ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF STEERING CONTROLLERS FOR AUTOMATED GUIDEWAY TRANSIT VEHICLES

A study of steering control systems for Automated Guideway Transit Systems has been conducted which has included a state-of-the-art survey of steering control and an evaluation of vehicle dynamic models for steering controller design. The performance of a typical AGT vehicle using a mechanical reference steering system has been determined for direct proportional, partial state feedback and full state feedback steering controllers. RMS tracking errors and RMS vehicle acceleration levels are computed for selected vehicle controllers with the vehicle traveling on a mainline track described in terms of its random irregularity properties.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Errata sheet inserted.
• Corporate Authors:

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Department of Mechanical Engineering
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02139

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Shladover, Steven
  • Fish, R
  • Richardson, H H
  • Wormley, D N
• Publication Date: 1976-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 150 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acceleration (Mechanics); Automated guideway transit; Automatic control; Curves (Geometry); Defects; Dynamics; Errors; Feedback control; Guideways; Intelligent transportation systems; Mathematical models; Position fixing; Railroad tracks; Roughness; Steering; Urban transportation; Vehicles
• Old TRIS Terms: Advanced systems; Automated guideway systems; Guideway roughness; Track irregularities; Tracking position
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00147379
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-MA-11-0023-76-1Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-MA-11-0023
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 15 1977 12:00AM