Design and simulation of rail vehicles /

Keep Up with Advancements in the Field of Rail Vehicle DesignA thorough understanding of the issues that affect dynamic performance, as well as more inventive methods for controlling rail vehicle dynamics, is needed to meet the demands for safer rail vehicles with higher speed and loads. Design and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Spiryagin, Maksym (Author), Cole, Colin (Author), Sun, Yan Quan (Author), McClanachan, Mitchell (Author), Spiryagin, Valentyn (Author), McSweeney, Tim (Timothy) (Author)
Corporate Author:	Taylor & Francis
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Boca Raton, Florida : CRC Press/Taylor and Francis, [2014]
Series:	Ground vehicle engineering series.
Subjects:	Railroads > Rolling stock > Design and construction. Railroad cars > Design and construction. Railroad trains > Dynamics > Simulation methods. Trains > Dynamique > Méthodes de simulation. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Mechanical. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Industrial Design > General. Railroad cars > Design and construction Railroads > Rolling stock > Design and construction Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Chapter 1. Introduction
chapter 2. Unpowered rail vehicle design
chapter 3. Design of locomotives
chapter 4. General modelling techniques
chapter 5. Multibody dynamics
chapter 6. Longitudinal train dynamics
chapter 7. Rail vehicle-track interaction dynamics
chapter 8. Co-simulation and its application
chapter 9. Advanced simulation methodologies
chapter 10. Conclusion.