Stability control of a railway vehicle using absolute stiffness and inerters

Alejandra Z. Matamoros-Sanchez; Roger M. Goodall; Argyrios C. Zolotas; Jason Zheng Jiang; Malcolm C. Smith

doi:10.1109/CONTROL.2012.6334617

Stability control of a railway vehicle using absolute stiffness and inerters

Alejandra Z. Matamoros-Sanchez, Roger M. Goodall, Argyrios C. Zolotas, Jason Zheng Jiang, Malcolm C. Smith

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Abstract

Work presented in this paper studies the potential of employing inerters -a novel mechanical device used successfully in racing cars- in active suspension configurations with the aim to enhance railway vehicle system performance. The particular element of research in this paper concerns railway wheelset lateral stability control. Controlled torques are applied to the wheelsets using the concept of absolute stiffness. The effects of a reduced set of arbitrary passive structures using springs, dampers and inerters integrated to the active solution are discussed. A multi-objective optimisation problem is defined for tuning the parameters of the proposed configurations. Finally, time domain simulations are assessed for the railway vehicle while negotiating a curved track. A simplification of the design problem for stability is attained with the integration of inerters to the active solutions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2012 UKACC International Conference on Control
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	120-127
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9781467315609, 9781467315586, 9781467315579
ISBN (Print)	9781467315593
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CONTROL.2012.6334617
Publication status	Published - 22 Oct 2012
Externally published	Yes
Event	UKACC International Conference on Control 2012 - Cardiff, United Kingdom Duration: 3 Sep 2012 → 5 Sep 2012 Conference number: 9 http://wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=22012 (Link to Conference Information)

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Conference	UKACC International Conference on Control 2012
Abbreviated title	CONTROL 2012
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Cardiff
Period	3/09/12 → 5/09/12
Other	United Kingdom Automatic Control Council
Internet address	http://wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=22012 (Link to Conference Information)

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Matamoros-Sanchez, AZ, Goodall, RM, Zolotas, AC, Jiang, JZ & Smith, MC 2012, Stability control of a railway vehicle using absolute stiffness and inerters. in Proceedings of the 2012 UKACC International Conference on Control., 6334617, IEEE, pp. 120-127, UKACC International Conference on Control 2012, Cardiff, United Kingdom, 3/09/12. https://doi.org/10.1109/CONTROL.2012.6334617

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