Abstract
Over the last 30 years, a number of powerful software packages for predicting the dynamic behaviour of railway vehicles have been developed. These packages are widely accepted within the industry and they can significantly shorten the design process and avoid the need for extensive field testing. The current trend within the industry of moving towards developing vehicles with mechatronic and novel systems has highlighted the shortcomings within many of these software packages. One solution to overcome this issue is to use co-simulation. However, co-simulation is costly and time-consuming. To avoid this cost and time consumption, modelling the mechatronic parts in one simulation is recommended. Therefore, to illustrate how this can be done, this paper describes the development of a mechatronic model of a railway vehicle using MATLAB and Simulink. The model includes the electrical and mechanical elements (including traction and active steering systems) which can be used to study methods aiming to optimise the energy consumption of the vehicle.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Automation & Computing, (University of Huddersfield, 7-8 September 2017) |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780701702601 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781509050406 |
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Publication status | Published - 26 Oct 2017 |
Event | 23rd International Conference on Automation and Computing: Addressing Global Challenges through Automation and Computing - University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom Duration: 7 Sep 2017 → 8 Sep 2017 Conference number: 23 https://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/conferencedetails/index.html?Conf_ID=41042 (Link to Conference Website) |
Conference
Conference | 23rd International Conference on Automation and Computing |
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Abbreviated title | ICAC 2017 |
Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
City | Huddersfield |
Period | 7/09/17 → 8/09/17 |
Other | The scope of the conference covers a broad spectrum of areas with multi-disciplinary interests in the fields of automation, control engineering, computing and information systems, ranging from fundamental research to real-world applications. |
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