Abstract
After deriving the equations of motion which govern the lateral and yaw motions of a railway axle, these are cast in the form of a system of first-order nonlinear differential equations. To this system the Hopf-Friedrichs bifurcation theory is applied to determine when a periodic orbit will bifurcate from the equilibrium position. Sufficient conditions to guarantee the stability of the orbit are investigated.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 85-94 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Quarterly of Applied Mathematics |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| Publication status | Published - Apr 1978 |