Floating slab railway track for isolation of vibration: Models of infinite length

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 1D-1997, Issue , 1997, Pages

  Forrest, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beams on elastic support; Dynamic stiffness matrix method; Floating slab track; Models of infinite length; Repeating units; Transmitted force; Underground railways; Vibration isolation

Indexed keywords

BEARING MOUNTINGS; CONCRETE SLABS; NONMETALLIC BEARINGS; RAILROAD TRACKS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; RUBBER PRODUCTS; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS);

COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT; FLOATING SLAB TRACK; MASS-SPRING MODELS; MASSIVE CONCRETE; RESILIENT ELEMENTS; UNDERGROUND RAILWAY; VIBRATION ATTENUATION; VIBRATION ISOLATIONS;

VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

EID: 85102030690     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC97/VIB-4085     Document Type: Conference Paper

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