SUSPENSION AND GUIDANCE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A DC ATTRACTION MAGLEV VEHICLE

The theory, operation and implementation of the control system developed and built into a 2.7 tonne test vehicle are described. The vehicle has 8 magnets, mounted in pairs offset either side of the support rail at each corner of the vehicle. The magnet pairs are driven together to give vertical control and differentially to introduce damping into the lateral (guidance) mode. The design develops a control technique whereby the suspension response may be freely chosen without the control system stability requirement either dominating or confusing the choice.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Institution of Electrical Engineers Conference Publication. 2nd Conference on Adv in Magn Mater and their Application, London, England, September 1-3, 1976. Also available from Institution of Electrical Engineers.
• Corporate Authors:

  Institution of Electrical Engineers

  Savoy Place
  London WC2R 0BL, NY  England  10016-5997
• Authors:
  • GOODALL, R M
• Conference:
  • Institution of Electrical Engineers Conference Publication. 2nd Conference on Adv in Magn Mater and their Application, London, England, September 1-3, 1976. Also available from Institution of Electrical Engineers.
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 100-103

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Applications; Control systems; Electromagnets; Intelligent transportation systems; Magnetic levitation; Signal processing; Test vehicles; Transducers; Vehicles
• Old TRIS Terms: Advanced systems; Signal filtering and prediction
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Railroads; Research; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00167544
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: No. 142 Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 27 1977 12:00AM