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.


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    Title :

    Improved compatibility between the lateral stability and curving behaviour of modified truck designs


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Heavy Vehicle Systems ; 11 , 1 ; 1-25


    Publication date :

    2004


    Size :

    25 Seiten, 14 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English