Fuzzy logic control of vibrations of a light rail transport vehicle in use in Istanbul traffic

JVC/Journal of Vibration and Control

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1423-1440

  Guclu, Rahmi ^a   Metin, Muzaffer ^a  

^a YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dynamic model; Fuzzy logic controller; Light rail transport; Vibration control.

Indexed keywords

CONTROL VIBRATIONS; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; FUZZY LOGIC CONTROL; FUZZY LOGIC CONTROLLER; FUZZY LOGIC CONTROLLERS; HIGH STANDARDS; ISTANBUL; LIGHT RAIL; LIGHT RAIL TRANSPORT; ON TIME; PASSENGER SAFETY; PHYSICAL MODEL; RAIL SYSTEMS; RAIL TRANSPORTATION; RAIL VEHICLES; SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT; VIBRATION PROBLEM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION LANGUAGES; CONTROLLERS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DYNAMIC MODELS; FUZZY CONTROL; FUZZY SETS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; RAILROADS; SIMULATORS; SYNCHRONOUS MOTORS; VEHICLES; VIBRATION CONTROL;

FUZZY LOGIC;

EID: 69249154655     PISSN: 10775463     EISSN: 17412986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077546309102664     Document Type: Article

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