A co-simulation approach for heavy haul long distance locomotive-track simulation studies

The operation of heavy haul high adhesion locomotives on the long distance track from mines to ports is a subject of recent track damage studies. Such studies require the introduction of a traction power system for each locomotive running in the heavy haul train followed by consideration of the whol...

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Published inVehicle system dynamics Vol. 57; no. 9; pp. 1363 - 1380
Main Authors Spiryagin, Maksym, Persson, Ingemar, Wu, Qing, Bosomworth, Christopher, Wolfs, Peter, Cole, Colin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Taylor & Francis 02.09.2019
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Automotive parts
co-simulation
Computer simulation
Data exchange
Gensys
mechatronic system
multibody simulation
Multibody systems
shared library
SimPowerSystems
Simulation
Simulink
Software
TCP/IP (protocol)
traction control
Traction control systems
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Summary:The operation of heavy haul high adhesion locomotives on the long distance track from mines to ports is a subject of recent track damage studies. Such studies require the introduction of a traction power system for each locomotive running in the heavy haul train followed by consideration of the whole system developed as a complex mechatronic model. It is nowadays common to use co-simulation for the creation of mechatronic models. This paper introduces an approach which can be applicable for a whole train simulation and is based on the combination of two types of software - a multibody simulation package for the mechanical model of a heavy haul locomotive and tools for simulation of traction power systems. This paper describes the integration of a shared library, generated by means of Simulink Code Generation, in Gensys multibody software for the co-simulation process. The validation of the newly developed approach has been performed by means of the simulation of both simplified and full traction control systems for a heavy haul locomotive running on straight track with the same scenarios previously used for the existing co-simulation approach based on a TCP/IP data exchange interface. Validation of the newly developed approach has also been performed with longitudinal train dynamics considered.
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ISSN:0042-3114
1744-5159
DOI:10.1080/00423114.2018.1504088