Modified railway passenger truck designs are considered to improve the comparability between dynamic stability and the ability of the vehicle to steer around curves. A comparative study on the nonlinear steady state curving behaviour of some unconventional truck designs reveals that a modified truck design in which the primary suspension in the leading axle is different from the trailing axle - known as the unsymmetrical suspension truck - has the potential to achieve overall superior performance compared to other truck models considered in this paper.
Improved compatibility between the lateral stability and curving behaviour of modified truck designs
Heavy Vehicle Systems ; 11 , 1 ; 1-25
2004
25 Seiten, 14 Quellen
Article (Journal)
English
British Library Conference Proceedings | 2003
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