ANALOG SIMULATION OF MAGNETICALLY LEVITATED VEHICLES ON FLEXIBLE GUIDEWAYS

A magnetically levitated high speed vehicle on an elevated periodically supported guideway is approximated by a single-mass vehicle on a flexible single-span beam with rigid piers. To describe the distributed parameter system of the flexible guideway, model analysis technique is used. To compensate the static instability, the suspension magnets are actively controlled by a suboptimal time invariant control system. The advantage of analog simulation technique is, that real components of the control system can be tested in the closed loop system. Examples are given comparing the solutions for dynamic displacements of the system when a direct state feedback controller is used and when the vehicle is modelled as a moving mass or a moving force.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • IMACS (International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation) Symposium on Simulation of Control Systems with Special Emphasis on Modelling and Redundancy, Technical University, Vienna, Austria, September 27-29, 1978.
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• Authors:
  • Meisinger, R
• Conference:
  • IMACS (International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation) Symposium on Simulation of Control Systems with Special Emphasis on Modelling and Redundancy, Technical University, Vienna, Austria, September 27-29, 1978.
• Publication Date: 1978

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 207-214

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Control systems; Dynamics; Guideways; Intelligent transportation systems; Magnetic levitation; Simulation
• Old TRIS Terms: Advanced systems; Guideway dynamics
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00316245
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 16 1980 12:00AM