Active suspensions

Handbook of Railway Vehicle Dynamics

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 327-358

  Goodall, R M ^a   Mei, T X ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Universi ty of Leeds   (United Kingdom)

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