Evaluation of Passenger Ride Comfort of Indian Rail and Road Vehicles with ISO 2631 1 Standards Part 2 Simulation
In this paper ride comfort of Indian road and rail vehicle is evaluated using ISO 2631 1 comfort specifications. A three wheel vehicle, light four wheel vehicle and general sleeper ICF coach of Indian railway have been evaluated on the basis of 1 hr, 2.5 hrs, 4 hrs and 8 hrs ISO 2631 comfort specifications in seated position as these are the normal duration for passengers. An insight to comfortable ride duration for these vehicles is presented in this paper.