Optimization of wheel and rail profiles for various conditions of vehicle motion

Vehicle System Dynamics

Volumn 20, Issue sup1, 1992, Pages 84-98

  Choromanski W ^a   Zboinski K ^a  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; RAILS;

CHEBYSHEV'S SERIES; TWO-AXLE RAILWAY VEHICLE TRACK SYSTEM; VEHICLE-TRACK SYSTEM MODEL; WHEEL PROFILE OPTIMIZATION; WHEEL PROFILES;

WHEELS;

EID: 0026291939     PISSN: 00423114     EISSN: 17445159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00423119208969390     Document Type: Article

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