Theoretical and experimental investigation into an adjustable automotive damper

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering

Volumn 214, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 265-278

  Purdy, D J ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adjustable automotive damper; Modelling, simulation; Parameter estimation; Testing

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMPING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ADJUSTABLE AUTOMOTIVE DAMPER; NONLINEAR MODEL;

AUTOMOBILE SUSPENSIONS;

EID: 0033678130     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954407001527411     Document Type: Article

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