Active suspension control of flexible-bodied railway vehicles using electro-hydraulic and electro-magnetic actuators

Control Engineering Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 507-518

  Foo, E ^a   Goodall, R M ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active vehicle suspension; Actuators; Flexible; Railways

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS;

ELECTROHYDRAULIC ACTUATORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC ACTUATORS;

VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS;

CONTROL ACTUATOR; ELECTROHYDRAULIC ACTUATOR; ELECTROMAGNETIC ACTUATOR; RAILWAY; SUSPENSION SYSTEM;

EID: 0034044229     PISSN: 09670661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0661(99)00188-4     Document Type: Article

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