Effect of the linearization of the kinematic equations in railroad vehicle system dynamics

Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-34

  Shabana, Ahmed A ^a   Tobaa, Mahmoud ^a   Marquis, Brian ^b   El Sibaie, Magdy ^c  

^a 1120 Science and Engineering Offices   (United States)

^b VOLPE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^c FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ERRORS; FORECASTING; KINEMATICS; LINEARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VEHICLE WHEELS;

KINEMATIC EQUATIONS; NEWTON-EULER EQUATIONS; RAILROAD VEHICLE SYSTEM DYNAMICS; WHEEL/RAIL CONTACT PROBLEM;

RAILROAD CARS;

EID: 33749032383     PISSN: 15551423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1951783     Document Type: Article

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