CONTROL LAW IMPLEMENTATION FOR SHORT HEADWAY VEHICLE-FOLLOWER AUTOMATED GUIDEWAY TRANSIT (AGT) SYSTEMS
Automated guideway transit (AGT) systems are a new class of urban transport in which automatically controlled vehicles operate on dedicated guideway networks. This report examines the implementation of a vehicle-follower control law for short headway AGT systems in terms of required sensor accuracy, controller structure, and data transmission requirements. In this report controller configurations are recommended for headways of 0.5 and 3.0 s that require an 8 bit uplink word at intervals of 0.1 and 0.5 s, respectively. Accomplishments, recommendations, and areas for further study are also presented.
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Corporate Authors:
Johns Hopkins University, Laurel
Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road
Laurel, MD United States 20723-6099Urban Mass Transportation Administration
Office of Tech Development & Deployment, 400 7th Street, SW
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- Pue, A J
- Publication Date: 1979-10
Media Info
- Pagination: 181 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Automated guideway transit; Automatic control; Control; Feedback control; Headways; Kinematics; Physical properties; Rapid transit; Sensors; Spacing; Urban transportation; Vehicle spacing
- Uncontrolled Terms: Controllers
- Old TRIS Terms: Rapid transit railways; Sensor characteristics
- Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Railroads;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00314071
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
- Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-MD-06-0038-79-2Final Rpt.
- Contract Numbers: DOT-UT-80009
- Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Aug 5 1982 12:00AM