Abstract: The performance of self-steering, articulated, and nonarticulated trucks for high-speed passenger trains was compared to a conventional passenger truck. Lateral stability and steady state curving ...

Abstract: Passenger comfort is an important constraint on high-speed operation in curves and transitions. The effect of track geometry and vehicle suspension characteristics on passenger comfort were ...

Abstract: Two radial-interradial spring tire models are developed to predict vertical and drag forces produced by a tire as it rolls over an obstacle. Interradial springs are used to interconnect radial ...

Abstract: The effects of torsionally flexible wheelsets on the hunting stability of rail vehicles have been investigated by solving the eigenproblem. The primary model is that of a single truck with two ...