Investigating the influence of soil properties on railway traffic vibration using a numerical model

Vehicle System Dynamics

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 421-442

  Kouroussis, G ^a   Conti, C ^a   Verlinden, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

finite elements; multibody systems; railway systems; track models; vehicle track interaction; vibration control

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC ANALYSIS; DEPTH OF THE SURFACE LAYERS; EXCITATION SOURCES; EXTERNAL LOADS; FINITE ELEMENT; GROUND SURFACE MOTION; GROUND VIBRATION; GROUND WAVES; HALF-SPACE; HOMOGENEOUS SOIL; IMPULSE LOAD; LAYERED GROUND; LAYERED HALF SPACES; MULTI BODY SYSTEMS; RAILWAY SYSTEM; RAILWAY TRAFFIC; RAILWAY VEHICLES; SOIL PARAMETERS; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL STRATIFICATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; TIME DOMAIN; VEHICLE-TRACK INTERACTION;

GEOMETRY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; VIBRATION CONTROL; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84874117431     PISSN: 00423114     EISSN: 17445159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00423114.2012.734627     Document Type: Article

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