A model for rubber springs in the dynamic analysis of rail vehicles

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 95-108

  Berg, M ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Damping; Dynamics; Rubber; Stiffness; Vehicle

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749312902     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954409971530941     Document Type: Article

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