A stochastic quarter-car model for dynamic analysis of vehicles with uncertain parameters

Vehicle System Dynamics

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1159-1169

  Gao, Wei ^a   Zhang, Nong ^a   Dai, Jun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Xi'an University of Arts and Science   (China)

Author keywords

Numerical characteristics; Random response; Random variables; Stochastic quarter car model; Vehicle

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE SUSPENSIONS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; METHOD OF MOMENTS; MODEL AUTOMOBILES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; RANDOM VARIABLES; ROADS AND STREETS; STIFFNESS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS); SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VEHICLES; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

NUMERICAL CHARACTERISTICS; RANDOM RESPONSE; STOCHASTIC QUARTER-CAR MODEL; VEHICLE;

AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT;

EID: 53349089843     PISSN: 00423114     EISSN: 17445159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00423110701884575     Document Type: Article

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