A longitudinal force model for mutibqdy railroad vehicle system applications

Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference - DETC2005

Volumn 6 C, Issue , 2005, Pages 2121-2132

  Meng, Quan ^a   Heineman, Jason R ^b   Shabana, Ahmed A ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b University of Illinois   (United States)

Author keywords

Longitudinal; Multibody; Railroad; Simulation; Train

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FORCE CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAILROAD TRACKS; VELOCITY CONTROL;

LONGITUDINAL; MULTIBODY; RAILROAD; TRAIN;

RAILROAD CARS;

EID: 33244469289     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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