Design and experimental results of an active suspension system for a high-speed pantograph

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 548-557

  Allotta, Benedetto ^a   Pugi, Luca ^a   Bartolini, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active suspension; Catenary; Pantograph; Rail transportation control systems; Railway

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENT COLLECTION; ELECTRIC LINES; EXPERIMENTS; MOTION ESTIMATION; OVERHEAD LINES; PANTOGRAPHS; RAILROAD CARS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; RAILS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SPEED; SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS); VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS;

ACTIVE SUSPENSION; ACTIVE SUSPENSION SYSTEMS; ACTUATION SYSTEMS; CATENARY; CONTACT WIRES; CONTROL ALGORITHMS; CONTROL STRATEGIES; CURRENT COLLECTIONS; DYNAMICAL RESPONSES; EXPERIMENTAL TESTS; FEASIBLE SOLUTIONS; FLEXIBLE SYSTEMS; HIGH-SPEED RAILWAYS; HIGH-SPEED TRAINS; RAIL TRANSPORTATION CONTROL SYSTEMS; RAILWAY; RAILWAY COMPANIES; SEMIACTIVE SUSPENSION SYSTEMS; SPEED LINES; SUSPENSION SYSTEMS; TECHNICAL PROBLEMS; TESTING PROCEDURES; TRAVELING SPEEDS;

CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 54349118957     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2008.2002145     Document Type: Article

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