Efficiency of resilient wheels on the alleviation of railway ground vibrations

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

Volumn 226, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 381-396

  Kouroussis, Georges ^a   Verlinden, Olivier ^a   Conti, Calogero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ground vibrations; multibody systems; Resilient wheel; vehicle infrastructure interaction; wheel rail impacts

Indexed keywords

BRUSSELS; DAMPING PROPERTY; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FINITE/INFINITE; GROUND VIBRATION; MODAL DECOMPOSITION; MULTI BODY SYSTEMS; MULTI-BODY; PREDICTION MODEL; RAIL DEFECTS; REAL INTEREST; RESILIENT MATERIALS; SOIL SURFACES; VEHICLE DYNAMICS; VEHICLE MODEL; VEHICLE-INFRASTRUCTURE INTERACTION; VIBRATION WAVES; WHEEL-RAIL; WHEEL/RAIL CONTACT;

GEOLOGIC MODELS; RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK; SOILS; STIFFNESS; SURFACE DEFECTS; TROLLEY CARS; VEHICLE WHEELS; VEHICLES;

VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

EID: 84865792940     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: 20413017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0954409711429210     Document Type: Article

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