Virtual coupling-based H∞ active fault-tolerant cooperative control for multiple high-speed trains with unknown parameters and actuator faults

• Published in: IEEE journal on emerging and selected topics in circuits and systems Vol. 13; no. 3; p. 1
• Main Authors: Lin, Xue, Bai, Weiqi, Wang, Qianling, Yu, Shajia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Piscataway IEEE 01.09.2023; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Active control; Actuators; Adaptive control; Block signalling; Circuit faults; Closed loops; Cooperative control; Coupling; Couplings; Fault tolerance; Fault tolerant systems; fault-tolerant control; H-infinity control; High speed rail; Linear matrix inequalities; Mathematical models; multiple high-speed trains; Parameters; Resistance; Stability analysis; virtual coupling
• ISSN: 2156-3357; 2156-3365
• DOI: 10.1109/JETCAS.2023.3288874

This paper investigates the cooperative control problem of multiple high-speed trains subject to unknown parameters and actuator faults. The cooperative operation of multiple high-speed trains is modeled as a coupled control system. On the basis of the virtual coupling technique, the H ∞ active fault-tolerant cooperative control scheme is established to guarantee the desired tracking performances and cooperative performances. The adaptive control technique is adopted to estimate the unknown Davis' coefficients and the fault parameters and linear matrix inequalities are utilized to derive the control gain of the cooperative control protocols for the trains. Rigorous analysis is provided to corroborate the closed-loop stability of the cooperative train control system and numerical simulation is conducted to verify the effectiveness and feasibility of the proposed results.