Truck cab suspension design: Optimisation and vibration control

Heavy Vehicle Systems

Volumn 5, Issue 3--4, 1998, Pages 236-260

  Tong, Rick T ^a   Amirouche, Farid ^a  

^a 1120 Science and Engineering Offices   (United States)

Author keywords

Cab suspension design; Heavy trucks; Optimisation; Ride comfort

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; MACHINE DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; RIDING QUALITIES; STRESS ANALYSIS; VEHICLE SPRINGS; VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS; VIBRATION CONTROL;

HEAVY TRUCKS;

CABS (TRUCK);

EID: 0032317627     PISSN: 13517848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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