The dynamics of railway vehicles-from Stephenson to Carter

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

Volumn 212, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 209-217

  Wickens, H ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design; Dynamics; Equations of motion; Railway vehicles; Stability; Steering

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; LOCOMOTIVES; VEHICLE WHEELS;

RAILWAY VEHICLES; WHEELSET;

RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK;

EID: 0032297306     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954409981530805     Document Type: Article

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