Effect of system nonlinearities on locomotive bogie hunting stability

Vehicle System Dynamics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 365-384

  Ahmadian, Mehdi ^a   Yang, Shaopu ^b,c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHIJIAZHUANG TIEDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CREEP; DAMPING; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LOCOMOTIVES; RAILS; STIFFNESS; VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS;

HUNTING STABILITY;

BOGIES (RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK);

EID: 0032090494     PISSN: 00423114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00423119808969380     Document Type: Article

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