An investigation of the influence of high performance dampers on the suspension performance of a quarter vehicle

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages

  Warner, Brian ^a   Rakheja, Subhash ^b  

^a CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT   (Italy)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE SEATS; DAMPING; MAGNETIC LEVITATION VEHICLES;

FLUID COMPRESSIBILITY; NONLINEAR TUNING; PARAMETRIC -ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE CRITERION; SUSPENSION PERFORMANCE; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VEHICLE MODEL;

VEHICLE PERFORMANCE;

EID: 85072489605     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/962552     Document Type: Conference Paper

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