Control engineering challenges for railway trains of the future

Railways in Europe have enjoyed something of a renaissance over the last decade or two, but further advances are needed to contribute more effectively to a nation's requirements for a sustainable transport system, leading to significant challenges in terms of performance, cost and reliability....

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Published inUKACC International Conference on CONTROL 2010 pp. 1 - 10
Main Author Goodall, R.M
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published Stevenage, UK IET 2010
Subjects
Rail-traffic system control
railway rolling stock
railway trains
sustainable transport system
Europe
rail vehicles
control engineering
railways
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Summary:Railways in Europe have enjoyed something of a renaissance over the last decade or two, but further advances are needed to contribute more effectively to a nation's requirements for a sustainable transport system, leading to significant challenges in terms of performance, cost and reliability. The trains themselves are a critical part of the system and the lecture will assess the opportunities and present a vision for what rail vehicles of the future might look like, focussing particularly upon the important contributions that can be made by control, and the associated challenges for control engineering researchers.
ISBN:9781846000386
1846000386
DOI:10.1049/ic.2010.0250