Laboratory measurements of dynamic properties of rail pads subjected to incremental preloads

Progress in Mechanics of Structures and Materials - Proceedings of the 19th Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials, ACMSM19

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 319-324

  Kaewunruen, S ^a   Remennikov, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMPING CONSTANTS; DYNAMIC DESIGN; DYNAMIC PROPERTY; DYNAMIC STIFFNESS; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; MODAL PARAMETERS; ON DYNAMICS; PRELOADING; PRELOADS; RAIL PADS; RAILWAY SLEEPERS; RAILWAY TRACK; SINGLE-DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM; STRESS WAVE; TEST RIGS; TRACK IRREGULARITY;

DYNAMICS; LOADING; MODAL ANALYSIS; RAILROADS;

RAILROAD TRACKS;

EID: 84857204133     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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