Dynamic analysis and ride quality evaluation of railway vehicles - Numerical simulation and field test verification

Journal of Mechanics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-12

  Fan, Y T ^a   Wu, W F ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Railway vehicle; Ride quality; Track irregularity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS;

RAILWAY VEHICLE; RIDE QUALITY; TRACK IRREGULARITY;

LOCOMOTIVES;

EID: 33645345441     PISSN: 17277191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1727719100000721     Document Type: Article

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