Handbook of railway vehicle dynamics / edited by Simon Iwnicki.

Contributor(s):

Iwnicki, S. (Simon), 1962-

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Boca Raton : CRC/Taylor and Francis, 2006Description: 535 pages : illustrations ; 27 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0849333210
9780849333217

Subject(s):

Railroad cars -- Dynamics -- Handbooks, manuals, etc

DDC classification:

625.2 22 H

Online resources:

Contents:

History of railway vehicle dynamics / A.H. Wickens -- Anatomy of raileay vehicle running gear / Anna Orlova and Yuri Boronenko -- Wheel -- rail contact / Jean-Bernard Ayasse and Hugues Chollet -- Tribology of the wheel -- rail contact / Ulf Olofsson and Roger Lewis -- Track issues / Tore Dahlberg -- Gauging issues / David M. Johnson -- Railway vehicle derailment and prevention / Huimin Wu and Nicholas Wilson -- Longitudinal train dynamics / Colin Cole -- Noise and vibration from railway vehicles / David Thompson and Chris Jones -- Active suspensions / R.M. Goodall and T.X. Mei -- Simulation / Oldrich Polach, Mats Berg and Simon Iwnicki -- Field testing and instrumentation of railway vehicles / Julian Stow and Evert Andersson -- Roller rigs / Weihua Zhang ... [and others] -- Scale testing / P.D. Allen

Summary: Offers an overview of major issues influencing railway vehicle dynamics. Presenting a chapter on the history of railway vehicles, this book explores the anatomy of rail vehicle suspension, railway tribology, derailment, dynamic behavior, noise, and vibration. It also covers practical issues in computer modeling, field-testing, and instrumentation.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Offers an overview of major issues influencing railway vehicle dynamics. Presenting a chapter on the history of railway vehicles, this book explores the anatomy of rail vehicle suspension, railway tribology, derailment, dynamic behavior, noise, and vibration. It also covers practical issues in computer modeling, field-testing, and instrumentation.

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