Effect of the wheel geometric design on the nonlinear dynamics of railroad vehicles

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1130-1140

  Shabana, Ahmed A ^a   Tobaa, Mahmoud ^a   Zaazaa, Khaled E ^a  

^a 1120 Science and Engineering Offices   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DAMPING; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DYNAMICS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; KINEMATICS; RAILROADS; STIFFNESS;

CONTACT CONSTRAINT; ELASTIC FORMULATIONS; GEOMETRIC DESIGN; RAILROAD VEHICLES;

VEHICLE WHEELS;

EID: 33748588667     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2214739     Document Type: Article

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