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Modern electrical locomotives are powered by controlled power converters. Integration testing of the vehicle control system is performed using real-time simulation. The present contribution presents an evaluation of a digital real-time simulator for this purpose, with particular emphasis on switching and events, which is one of the more demanding tasks in the real-time simulation of hybrid systems. A pragmatic solution to the difficult problem of simulating hybrid systems in real-time is proposed.
We would like to take the opportunity to thank a number of people who have supported us throughout this work: R. Graf, P. Wenk, P. Kulli, B. Wixinger, and P. Häse from ABB Daimler-Benz Transportation (Suisse) AG; S. Menth from ABB Corp. Research, and U. Kiffmeier from dSPACE (Germany).
Constructive comments from anonymous conference reviewers are gratefully appreciated.
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Terwiesch, P., Scheiben, E., Petersen, A.J., Keller, T. (1997). A digital real-time simulator for rail-vehicle control system testing. In: Maler, O. (eds) Hybrid and Real-Time Systems. HART 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1201. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0014726
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