Availability Simulation of AGT Systems

Details

• Creators:
  Toye, Charles R.
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Automated guideway transit
  • Automatic control
  • Buses
  • Coordination
  • Dual mode transportation systems
  • Failure
  • Intelligent transportation systems
  • Maintainability
  • Monte Carlo method
  • Network analysis (Planning)
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-TSC-UMTA-75-14;UMTA-MA-06-0048-75-3
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1527088
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Abstract:
  The report discusses the analytical and simulation procedures that were used to evaluate the effects of failure in a complex dual mode transportation system based on a worst case study-state condition. The computed results are an availability figure of merit and not an absolute prediction with associated confidence levels of system availability. The advantage of this procedure is that it avoids the use of a dynamic network traffic flow simulation which is both costly and time-consuming. The analytical and simulation approach taken encompasses fault tree and failure mode and effect analyses. The novel aspect of this approach is the use of the Monte Carlo technique to determine the physical location of failed vehicles in the system (on or off the guideway, in station berths, or at various merge/demerge sectors).
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/11548/dot_11548_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.83 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:227a2e707e509a3e420b406f0ed4a1b9487bbaa90950c6de62dfc9a525c5c9f0