Ground vibration in the vicinity of a moving harmonic rectangular load on a half-space

D. V. Jones, D. Le Houedec, A. T. Peplow, M. Petyt

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Abstract

The transmission of vibrations over the surface of the ground, due to a moving, vertical harmonic rectangular load, is investigated theoretically. The interior of the ground is modelled as an elastic half-space. The transformed solutions are obtained using the double Fourier transform. Numerical results for the displacements on the surface are presented for loads moving with speeds up to the Rayleigh wavespeed of the ground.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)153-166
Number of pages14
JournalEuropean Journal of Mechanics, A/Solids
Volume17
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1998
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work has been partly carried out under an EPSRC grant (GR/H39895). David Jones acknowledges the support of the Region des Pays de la Loire which provided him with a post-doctoral research grant to work with D. Le Houedec in Nantes.

Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Geotechnical Engineering

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