OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Vehicle System Dynamics is 8. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Study on dynamic performance of 140 km/h metro vehicles with rubber stack traction structure: rolling vibration test and simulation	49
Multi-objective coordinated control for trajectory tracking of autonomous four-wheel drive electric vehicle	44
Description of the Polach model compared to FASTSIM and CONTACT and a proposal for a variant dedicated to large creepages	41
An approach for the estimation of vertical wheel/rail force using dynamic signals	40
Nonlinear model predictive control for yaw rate and body motion control through semi-active and active suspensions	40
Creep behaviour between resilient wheels and rails in a metro system	38
Dynamic investigation of the electromechanical coupling system in a permanent magnet direct-drive locomotive under rotor eccentricity faults	33
Research on high-frequency dynamic stress response of wheel axle of high-speed EMU based on Green’s function method	32
Ideal comfort ellipses and comfort dynamics model for mitigating motion sickness in battery electric vehicle	31
Resonance of railway vehicles induced by floating-slab tracks: mechanism and countermeasures	30
High-speed railway wheel polygon detection framework using improved frequency domain integration	30
A new hybrid approach to predict worn wheel profile shapes	30
A feedback-feed-forward steering control strategy for improving lateral dynamics stability of an A-double vehicle at high speeds	29
Research on temperature of high-speed train axle box bearing considering lubrication state evolution and vehicle dynamics response	29
Study of post-earthquake train running performance considering earthquake-induced track irregularity	27
Switched model predictive controller for path tracking of autonomous vehicle considering rollover stability	27
Research on the prediction method for the three-dimensional wear state of the polygon wheel	26
Using inerter-integrated absorbers to improve the performance of an in-wheel motor system	25
Experimental and numerical investigation into the characteristics of continuously measured rail profiles and its influence on simulations of vehicle-track interaction	25
Dynamic simulation of a heavy-haul freight car under abnormal braking application on tangent and curve	24
Insights into stability and control of the powerslide motion with variable drive torque distribution – applied to a driver assistance system	24
Wheel wear reduction of a mechatronic two-axle vehicle controlled with feedforward wheelset steering approaches	24
Talks with Kalker	24
Improve ride comfort performance of a vehicle suspension with negative stiffness inerter damper	24
Effective adoption of vehicle models for autonomous vehicle path tracking: a switched MPC approach	21

Real-time wheel–rail friction coefficient estimation and its application	20
Trajectory-following and off-tracking minimisation of long combination vehicles: a comparison between nonlinear and linear model predictive control	20
Simulation of vehicle-turnout coupled dynamics considering the flexibility of wheelsets and turnouts	20
Development of a two-dimensional model and experimental tests of a deformable tyre over a step-obstacle	19
Markov multi-fault tolerance control of intelligent suspension in blind scenes	19
A whole system model framework to predict damage in turnouts	19
A methodology for alignment of measured rail profiles in turnouts as a basis for reliable vehicle/track interaction simulations	18
A heavy-haul train longitudinal-vertical coupled dynamics model and its dynamic behaviour under emergency braking	18
Active rack control of steer-by-wire systems for vehicle lateral stability	18
Optimisation of train speed to limit energy consumption	18
Investigation on the characterisation of axle box resonance characteristics to wheel excitation	18
Enabling cooperative adaptive cruise control on strings of vehicles with heterogeneous dynamics and powertrains	18
Dynamic response of the axle-box bearing of a high-speed train excited by wheel flat	18
Coordinated torque distribution method of distributed drive electric vehicle to reduce control intervention sense	17
Joint vehicle state and parameters estimation via twin-in-the-loop observers	17
Coupling effect of track irregularity and wheel–rail contact conicity on carbody swaying of a metro vehicle: an experimental investigation	17
Development of a Digital Twin for prediction of rail surface damage in heavy haul railway operations	17
Assessing the handling quality of bicycles: a review of current theoretical approaches	17
A comparison of free trajectory quasi-steady-state and transient vehicle models in minimum time manoeuvres	17
Development of simplified air drag models including crosswinds for commercial heavy vehicle combinations	17
Accurate and robust state estimation for bicycles	16
Game-theoretic integrated control of AFS, DYC and ASS based on FSC-DMPC for distributed drive electric vehicles	16
Enhancing the trade-off between ride comfort and active actuation requirements via an inerter-based passive-active-combined automotive suspension	16
Influence of suspension schemes on medium-low speed maglev vehicle-guideway dynamic interaction	16
Tire mechanical model for cornering simulation with friction coefficient calculated from viscoelasticity of rubber by multiscale friction theory	16
Study on vertical mechanical properties of tyre based on hysteresis–rolling characteristics	15
Force sensors for active safety, stability enhancement and lightweight construction of road vehicles	15
Research on optimisation of overlapping section of catenary based on simulation and line testing	15
Wheel-rail contact models in the presence of switches and crossings	15
Steering control for handling and stability and wear resistance of multi-axle vehicles	15
Statistical study on the derailment factor considering the weak correlation of lateral-vertical wheel-rail forces of a vehicle-bridge system	14
Study on the derailment of the remote locomotive in a heavy-haul train with distributed power at the turnout frog area: field investigation and numerical simulation	14
Optimisation of rail profile and grinding pattern in the curve section of a subway	14
Path-following control strategy for gantry virtual track train based on distributed virtual driving model	14
Suspension parameters design for robust and adaptive lateral stability of high-speed train	14
Vehicle yaw stability control with a two-layered learning MPC	14
Effect of suspension form on the vehicle-bridge coupled vibration of the maglev vehicle	14
Critical speed dynamic characteristics and wave propagation behaviour analyses in the pantograph-catenary system based on analytical methods	13
Collision characteristics of the intermediate coupler of a rail vehicle	13
A reliable simplified method for solving the tangential wheel-rail contact problem for non-Hertzian conditions	13
Influence of bolster-hanger length on the dynamic performance of high-speed EMS maglev vehicles	13
Virtual track irregularity establishment for load prediction of heterogeneous bogie frames for virtually coupled trainsets	13
Post-critical behaviour of the powerslide motion	13
Embedding Kalker's variational theory into railway vehicle system dynamics and its efficiency improvement	13
A model-based proportional-integral observer design for adhesion estimation in the wheel-rail interface: LMI approach	13
Influence of the geometric parameters of the connecting pipeline on the stiffness and damping of the pneumatic spring suspension at high-speed rolling stock	13
A modified Hertzian-based wheel-rail contact model for vehicle system dynamics simulation	12
Correction	12
Numerical investigation of wheel-rail rolling contact characteristics and damage in a high-speed turnout switch panel under a large ramp	12
Cooperative control of virtually coupled trains considering train-to-train communication cycle: a tube-based model predictive control approach	12

Dynamic characteristics of wheel–rail collision vibration for high-speed train under crosswind	12
Stability assessment of railway vehicles considering undefined nonlinearity in static force–velocity characteristics of hydraulic yaw dampers	12
Passive and active, fluid and mechanical inerters for vehicle dynamics control	12
Analytical solution of vehicle phase-plane equilibria through the Root-Rational tyre model	12
Suspension and tyre loads estimation of an FSAE car: model development and on-track validation	12
An investigation of high-frequency vibration of bogie frame due to wheel/rail short-pitch irregularities and its control methodologies	12
Integrated torque-vectoring and anti-roll moment distribution strategies based on optimal control: influence of model complexity and road curvature preview	12
Road angle estimation for a vehicle-trailer with machine learning and system model-based approaches	11
Vehicle-track coupled dynamics model for superconducting electrodynamic suspension train	11
Study on longitudinal dynamics of heavy haul trains running on long and steep downhills	11
HIL simulation of high-speed train active stability employing active inertial actuators	11
Coupling effects between pantograph of high-speed train and tunnel	11
Tyre and brake thermal management in NASCAR	11
Reducing wheel–rail surface damage by incorporating hydraulic damping in the Bogie primary suspension	11
A Wasserstein generative adversarial network-based approach for real-time track irregularity estimation using vehicle dynamic responses	11
The re-profiling threshold of the 3D polygonal wheel from comprehensive dynamics characteristics	11
Evaluation of an intuitive 4WD drift assist control concept in a driving simulator	11
Joint estimation method of sideslip angle and tyre–road adhesion coefficient using extended Kalman filter and unscented Kalman filter	11
Yaw and lateral stability control based on predicted trend of stable state of the vehicle	11
An investigation of periodic degradation of axle box vibration spectrum for a high-speed rail vehicle based on Bayesian method	11
Asymmetric vehicle performance assessment using GG diagrams	11
Feasible trajectory planning for minimum time manoeuvring	10
Influence of damping characteristics of mesh–type high damping rail pad on the vehicle–track dynamic performance and rail surface roughness	10
Early fault diagnosis strategy for high-speed train suspension systems based on model-agnostic meta-learning	10
Adaptive simulation and integration method for wheel-rail contact problems in locomotive traction studies	10
Decoupled control of handling and stability for 4WID&4WIS vehicles under extreme conditions	10
Improving the lateral stability of high speed trains using elastic-suspended motors based on inerter structure	10
Axle box bearings on the high-Speed train: vibration characteristics analysis in the context of multi-source faults	10
Radial stiffness and damping of mountain bike tires subject to impact determined using the coefficient of restitution	10
A machine learning based voting regression method for adhesion estimation in wheel-rail contact	10
Deep reinforcement learning-based antilock braking algorithm	9
Effect of lateral misalignment defects of rail joints on dynamic derailment behaviour in railway turnouts	9
An explicit discrete-time dynamic vehicle model with assured numerical stability	9
On the vehicle dynamics prediction via model-based observation	9
Probability distributions for stochastic comfort in railway vehicles	9
A study into the modelling of the divergent loss of stability of a tractor-semitrailer subject to an external lateral force and a strategy for the stabilisation of its motion	9
In-situ assessment of the sound and vibration reduction performance of a new type of resilient wheel installed on a metro train	9
Is the standard ride comfort index an actual estimation of railway passenger comfort?	9
Hunting stability and dynamic stress analysis of a high-speed bogie using elastic-suspended motors as dynamic vibration absorber	9
NMPC trajectory planner for urban autonomous driving	9
A fast method for solving conformal rolling contact problems	9
An improved gain-scheduling robust MPC for path following of autonomous independent-drive electric vehicles with time-varying and uncertainties	9
Research on dynamic response of metro vehicles based on different coupling damage conditions of wheels	9
An exploration of the super-critical speed dynamic behaviours of the pantograph-catenary system	9
Research of the track irregularity spectrum of Shanghai high-speed transrapid demonstration line	9
A robust and fail-safe semi-active vertical damper to improve ride comfort	9
The mechanism of wheel polygonal wear based on rotor dynamics	9
Identification of track irregularities with the multi-sensor acceleration measurements of vehicle dynamic responses	9
Train–track coupled dynamics problems in heavy-haul rail transportation	9
A new paradigm in mass distribution for electric vehicles equipped with in-wheel motors	9
Multi-objective optimisation of a metro wheel profile to reduce wheel flange wear and RCF considering the distribution density of wheel−rail contact points	9
Bifurcation analysis of the bogie system with time delay and the influence of parameters on the system	9
Measurement of the lateral characteristics and identification of the Magic Formula parameters of city and cargo bicycle tyres	9
Dynamic vehicle–track interaction and loading in a railway crossing panel – calibration of a structural track model to comprehensive field measurements	8
Control strategies of active wheelset steering based on wheelset angular velocity feedback	8
A multi-objective optimisation method of rail combination profile in high-speed turnout switch panel	8
Semi-active control of primary suspensions to improve ride quality in a high-speed railway vehicle	8
A disturbance observer based lumped-mass catenary model for active pantograph design and validation	8
Analytical representations of inherent structural irregularities in turnout crossing with moveable point	8
Can a nonlinear quasi-zero-stiffness spring improve the ride quality of a vehicle?	8
On the effects of latency in teleoperated driving: stability and performance analysis	8
Gain-scheduled model predictive controller for vehicle-following trajectory generation for autonomous vehicles	8
Optimisation design of grinding rail profile of metro lines for small radius curved track based on the GFC method: a case study	8
Research on abnormal wear mechanism of the coupler system in heavy-haul trains	8
On-board vibration-based robust and unsupervised degradation detection in railway suspensions under various travelling speeds via a Multiple Model framework	8
An integrated path-tracking and control allocation method for autonomous racing electric vehicles	8
Effect of polygonal wheel on the vehicle-track dynamic interaction in turnout and its transmission to the trailer bogie wheels	8
Analytical study and evaluation of self-steering ability of elastically constrained wheelsets under traction/braking conditions	8