Cooperation of active steering control of wheelsets with subsystems of an autonomous urban rail vehicle

Authors

  • Jan Vrba Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Automotive, Combustion Engines and Railway Engineering, Technická 4, 160 07 Prague, Czech Republic

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14311/APP.2023.43.0117

Keywords:

active element, actuator, rolling stock, autonomous driving, tram, running gear

Abstract

The paper presents the motivations for the application of actively controlled elements in the running gear of a rail vehicle and the challenges that need to be addressed before deploying vehicles with actively controlled elements in real operation. Furthermore, the paper presents the design of an active element concept and its control for steering the axles of an urban rail vehicle to improve the vehicle’s passage through small radius curves. The design takes into account the fundamental issues of cost and safety of the application of active elements, which are addressed in the presented control design by using data from autonomous driving subsystems such as the environmental database or the anti-collision system.

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Published

2023-11-22

How to Cite

Cooperation of active steering control of wheelsets with subsystems of an autonomous urban rail vehicle. (2023). Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings, 43, 117-125. https://doi.org/10.14311/APP.2023.43.0117