Abstract: Two means of providing a high quality air cushion ride at high speed using simple passive suspension systems are investigated. The inclusion of the proper amount of camber in guideway beams ...

Abstract: The vehicle-guideway system is modeled as an arbitrary number of lumped, doubly-sprung vehicle mass systems traveling in tandem along simple supported beams. The vehicle load is transmitted to ...

Abstract: The inclined pipeline is modeled as a Bernoulli-Euler beam with an initial static deflection due to self-weight, end loads, and external drag forces. Pipeline stability and transient responses ...