Performance of a rail car equipped with independently rotating wheelsets having yaw control

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

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-38

  Dukkipati, R V ^a,c   Narayanaswamy, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^c Toledo   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXLES; FEEDBACK CONTROL; RAILROAD TRACKS; RIDING QUALITIES; STABILITY; VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS; VEHICLE WHEELS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

DYNAMIC STABILITY; INDEPENDENTLY ROTATING WHEELSET (IRW); YAW CONTROL;

RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK;

EID: 0032671423     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954409991531001     Document Type: Article

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