Numerical and experimental assessment of advanced concepts to reduce noise and vibration on Urban Railway Turnouts

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 279-287

  Anastasopoulos, Ioannis ^a   Alfi, Stefano ^b   Gazetas, George ^a   Bruni, Stefano ^b   Van Leuven, André ^c  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c D2S International   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dynamic analysis; Maintenance; Noise control; Soil structure interaction; Urban areas; Vibration

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENTS; NEW CONCEPTS; NOISE AND VIBRATIONS; NOISE CONTROL; RAIL SYSTEMS; SOIL CONDITIONS; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; URBAN AREAS; URBAN RAILWAYS; VIBRATION;

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES CONTROL; MAINTAINABILITY; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; RAILS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; SOILS;

DYNAMIC ANALYSIS;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MAINTENANCE; NOISE; NUMERICAL METHOD; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; URBAN AREA; URBAN TRANSPORT; VIBRATION;

EID: 65449151764     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000007     Document Type: Article

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