Solid axle and independently-rotating railway wheelsets - a control engineering assessment of stability

Vehicle System Dynamics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 57-67

  Goodall, Roger ^a   Li, Hong ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXLES; OSCILLATIONS; SYSTEM STABILITY; VEHICLE WHEELS;

INDEPENDENTLY-ROTATING RAILWAY WHEELSETS;

RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK;

EID: 0033888061     PISSN: 00423114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/0042-3114(200001)33:1;1-5;FT057     Document Type: Article

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