| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/N01019/01 |
| Title: |
DYNAMICS & CONTROL STUDY OF INDEPENDENTLY-DRIVEN RAILWAY WHEELS |
| Principal Investigator: |
Goodall, Professor RM |
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| Department: |
Electronic, Electrical & Systems Enginee |
| Organisation: |
Loughborough University |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 February 2000 |
Ends: |
31 October 2003 |
Value (£): |
172,502
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Transport Systems and Vehicles |
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This proposal is based upon a vision of future rail vehicles in which the suspensions, guidance, traction and braking are functions all provided through integrated control of independently-driven wheels, leading to vehicles which are light, energy-efficient and mechanically simple. This proposal relates to an active control concept for providing the fundamental guidance and stability function of railway vehicles. The research is in collaboration with Stored Energy Technology Limited, a Derby-based SME company which, has developed (and patented) an innovative concept for synchronous wheel-motors which can provide traction and braking directly. The company recognises the need to develop a proper scientific understanding of the concept such that control laws can be refined and the applicability extended.This collaborative research proposal gives the opportunity to extend the generic principles of active steering into an applied research context, and to provide the scientific basis to support a potentially important UK innovation in rail technology. The research must bring together the wheel/rail mechanics and vehicle dynamics, the motor dynamics, and the control engineering issues. The overall mission of the research will be to develop the engineering science to enable effective design of control systems for such vehicles, in particular using the synchronous wheel motors.
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http://www.lboro.ac.uk |