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Active Controls in Ground Transportation — A Review of the State-of-the-Art and Future Potential

R. M. GOODALL Loughborough University of Technology, Leicestershire, UKView further author information
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W. KORTÜM Institute for Dynamics of Flight Systems, DFVLR, Oberpfaffenhofen, FRG
Pages 225-257 | Published online: 27 Jul 2007

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