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Improving the tilt control performance of high-speed railway vehicles: an LQG approach

Authors:Zolotas Argyrios, Loughborough University, United Kingdom
Goodall Roger, Loughborough University, United Kingdom
Topic:7.4 Transportation Systems
Session:Air and Rail Control Systems
Keywords: LQG control, Estimation, Train control, Railways, Tilt control,Control applications

Abstract

The paper discusses on the use of an optimal LQG control design toimprove the vehicle curving performance at increased running speed, employingonly local (rail vehicle-based) signal measurements. It addresses the fundamentalproblem related with straightforward feedback control, and introduces thecommercially-used command-driven with precedence scheme. A combination ofsimulation results and, a recently proposed, tilt control system assessment methodare utilised for assessing the overall performance of the tilt controller.