Comparative performance of unconventional railway trucks

International Journal of Vehicle Design

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 326-339

  Dukkipati, R V ^a   Narayanaswamy, S ^b   Osman, M O M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dynamic stability; Independently rotating wheels (IRW); Railway trucks; Shear stiffness; Steady state curving behaviour

Indexed keywords

MACHINE DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR STRESS; STIFFNESS; SYSTEM STABILITY; VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS; VEHICLE WHEELS;

DYNAMIC STABILITY; INDEPENDENTLY ROTATING WHEELS (IRW); RAILWAY TRUCKS; STEADY STATE CURVING BEHAVIOR;

RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK;

EID: 0031650536     PISSN: 01433369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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