Recent development in active steering of railway vehicles

Vehicle System Dynamics

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 415-436

  Mei, T X ^a   Goodall, R M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; GRAVITATION; MAGNETIC COUPLINGS; STEERING; STIFFNESS; VEHICLE WHEELS;

MAGNET POWDER COUPLINGS;

RAILROAD CARS;

EID: 0038495098     PISSN: 00423114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/vesd.39.6.415.14594     Document Type: Article

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