DocumentCode
27250
Title
Design of a controller for rail eddy current brake system
Author
Zamani, A.
Author_Institution
Sch. of Railway Eng., Iran Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Tehran, Iran
Volume
4
Issue
2
fYear
2014
fDate
Jun-14
Firstpage
38
Lastpage
44
Abstract
A rail eddy current brake (ECB) controller is proposed to produce the optimum braking and attractive forces using the variation of the reference current according to the speed. To improve the operation of the ECB, an optimal design of the controller is carried out by means of finite element method. Kriging method is utilised to reduce the computational costs. Additionally, the genetic algorithm is used as a multiobjective optimisation method to find the optimum current references in different speeds.
Keywords
control system synthesis; eddy current braking; finite element analysis; genetic algorithms; optimal control; railways; ECB controller; FEM; Kriging method; attractive forces; controller design; finite element method; genetic algorithm; multiobjective optimisation method; optimal design; optimum braking; optimum current references; rail eddy current brake system; reference current variation;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electrical Systems in Transportation, IET
Publisher
iet
ISSN
2042-9738
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/iet-est.2013.0008
Filename
6823242
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