A comparative study on lateral stability and steady state curving behaviour of unconventional rail truck models

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 1-13

  Swamy, s Narayana ^a   Dukkipati, R V ^a   Osman, M ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLABILITY; ELECTRIC CLUTCHES; MACHINE DESIGN; MANEUVERABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPEED CONTROL; STEERING; SYSTEM STABILITY; VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS; VEHICLE WHEELS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

CONICITY; DYNAMIC STABILITY; FORE AND AFT SYMMETRY; INDEPENDENTLY ROTATING WHEELS (IRW); STEADY STATE CURVING PERFORMANCE; SUSPENSION DESIGN;

RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK;

EID: 0028713925     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: 20413017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/PIME_PROC_1994_208_228_02     Document Type: Article

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