%0 Journal Article %T ON THE INSTABILITY OF THE RAILWAY VEHICLES %A Traian MAZILU %A M£żd£żlina DUMITRIU %J Revista Fiabilitate si Durabilitate %D 2011 %I Academica Brancusi %X The railway vehicles have two sources of instability. The most common is the hunting induced by the reversed conic shape of the rolling surfaces of the wheels. The other one is related by the anomalous Doppler effect that can occurs when the train velocity exceeds the phase velocity of the waves induced in the track structure. Some aspects regarding the two sources of instability are presented. %K railway vehicle %K track %K hunting %K anomalous Doppler effect %K limit cycle %U http://www.utgjiu.ro/rev_mec/mecanica/pdf/2011-02/1_Mazilu.pdf