Running Performance of Power-Steering Railway Bogies with Independently Rotating Wheels

This article proposes the concept of a steering bogie which utilizes self-steering ability while realizing further running performance with slight active control on a tight curve. An independently rotating wheel with EEF bogie naturally has self-steering ability, making use of gravity stiffness aroused by nonlinear tread gradient, but has oscillation in the wheel-steering motion. The proposed power-steering railway bogie consists of independently rotating wheels with a power-steering device and enables us to eliminate steering vibration while realizing ideal steering with slight power assist on curving. In this article, the theoretical investigation of the power-steering bogie and the control strategies is mentioned. Experimental results and numerical simulations with a scaled model vehicle show the effectiveness of the proposed bogie design and the proposed power-steering control.

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• Authors:
  • Michitsuji, Y
  • Suda, Y
• Conference:
  • 19th Symposium of the International Association for Vehicle System Dynamics
  • Location: Milan , Italy
  • Date: 2005-8-28 to 2005-9-2
• Publication Date: 2006

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 71-82
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the 19th Symposium of the International Association for Vehicle System Dynamics
• Serial:
  • Vehicle System Dynamics
  • Volume: 44
  • Issue Number: Supplement
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 0042-3114
  • EISSN: 1744-5159

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Car trucks (Railroads); Numerical analysis; Power steering; Simulation; Vibration
• Uncontrolled Terms: Active control; Curving performance; Independently rotating wheels
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01046767
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780415436168
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 3 2007 5:22PM