Optimization of the lateral stability of rail vehicles

Vehicle System Dynamics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 361-390

  He, Yuping ^a   McPhee, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTIMIZATION; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; STIFFNESS; VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS;

MULTIBODY DYNAMICS;

RAIL MOTOR CARS;

EID: 0036860795     PISSN: 00423114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/vesd.38.5.361.8278     Document Type: Article

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