Mechatronic Strategies for Controlling Railway Wheelsets with Independently Rotating Wheels

Roger Goodall; T. X. Mei

doi:10.1109/AIM.2001.936458

Mechatronic Strategies for Controlling Railway Wheelsets with Independently Rotating Wheels

Roger Goodall, T. X. Mei

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Abstract

This paper presents the development of an active control strategy for the independently rotating wheelset of railway vehicles. 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 optional sensors may be used to measure the wheelset yaw velocity relative to the vehicle body. A two-axle vehicle is used in the study. 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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2001 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics Proceedings
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	225-230
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	0780367375
ISBN (Print)	0780367367
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/AIM.2001.936458
Publication status	Published - 2001
Externally published	Yes
Event	2001 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics - Teatro Sociale, Como, Italy Duration: 8 Jul 2001 → 12 Jul 2001 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/936416

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Conference	2001 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics
Abbreviated title	AIM '01
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Como
Period	8/07/01 → 12/07/01
Internet address	https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/936416

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Goodall, R & Mei, TX 2001, Mechatronic Strategies for Controlling Railway Wheelsets with Independently Rotating Wheels. in 2001 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics Proceedings ., 936458, IEEE, pp. 225-230, 2001 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, Como, Italy, 8/07/01. https://doi.org/10.1109/AIM.2001.936458

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Mechatronic Strategies for Controlling Railway Wheelsets with Independently Rotating Wheels

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