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Keywords: virtual coupling, platooning, control, dynamic coupling, next generation train, railways, transportation.

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An objective of the European Commission is to move thirty percent of road and short-distance air transport to the modes of railroad and shipping. This, for railroad, will overload the already existing bottle necks in the Trans European Network (TEN) even more. One solution without extensive infrastructure measures is a more intensive use of the existing network by reducing the headway of trains by means of an innovative safety system: Electronic coupling will allow trains to drive on the same track with a shorter quasi-constant distance. Moreover dynamical joining and splitting of trains and while driving shall provide the flexibility for railway operators to adapt to the changing traffic demands and to use short platforms with long train compounds. In order to realize dynamic train coupling, position and speed information must be reliably exchanged between trains. New communication technologies offer this ability of direct communications between vehicles with high rate and low latency. In this paper we present a controller concept that supports the fore mentioned novel operational procedures. One critical issue is compound stability. For this theoretical stability analysis is carried out and verified with simulations. Furthermore we present the concept for execution of rendezvous manoeuvres.

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Front Page Browse CCP CSETS CTR IJRT Other Authors Search Purchase Guide FAQ Contact us	Civil-Comp Proceedings ISSN 1759-3433 CCP: 110 PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RAILWAY TECHNOLOGY: RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE Edited by: J. Pombo Paper 189 Electronic Coupling of Next Generation Trains J. Winter¹, A. Lehner² and E. Polisky¹ ¹Institute of Vehicle Concepts, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Stuttgart, Germany ²Institute of Communications and Navigation, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany doi:10.4203/ccp.110.189 purchase the full-text of this paper Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper J. Winter, A. Lehner, E. Polisky, "Electronic Coupling of Next Generation Trains", in J. Pombo, (Editor), "Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Railway Technology: Research, Development and Maintenance", Civil-Comp Press, Stirlingshire, UK, Paper 189, 2016. doi:10.4203/ccp.110.189 Keywords: virtual coupling, platooning, control, dynamic coupling, next generation train, railways, transportation. Summary An objective of the European Commission is to move thirty percent of road and short-distance air transport to the modes of railroad and shipping. This, for railroad, will overload the already existing bottle necks in the Trans European Network (TEN) even more. One solution without extensive infrastructure measures is a more intensive use of the existing network by reducing the headway of trains by means of an innovative safety system: Electronic coupling will allow trains to drive on the same track with a shorter quasi-constant distance. Moreover dynamical joining and splitting of trains and while driving shall provide the flexibility for railway operators to adapt to the changing traffic demands and to use short platforms with long train compounds. In order to realize dynamic train coupling, position and speed information must be reliably exchanged between trains. New communication technologies offer this ability of direct communications between vehicles with high rate and low latency. In this paper we present a controller concept that supports the fore mentioned novel operational procedures. One critical issue is compound stability. For this theoretical stability analysis is carried out and verified with simulations. Furthermore we present the concept for execution of rendezvous manoeuvres. purchase the full-text of this paper (price £22) go to the previous paper go to the next paper return to the table of contents return to the book description purchase this book (price £85 +P&P)
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