An Advanced Retarder Control Algorithm: Preliminary Concept Design 1

Details

• Creators:
  Wong, Peter J
• Corporate Creators:
  SRI International
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Algorithms Control Systems Retarder Control System Design Train Operation
• Resource Type:
  Other
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Informal Note 6
• Corporate Publisher:
  SRI International
• Abstract:
  Current retarder control algorithms consider only the “characteristics” of the car to be controlled in determining how to control the car. This type of control policy is simple to implement, however its performance is conservative since it is based on either nominal or worst-case assumptions about what the car ahead is doing. Herein we attempt to conceptualize a retarder algorithm which considers the rolling resistance of the car ahead, as well as considering how far ahead the car ahead has traveled when the second car enters the retarder.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  Project 7663-3
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1d1994c4f4bbc442b6ecf130fc25c8887dd1269a3eb695a656451fd01311ee06cce51c553a01425d6339d2d0ae4e27a5c088267ab48a68d1d7b370fe637f1cf8
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75501/dot_75501_DS1.pdf
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