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Loughborough University
Control Systems Group
Railway Applications
Tel: 01509 227018 Email: [email protected]
www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/eese/research/systems/control-systems
Vehicle Condition Monitoring• Advanced model based condition
monitoring concepts for vehicle andtrack monitoring
• On-board detection of low adhesion usingin service vehicles to inform a nationwideadhesion strategy
• Bogie condition and remaining life detectionusing inertial sensing and clever processingmaximising life and improving servicing
REPOINT • Totally new concept in track switching
• Fail safe nature allows capacity improvementsthrough treating switches as plain line
• The potential end of switch failures
Mechatronic vehicles • Innovative vehicle architectures: active
suspension; active guidance; simplifiedmechanical layout; total condition monitoring
• Adoption could lead to: Self guiding trains;vehicle to vehicle signalling; simplifiedinfrastructure; elimination of driverfailure modes
• Benefits include:Reduced trackforces and trackdamage; reducedvehicle mass; loweroperational costs
Control Systems GroupSchool of Electronic, Electrical and Systems EngineeringLoughborough University
Implications for Human Factors, processand wider organisational impact to increase the success and acceptance of technology insertion
