Railways: surface track – Rail seats – Cushions
Patent
1989-09-18
1991-04-30
Kashnikow, Andres
Railways: surface track
Rail seats
Cushions
267141, E01B 968
Patent
active
050110772
ABSTRACT:
A rail which has secured to it a composite body for absorbing vibrational energy whereby to reduce noise generated by vehicular traffic on the rail. The composite body comprises a visco-elastic damping medium 5 bonded to, and sandwiched between, both the rail and a constraining member, e.g. a steel strip 6, substantially stiffer in tension than the damping medium.
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Hodgson William H.
Stanworth Colin G.
Thompson David J.
British Railways Board
British Steel PLC
Kashnikow Andres
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