Optimum design of ER dampers for ambulances

JSME International Journal, Series C: Mechanical Systems, Machine Elements and Manufacturing

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 838-846

  Murata, Yoshihiro ^a   Maemori, Ken Ichi ^a  

^a KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ambulance; Automobile; Damper; Electrorheological Fluid; Optimum Design; Speed Hump; Suspension; Transient Response; Vibration Control

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AMBULANCES; DAMPING; MACHINE DESIGN; MACHINE VIBRATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; VIBRATION CONTROL;

ELECTRORHEOLOGICAL (ER) FLUIDS; SPEED HUMPS; TRANSIENT RESPONSE;

AUTOMOBILE SUSPENSIONS;

EID: 0033315378     PISSN: 13447653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1299/jsmec.42.838     Document Type: Article

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