Dynamics of Actively Steered Automated People Mover Vehicle

Conventional Automated People Mover (APM) vehicles which run with the rubber tires have mechanical guidance systems, which directly sense the lateral position respect to an exclusive guideway. The mechanical guidance system requires guide rails on exclusive guideways and guide wheels on vehicles to control the moving direction of the vehicle. We have discussed the dynamics of APM vehicle and proposed ride quality improvement by using active secondary suspension. However, the drawback of the system is energy consumption. It is more feasible to control running tires than secondary suspension. This paper describes the design of active steering systems for APM vehicles without contacting the guide rail. The steering controller is divided into two parts. One is the feed-forward controller, which is determined by guideway configuration, and feedback controller. Linear Quadratic Regulator (LQR) theory is used to design the optimal feedback controller. Performance of the actively steered APM is shown by simulation and field tests.

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  American Society of Civil Engineers

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• Authors:
  • Tsunashima, Hitoshi
  • Aoki, Shinichi
  • Kohno, Hiroyuki
  • Morichika, Syunji
• Conference:
  • Automated People Movers 2005. Moving to the Mainstream. 10th International Conference on Automated People Movers
  • Location: Orlando FL, United States
  • Date: 2005-5-1 to 2005-5-4
• Publication Date: 2005

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References;
• Pagination: 12p
• Monograph Title: Automated People Movers 2005: Moving to the Mainstream

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated guideway transit; Dynamics; Guardrails; Guideways; Linear regression analysis; Navigation computers; People movers; Running speed; Steering systems
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driverless rail transit
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01029382
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0784407665
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 21 2006 2:34PM