Active suspension for a two-axle railway vehicle

Vehicle System Dynamics

Volumn 48, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 105-120

  Pacchioni, Alessandro ^a   Goodall, Roger M ^b   Bruni, Stefano ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

active suspension; railway suspension; ride comfort

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CONTROL; ACTIVE SUSPENSION; ACTUATOR DYNAMICS; LIGHT-WEIGHT CONSTRUCTIONS; LINEAR QUADRATIC GAUSSIAN; LQG CONTROL; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; RAILWAY SUSPENSION; RAILWAY VEHICLES; RIDE COMFORTS; RIDE QUALITY; SINGLE STAGE; SKY-HOOK; SKY-HOOK DAMPING; SUSPENSION DEFLECTION;

ACTUATORS; AUTOMOBILE SUSPENSIONS; AXLES; LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES; LOCOMOTIVES; RAILROADS; WHEELS;

SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS);

EID: 78649733311     PISSN: 00423114     EISSN: 17445159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00423111003668252     Document Type: Conference Paper

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