Mechatronic developments for railway vehicles of the future
Mechatronic developments for railway vehicles of the future
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DOI：
10.1016/s0967-0661(02)00008-4
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发表时间：
2002-08-01
影响因子：
4.9
通讯作者：
Kortüm, W
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作者：
Goodall, RM;Kortüm, W
自19世纪初铁路出现以来，即在电子和反馈控制发明之前，铁路车辆主要由机械工程师设计。然而，今天它们包含大量的电子和计算机控制，特别是牵引系统，已经完全转换。然而，电子控制也可以应用于车辆悬架和制导功能，这可以在性能上提供很大的改进。更重要的是，从一开始就将传感器、控制器和执行器整合到设计过程中，可以使车辆设计师利用不同的机械配置，这是纯机械方法无法实现的——换句话说，这是机电一体化的真正精神。本文综述了未来铁路机电一体化发展的概念、现状和机遇。(C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd.版权所有。
Railway vehicles have principally been designed by mechanical engineers since railways began in the early 1800s, i.e. before electronics and feedback control were invented. Today however they contain substantial amounts of electronic and computer control, in particular the traction systems, which have been converted entirely. However electronic control can also be applied to the vehicle suspension and guidance functions, which can provide large improvements in performance. More significantly, incorporation of sensors, controllers and actuators into the design process from the start can enable vehicle designers to take advantage of different mechanical configurations which are not possible with a purely mechanical approach-in other words the true spirit of mechatronics. The paper reviews the concepts, the current state-of-the-art and opportunities for mechatronic developments for railways for the future. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.