Effect of Suspension system in the lateral stability of railway freight trucks

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

Volumn 221, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 399-407

  Molatefi, H ^a   Hecht, M ^b   Kadivar, M H ^c  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

BA652; BA661; Freight wagon; Hunting; Limit cycle; Non linear

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; KINEMATICS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS);

FREIGHT WAGON; KINEMATICAL CONSTRAINTS; SECONDARY HUNTING;

RAILROAD CARS;

EID: 38149076358     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544097JRRT121     Document Type: Article

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