Observer based estimation of the wheel-rail friction coefficient

Author

Gáspár, Péter ; Szabó, Zoltán ; Bokor, József

Author_Institution

Comput. & Autom. Res. Inst., Hungarian Acad. of Sci., Budapest

fYear

2006

fDate

4-6 Oct. 2006

Firstpage

1043

Lastpage

1048

Abstract

Since a minimum possible brake distance is required at all times an efficient and robust slip prevention control must be developed. The aim of this paper is to present an estimation method for the actual wheel-rail friction coefficient whose knowledge is indispensable in the design and implementation of an antislip braking control algorithm. The proposed method is based on an adaptive observer scheme. The estimation algorithm is tested through simulation examples

Keywords

friction; mechanical variables control; observers; railway engineering; robust control; slip; adaptive observer; antislip braking control; minimum possible brake distance; observer based estimation; robust slip prevention control; wheel-rail friction coefficient; Acoustic noise; Adhesives; Algorithm design and analysis; Force control; Friction; Pressure control; Rail transportation; Robust control; Testing; Wheels;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Aided Control System Design, 2006 IEEE International Conference on Control Applications, 2006 IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control, 2006 IEEE

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9797-5

Electronic_ISBN

0-7803-9797-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CACSD-CCA-ISIC.2006.4776788

Filename

4776788