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The Mirrormaker

THOMPSON, DAVID

HarperCollins Canada, Limited

Railways are an environmentally friendly means of transport well suited to modern society. However, noise and vibration are key obstacles to further development of the railway networks for high-speed intercity traffic, for freight and for suburban metros and light-rail. All too often noise problems are dealt with inefficiently due to lack of understanding of the problem. This book brings together coverage of the theory of railway noise and vibration with practical applications of noise control technology at source to solve noise and vibration problems from railways. Each source of noise and vibration is described in a systematic way: rolling noise, curve squeal, bridge noise, aerodynamic noise, ground vibration and ground-borne noise, and vehicle interior noise. <ul>
<li>Theoretical modelling approaches are introduced for each source in a tutorial fashion</li>
<li>Practical applications of noise control technology are presented using the theoretical models</li>
<li>Extensive examples of application to noise reduction techniques are included</li>
</ul>
Railway Noise and Vibration is a hard-working reference and will be invaluable to all who have to deal with noise and vibration from railways, whether working in the industry or in consultancy or academic research. David Thompson is Professor of Railway Noise and Vibration at the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton. He has worked in the field of railway noise since 1980, with British Rail Research in Derby, UK, and TNO Institute of Applied Physics in the Netherlands before moving to Southampton in 1996. He was responsible for developing the TWINS software for predicting rolling noise.
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<li>Discusses fully the theoretical background and practical workings of railway noise</li>
<li>Includes the latest research findings, brought together in one place</li>
<li>Forms an extended case study in the application of noise control techniques</li>
</ul>

Railway Noise and Vibration: Mechanisms, Modelling and Means of Control

Science & Math

Physics

Elsevier Science

Railways are an environmentally friendly means of transport well suited to modern society. However, noise and vibration are key obstacles to further development of the railway networks for high-speed intercity traffic, for freight and for suburban metros and light-rail. All too often noise problems are dealt with inefficiently due to lack of understanding of the problem. This book brings together coverage of the theory of railway noise and vibration with practical applications of noise control technology at source to solve noise and vibration problems from railways. Each source of noise and vibration is described in a systematic way: rolling noise, curve squeal, bridge noise, aerodynamic noise, ground vibration and ground-borne noise, and vehicle interior noise. Theoretical modelling approaches are introduced for each source in a tutorial fashion. Practical applications of noise control technology are presented using the theoretical models. Extensive examples of application to noise reduction techniques are included Railway Noise and Vibration is a hard-working reference and will be invaluable to all who have to deal with noise and vibration from railways, whether working in the industry or in consultancy or academic research. David Thompson is Professor of Railway Noise and Vibration at the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton. He has worked in the field of railway noise since 1980, with British Rail Research in Derby, UK, and TNO Institute of Applied Physics in the Netherlands before moving to Southampton in 1996. He was responsible for developing the TWINS software for predicting rolling noise.

Railway Noise and Vibration, Second Edition provides a complete overview of the state-of-the-art in rail noise and vibration theory and modeling. The book describes each source of noise and vibration, including rolling noise, curve squeal, bridge noise, aerodynamic noise, ground vibration and ground-borne noise, and vehicle interior noise in a systematic way, covering relevant theoretical modeling approaches and their practical applications, with extensive examples of noise control technology applied at source. Noise and vibration are key obstacles to further development of railway networks worldwide for high-speed intercity traffic, for freight, and for suburban metros and light-rail. With noise problems all too often dealt with inefficiently due to lack of understanding of the problem, this new edition is an invaluable reference for all those working with noise and vibration from railways, whether in industry, consultancy, or in academic research.

Railway Noise and Vibration: Mechanisms, Modelling, and Means of Control

Engineering & Transportation

Transportation

Elsevier

Political Ideas

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Penguin Uk

Monografia illustrata in nero e a colori. Note biografiche e bibliografia 8vo pp. 64 broch

Robyn Denny (Penguin new art, 3)

Literature & Fiction

Action & Adventure

Penguin??Books

Bees and honey (Nature's way ; no. 3)

G. Whizzard Publications Ltd. : [Distributed by] Deutsch

In this reprint of the 1994 edition, Belyea (English, U. of Calgary) introduces the 1800-1811 journal of North West Company fur trader/surveyor Thompson which warrants being no less well- known than those of Mackenzie, Fraser, and other Northwest explorers, for traversing the Columbia River to find a navigable route from the Rockies to the Pacific. Includes his maps, and a 1845 letter on the Oregon Territory claim issue. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Columbia Journals

History

Americas

Univ of Washington Pr

David Thompson (1770-1857) is considered by many to have been the most important surveyor of North America. His achievements -- mapping the Saskatchewan River, the great bend of the Missouri River, the Great Lakes and the headwaters of the Mississippi as well as the Columbia watershed -- are the stuff of legend. Late in life Thompson wrote a retrospective memoir of his explorations, but the best way to understand his years in the fur trade is by reading his journals. In her new Preface to the Bicentennial Edition of Columbia Journals, Barbara Belyea considers the fur-trade context of journals, reports, and memoirs that shaped both Thompson’s perception of contemporary people, places, and events and our own perception of Thompson’s historical importance. In Columbia Journals, the fur trader, explorer, and cartographer records his exploration of the Columbia River basin and his efforts on behalf of the North West Company to establish good trade routes across the Rocky Mountains. The journals provide a detailed picture of the fur business during its period of greatest expansion, offer a glimpse of Native culture at the moment of contact with Europeans, and describe landscapes that have since been transformed by settlement and industry. Thompson’s hand-drawn maps preserve a contemporary image of the country he explored.

University of Washington Press

New Light on the Early History of the Greater Northwest. The Manuscript Journals of Alexander Henry ... and of David Thompson ... 1799-1814. ... Missouri and Columbia Rivers; Volume 3

Henry, Alexander

Coues, Elliott

Franklin Classics

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