Influence of the suspension damping on ride comfort of passenger railway vehicles

UPB Scientific Bulletin, Series D: Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 75-90

  Dumitriu, Mǎdǎlina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Damping; Railway vehicle; Random vibration; Ride comfort

Indexed keywords

CARBODY; MOVEMENT EQUATIONS; NEW FORMS; PRIMARY SUSPENSION; RAILWAY VEHICLES; RANDOM VIBRATIONS; RIDE COMFORTS; SECONDARY SUSPENSION; SUSPENSION DAMPING; WHEEL/RAIL;

DAMPING; LOCOMOTIVES; MODAL ANALYSIS;

AUTOMOBILE SUSPENSIONS;

EID: 84874332477     PISSN: 14542358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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