Several methods of motion stability analysis are examined and compared in the context of the problem posed by a simple idealization of a transit vehicle moving at constant speed on a straight, horizontal, fixed guideway, supported by idealized rubber tires, air cushion pads, or semiconical steel wheels on steel rails. Stability analysis methods examined include Liapunov analysis with the Hamiltonian and with a modified Hamiltonian proposed by Walker, and analysis of characteristic equations using theorems due to Routh, Hurwitz, Cronin, and Liénard and Chipart It is concluded that for rubber-tired and aircushioned vehicles a Liapunov analysis employing the Hamiltonian is most efficient, and for the tracked vehicle the criteria of Liénard and Chipart are most useful.
Stability Analysis of Constant Speed Transit Vehicles On Straight, Horizontal, Fixed Guideways
Vehicle System Dynamics ; 4 , 4 ; 223-248
1975-12-01
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Stability analysis of constant speed transit vehicles on straight, horizontal, fixed guideways.
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