Ride Comfort Improvements on Disturbed Railroads Using Model Predictive Control
This paper proposes a control strategy for active lateral secondary suspension that uses preview data. Based on a derived analytical model, a model predictive controller (MPC) is implemented. The influence of the track irregularities upon carbody lateral dynamics is considered explicitly. The contro...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2023-10-01
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Series: | Vehicles |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2624-8921/5/4/74 |
Summary: | This paper proposes a control strategy for active lateral secondary suspension that uses preview data. Based on a derived analytical model, a model predictive controller (MPC) is implemented. The influence of the track irregularities upon carbody lateral dynamics is considered explicitly. The controller developed is applied to a full-scale rail vehicle model. Ride comfort is evaluated according to EN 12299. Multibody simulations show that there is a significant increase in continuous ride comfort on poor-quality tracks. |
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ISSN: | 2624-8921 |