Kalman filters applied to actively controlled railway vehicle suspensions

Transactions of the Institute of Measurement & Control

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 163-181

  Mei, T X ^a   Li, H ^b   Goodall, R M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

active steering; active suspension; Kalman filter; model based estimation; rail vehicle suspension

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034899537     PISSN: 01423312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014233120102300303     Document Type: Article

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