIC FOUNDATION; RAILWAY SLEEPER; RAYLEIGH-TIMOSHENKO BEAM THEORY;

RAILS;

EID: 55149088583     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544097JRRT207     Document Type: Article

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