DESIGN OF A GENERIC CONTROL SYSTEM FOR DETERMINISTICALLY CONTROLLED GROUND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS. VOLUME II. SUPPORTING ENGINEERING

A preliminary design of a controls system applicable to a wide range of automated ground transportation systems is specified and discussed. The design covers the functions of safety assurance, navigation, space allocation and communications. A four-level hierarchy control system is described which includes hardware and software for the network control center, local controllers, a distributed control and communications line for guideway installation, and vehicle control equipment. The three volume report discusses in detail the rationales involved in the major tradeoff decisions. (Author)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 1, PB-210 868.
• Corporate Authors:

  TRW Systems Group

  Washington Operations
  McLean, VA  United States  22101
• Publication Date: 1972-2-29

Media Info

• Pagination: 282 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated guideway transit; Automatic control; Intelligent transportation systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Advanced systems; Automated guideway systems; Automatic control systems; Deterministically controlled systems
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00054557
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: 06818-W043-RO-00 Final Rpt
• Contract Numbers: DOT-C-353-66
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 10 1974 12:00AM