Active steering of railway vehicles: A feedforward strategy

Shuiwen Shen; T. X. Mei; R. M. Goodall; J. Pearson; G. Himmelstein

doi:10.23919/ECC.2003.7085324

Active steering of railway vehicles: A feedforward strategy

Shuiwen Shen, T. X. Mei, R. M. Goodall, J. Pearson, G. Himmelstein

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Abstract

This paper presents an active steering strategies for a railway vehicle to improve performances on curves. By feeding forward a desired angle of attach and the radius of curves, a feedforward control law is proposed and verified. In order to assess its performance issue, parameter variations such as creep coefficients and nonlinearities of the wheel conicity are considered. The simulation results show a significant improvement. Although the feedforward strategy depends on the knowledge of the yaw stiffness of the system, no interference with the stability make it preferable.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	European Control Conference, ECC 2003
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	2390-2395
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9783952417379
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.23919/ECC.2003.7085324
Publication status	Published - 13 Apr 2003
Externally published	Yes
Event	2003 European Control Conference - Cambridge, United Kingdom Duration: 1 Sep 2003 → 4 Sep 2003

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Conference	2003 European Control Conference
Abbreviated title	ECC 2003
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Cambridge
Period	1/09/03 → 4/09/03

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