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Application of State Estimators in Active Control of Railway Wheelsets

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Advances in Dynamics of Vehicles on Roads and Tracks (IAVSD 2019)

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This paper presents the development of a state observer for the estimation of output torque of an electromechanical actuator in the application of active wheelset control for railway vehicles. The output from the state estimator is essential to ensure that actuator responds appropriately and deliver accurate and fast control effort as demanded to maintain the stability of wheelsets. The formulation and design of the observer is based on the use of the actuator model only, so that it reduces substantially the complexity and difficult uncertainties related to the model of a full rail vehicle. The performance and robustness assessments of the state estimator integrated active control system are carried out with the use of a full bogie vehicle model.

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  1. University of Salford, Salford, M5 4WT, UK

    Lushan Weerasooriya & T. X. Mei

  2. Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, M15 6BH, UK

    Hong Li

  3. Tongji University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

    Y. Luo

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  1. Research and Development, Volvo Car Corporation, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Matthijs Klomp

  2. Research Institute, Driver and Vehicle, Swedish National Road and Transport, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Fredrik Bruzelius

  3. Department of Mechanics and Maritime Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Västra Götalands Län, Sweden

    Jens Nielsen

  4. Department of Mechanics and Maritime Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Angela Hillemyr

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Weerasooriya, L., Mei, T.X., Li, H., Luo, Y. (2020). Application of State Estimators in Active Control of Railway Wheelsets. In: Klomp, M., Bruzelius, F., Nielsen, J., Hillemyr, A. (eds) Advances in Dynamics of Vehicles on Roads and Tracks. IAVSD 2019. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38077-9_6

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