This paper presents the development of an active control strategy for railway vehicles with independently rotating wheels. The proposed control scheme is intuitively formulated with a simple control structure and adaptive to vehicle speed. It does not require basic guidance measurements (e.g., wheel-rail deflection and angle of attack) that are expensive and impractical to implement. Speed sensors are used to measure the relative rotational speed of the two wheels on a same axle and sensors are also used to measure the relative yaw velocity of the wheelset and the body it is connected. Both curving performance and passenger ride comfort of the actively controlled vehicle are compared with that of a typical passive vehicle and an optimal control scheme.
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Practical Strategies for Controlling Railway Wheelsets Independently Rotating Wheels
T. X. Mei,
T. X. Mei
School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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R. M. Goodall
R. M. Goodall
Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough, LEICS. LE11 3TU, UK
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T. X. Mei
School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
R. M. Goodall
Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough, LEICS. LE11 3TU, UK
Contributed by the Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control Division of THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS for publication in the ASME JOURNAL OF DYNAMIC SYSTEMS, MEASUREMENT, AND CONTROL. Manuscript received by the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division August 29, 2002; final revision, March 26, 2003. Associate Editor: A. Alleyne.
J. Dyn. Sys., Meas., Control. Sep 2003, 125(3): 354-360 (7 pages)
Published Online: September 18, 2003
Article history
Received:
August 29, 2002
Revised:
March 26, 2003
Online:
September 18, 2003
Citation
Mei, T. X., and Goodall, R. M. (September 18, 2003). "Practical Strategies for Controlling Railway Wheelsets Independently Rotating Wheels ." ASME. J. Dyn. Sys., Meas., Control. September 2003; 125(3): 354–360. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1592191
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