Rail Vehicle Dynamics (Paperback)

Introduction.- Modeling vehicle, track and excitation.- Modeling of wheel/rail contact.- Vertical oscillations. Equations of motion and eigenbehaviour.- Vertical oscillations. Frequency response.- Stochastic vibrations.- Ride comfort.- Introduction into lateral dynamics.- Equations of motion for lateral dynamics.- Eigenbehaviour of a wheel set.- Eigenbehaviour and running stability of bogies.- Stability of bogie vehicles.- Non-linear stability.- Quasistatic curving.- (Active suspension in Rail Vehicles).- Derivation of load collectives for fatigue calculations.