This paper deals with the problem of vertical oscillation of rail and road vehicles under symmetrical and asymmetrical loading and symmetrical and asymmetrical kinematic excitation. The term asymmetry is understood as the asymmetric distribution of vehicle mass and elastic and dissipative elements with respect to the axes of geometric symmetry, including asymmetric kinematic excitation. The various models used (spatial, planar, quarter-plane) are discussed and their analytical solutions are outlined. The theory of the spatial model is applied to the chassis of a model railway vehicle. The basic relations for the calculation of the equations of motion of this vehicle are given. In the next section, the experimental solution of a four-axle platform rail car is described and the measurements of vertical displacement and accelerations when crossing wedges (representing unevenness) are given.

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Czech Technical University Prague 4 Technicka 166 07 Prague Czech Republic

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering University of Jan Evangelista Purkyne in Usti nad Labem Pasteurova 1 400 96 Usti nad Labem Czech Republic

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