Correlation of ride comfort evaluation methods for railway vehicles

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 73-88

  Kim, Y G ^a   Kwon, H B ^a   Kim, S W ^a   Park, C K ^a   Park, T W ^b  

^a Korea Railroad Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Ajou University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Curve fitting; Determination coefficient; Evaluation scale; Frequency weighting curve; Ride comfort; Ride comfort index; Root mean square (r.m.s.); Vibration

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

RAILWAY VEHICLES;

RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0038720018     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095440903765762823     Document Type: Conference Paper

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