Twenty first century transportation system solutions - A new type of small, relatively tall and narrow active tilting commuter vehicle

Vehicle System Dynamics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 321-347

  Hibbard, Robin ^a   Karnopp, Dean ^b  

^a University of Kansas   (United States)

^b University of California Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL THEORY; DYNAMICS; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; GROUND VEHICLES; HISTORY; MACHINE DESIGN; PERFORMANCE; RIDING QUALITIES; SPEED; VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS;

ACTIVE TILTING SUSPENSION; BANKING; INDIVIDUAL TRANSPORTATION; TILTING COMMUTER VEHICLES; TIPPING LIMITS; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

MASS TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0030142707     PISSN: 00423114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00423119608968970     Document Type: Article

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