LOW SENSITIVITY, MODERN CONTROL APPROACH TO THE LONGITUDINAL CONTROL OF AUTOMATED TRANSIT VEHICLES

Modern control and estimation techniques are applied to the design of longitudinal controllers for automated transit vehicles. The sensitivity of dynamic response to changes in vehicle parameters and the effects of noisy sensors on control system performance are studied. A method for sensitivity reduction by augmentation of the state vector with the sensitivity vector is proposed and low sensitivity design is developed which provides excellent dynamic response over a wide range of operating conditions and vehicle parameters.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Jt Autom Control Conf, 15th Proc, University of Texas, Austin, June 18-21, 1974.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Institute of Chemical Engineers

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• Authors:
  • Yang, S C
  • Garrard, W L
• Conference:
  • Jt Autom Control Conf, 15th Proc, University of Texas, Austin, June 18-21, 1974.
• Publication Date: 1974

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 128-138

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated guideway transit; Command and control systems; Control systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Automated guideway systems
• Subject Areas: Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00130889
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proc Paper
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 7 1976 12:00AM