DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF A RAPID TRANSIT VEHICLE TO RANDOM GUIDEWAY ROUGHNESS

Measured roadway roughness data and the transfer function for a five-degrees-of-freedom model of a rapid transit vehicle are used for determining vertical and lateral passenger motion of a rapid transit vehicle. Optimization studies are used for spring and damping parameters to minimize passenger discomfort for the input spectra associated with the sums and difference of the measured random individual wheel input profiles.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the Intersociety Conference on Transportation, September 23-27, 1973.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Washington, Seattle

  Seattle, WA  United States  98195
• Authors:
  • Hartz, B J
  • Platt, R M
• Publication Date: 1973-9

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Dynamics; Guideways; Intelligent transportation systems; Rapid transit; Roughness; Train track dynamics; Vehicle dynamics
• Old TRIS Terms: Advanced systems; Guideway roughness
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00050049
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ASME Journal of Mechanical Engineering
• Report/Paper Numbers: 73-ICT-15
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 13 1981 12:00AM