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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Main Authors: Alexander Posseckert, Daniel Lüdicke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-10-01
Series:Vehicles
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2624-8921/5/4/74
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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.
ISSN:2624-8921