Optimisation of road vehicle passive suspension systems. Part 2. Qualification and case study

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 263-274

  Naude A F ^a   Snyman, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Multidisciplinary design optimisation; Passive suspension systems; Two dimensional vehicle model

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); GROUND VEHICLES; OPTIMIZATION;

PASSIVE SUSPENSION SYSTEMS;

VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS;

AUTOMOBILE; SUSPENSION;

EID: 0037399599     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0307-904X(02)00121-X     Document Type: Article

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