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Evaluation of the Damping Properties of Railway Structures

Last updated on 11 September 2017 9:11

The running safety of railway vehicles in seismic conditions is evaluated by using the generally adopted damping constant of railway structures, which is generally 5 %, because there are only a few measured examples of damping constants. However, if the damping constant is lower, vehicle running safety declines proportionately. The...

Author(s): Kazunori WADA;Kohei Iida;Akihiro TOYOOKA;Yoshitaka Murono

Organisation(s): Railway Technical Research Institute ;

2017

Japan

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