Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

A Dedicated Control Design Methodology for Improved Tilting Train Performance

  • Conference paper
  • First Online:
Advances in Dynamics of Vehicles on Roads and Tracks (IAVSD 2019)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering ((LNME))

Abstract

The development of detailed multibody models of railway vehicles is essential to address industrial problems through computational tools. The assessment of vehicle dynamic performance is one of the studies that can be performed with a multibody software. But when tilting trains are considered, which comprise active suspension elements, control engineering theories are required to estimate the forces developed by the actuators. Despite its importance, in general the details about the tilting control algorithm are unknown. In this work, a dedicated control design methodology is proposed to estimate the control algorithm of a tilting system in order to assure a proper vehicle performance. For this purpose, a detailed multibody model of a tilting train is used to perform a batch of simulations in order to develop an accurate linear model of the tilting system and to study its performance in realistic operation conditions. Thus, the traditional control techniques can be used to assess the tilting system dynamics and to design the control algorithm so that proper tilting performance is ensured. The control algorithm and the tilting performance are tested on a curved and tangent track with track irregularities. The comfort indexes PCT and RMS are used here to assess the tilting system.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 259.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 329.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 329.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. EN 14363: Railway applications - Testing for the acceptance of running characteristics of railway vehicles - Testing of running behaviour and stationary tests (2005)

    Google Scholar 

  2. ENV 12299:1999: Railway applications. Ride comfort for passengers. Measurement and evaluation (1999)

    Google Scholar 

  3. Ogata, K.: Modern Control Engineering. Prentice Hall PTR, Upper Saddle River (2010)

    MATH  Google Scholar 

  4. Iwnicki, S., Dahlberg, T.: Handbook of Railway Vehicle Dynamics, pp. 143–179. CRC (2006). https://doi.org/10.1201/9780849333217

  5. Magalhaes, H., Madeira, J.F.A., Ambrósio, J., Pombo, J.: Railway vehicle performance optimisation using virtual homologation. Veh. Syst. Dyn. 3114, 1–31 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1080/00423114.2016.1196821

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. Persson, R.: Tilting trains Enhanced benefits and strategies for less motion sickness (2011)

    Google Scholar 

  7. Goodall, R.M., Zolotas, A.C., Evans, J.: Assessment of the performance of tilt system controllers. In: Proceedings of the Railway Technology Conference IMechE, pp. 231–239. Citeseer (2000)

    Google Scholar 

  8. Zhou, N., Lv, Q., Yang, Y., Zhang, W.: <TPL-PCRUN> Statement of methods. Veh. Syst. Dyn. 53, 380–391 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1080/00423114.2014.982136

    Article  Google Scholar 

  9. Zhou, R., Zolotas, A., Goodall, R.: Robust system state estimation for active suspension control in high-speed tilting trains. Veh. Syst. Dyn. 52, 355–369 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1080/00423114.2014.901540

    Article  Google Scholar 

  10. Amirouche, F.M.L.: Fundamentals of multibody dynamics, 680 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/b137682

  11. Zolotas, A.C., Goodall, R.M., Halikias, G.D.: Recent results in tilt control design and assessment of high-speed railway vehicles. Proc. Inst. Mech. Eng. Part F J. Rail Rapid Transit 221, 291–321 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1243/0954409jrrt43

    Article  Google Scholar 

  12. Hassan, F., Zolotas, A.C., Smith, T.: Optimized Ziegler-Nichols based PID control design for tilt suspensions. J. Eng. Sci. Technol. Rev. 10, 17–24 (2017). https://doi.org/10.25103/jestr.105.02

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institute of Railway Research, School of Computing and Engineering, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK

    Hugo Magalhães, Pedro Antunes & João Pombo

  2. LAETA, IDMEC, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

    Hugo Magalhães, Pedro Antunes, João Pombo & Jorge Ambrósio

  3. ISEL, IPL, Lisbon, Portugal

    João Pombo

Authors
  1. Hugo Magalhães
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Pedro Antunes
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. João Pombo
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Jorge Ambrósio
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Hugo Magalhães .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  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

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2020 Springer Nature Switzerland AG

About this paper

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this paper

Magalhães, H., Antunes, P., Pombo, J., Ambrósio, J. (2020). A Dedicated Control Design Methodology for Improved Tilting Train Performance. 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_9

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38077-9_9

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Cham

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-030-38076-2

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-030-38077-9

  • eBook Packages: EngineeringEngineering (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation