Stability analysis and derailment evaluation of rail vehicles

International Journal of Heavy Vehicle Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 194-211

  Fan, Yang Tsai ^a,b   Wu, Wen Fang ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Derailment; Dynamic response; Rail vehicle; Stability; Wheel flat

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SYSTEM STABILITY;

DERAILMENT; RAIL VEHICLE; WHEEL-FLAT;

LOCOMOTIVES;

EID: 33745786827     PISSN: 1744232X     EISSN: 17415152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJHVS.2006.010018     Document Type: Article

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