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Journal overview

Vehicle System Dynamics

is an international journal, providing a source of information for the vehicle engineer and the applied scientist. The journal emphasizes the theoretical background of research and development problems of all kinds of road, rail and other ground-based vehicles. Main topics are:

  • Dynamics of vehicle systems and their components

  • Control of motion and forces affecting vehicle behaviour

  • Mathematical modelling, computer aided modelling and simulation, validation, parameter identification and testing, driver modelling

  • Vehicle dynamics simulation tools and platforms

  • Vehicle interactions with the environment including wheel-rail and tyre-ground behaviour

  • Active safety systems including collision and derailment warning, avoidance and mitigation

  • Intelligent vehicles, guided vehicles, automated traffic systems related to vehicle dynamics, unconventional vehicles

Authors are advised that all papers submitted to Vehicle Dynamic Systems must fit the following criteria:

  • Provide archivable technical information of interest to the vehicle system dynamics community

  • Broaden the understanding of the dynamic behaviour of the entire vehicle based on physical models and test results

  • Include an adequate level of modelling detail, e.g. on the tyre-road or wheel-rail contact, to represent real or realistic system dynamics

  • Preferably include both physical models and experimental results, e.g. for model development or system validation

If Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools have been used in the preparation of the manuscript, a detailed statement regarding the tool(s) and the nature of their use must be included.

Upon submission, all manuscripts undergo an initial editorial evaluation. At this stage, manuscripts may be rejected for reasons including insufficient originality, serious scientific issues, poor grammar use, or being outside the journal's scope and criteria. Only manuscripts meeting these requirements proceed to a formal peer review process.

All research articles published in this journal have undergone rigorous formal peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by independent expert referees.

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