Published October 15, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Vibrations of a delivery car excited by railway track crossing

  • 1. Dipartimento di Architettura, Costruzioni e Strutture, Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona (Italy)
  • 2. Department of Applied Mechanics, Lublin University of Technology, Nadbystrzycka 36, PL-20-618 Lublin (Poland)
  • 3. Department of Combustion Engines and Transport, Lublin University of Technology, Nadbystrzycka 36, PL-20-618 Lublin (Poland)

Description

Vertical vibrations of a delivery car passing through railway tracks have been investigated in this paper. The application of recurrence plots allows to examine short time series of acceleration non-stationary courses. Recurrence quantification analysis and square deviations estimated in small windows have been used to monitor car vibrations and transient behaviour. Measuring acceleration on the 'sprung' and 'unsprung' masses of a vehicle has enabled also to test the quality of a car suspension.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chaos.2008.11.020

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.chaos.2008.11.020;
PII
S0960-0779(08)00526-2;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Chaos, Solitons and Fractals
Journal Volume
42
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 270-276
ISSN
0960-0779

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41020406
Subject category
S97: MATHEMATICAL METHODS AND COMPUTING;
Descriptors DEI
ACCELERATION; AUTOMOBILES; MASS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS; RAILWAYS
Descriptors DEC
VEHICLES

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