Title: A passenger rail truck design methodology

Authors: D. Horak, D.N. Wormley

Addresses: Research Assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. ' Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Abstract: A design methodology is developed for passenger vehicle rail trucks in which primary and secondary suspension parameters and wheel/rail parameters are determined to meet a set of dynamic performance indices. The methodology partitions the design task into two basic tradeoff studies: (1) a stability-curving tradeoff and (2) a lateral ride quality-secondary stroke tradeoff. The design methodology is illustrated with both high-speed intercity and lower-speed urban rail truck designs.

Keywords: rail vehicle dynamics; rail vehicle design; rail truck design; bogie design; hunting; curving; ride quality; computational performance modelling; design methodology.

DOI: 10.1504/IJVD.1981.061242

International Journal of Vehicle Design, 1981 Vol.2 No.1, pp.1 - 18

Published online: 25 May 2014 *

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