Curving analysis of modified designs of passenger railway vehicle trucks

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

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 159-167

  Dukkipati, Rao V ^a   Narayanaswamy, Srinivasan ^b   Osman, Mohammad O M ^b  

^a FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angle of attack; Creep coefficients; Curving analysis; NUCARS; Railway vehicle; Spirals; Steady state curving; Truck design; Wheel Rail resistance

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; PASSENGER CARS;

PASSENGER TRUCKS;

TRUCKS;

DESIGN; TRAIN;

EID: 0036507498     PISSN: 13447653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1299/jsmec.45.159     Document Type: Article

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