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Validation of Dynamic Load Models: Technical Documentation
  • Publication no: AP-T12-02
  • ISBN: 0 85588 603 X
  • Published: 1 January 2002
This technical document presents the validation/calibration of the dynamic load response models and provides detailed comparisons between the predicted dynamic responses from the models (linear and non-linear) with the measured wheel force data that have been used to validate them.
  • 1. INTRODUCTION
  • 2. MODEL DEVELOPMENT
  • 3. MODEL VALIDATION
  • 4. SUMMARY OF SOURCES OF ERROR IN MODELLING
  • 5. CONCLUSIONS
  • 6. RECOMMENDATIONS
  • 7. REFERENCES
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