A rail vehicle comprises a vehicle body resting on two longitudinally spaced running gears (14, 16), each of the running gears (14, 16) comprising a running gear frame (14.1, 16.1), a primary suspension (14.2, 16.2) between the running gear frame (14.1, 16.1) and a set of wheels (14.3, 16.3), and a secondary suspension comprising at least one lateral actuator (14.4, 14.41, 16.4) between the running gear frame (14.1, 16.1) and the vehicle body (12). A method for controlling the suspension of the rail vehicle comprises: processing signals from sensors (14.21, 16.21) directly or indirectly measuring a wheel unloading condition to detect crosswind and a windward side; and controlling the at least one lateral actuator (14.4, 14.41, 16.4) of at least one of the running gears (14, 16) to move the vehicle body (12) according to a stability-oriented control strategy towards the windward side in response to the detected crosswind.
CROSSWIND STABILISATION METHOD AND ASSOCIATED RAIL VEHICLE
SEITENWINDSTABILISIERUNGSVERFAHREN UND ZUGEHÖRIGES SCHIENENFAHRZEUG
PROCÉDÉ DE STABILISATION PAR VENT LATÉRAL ET VÉHICULE FERROVIAIRE ASSOCIÉ
2018-07-04
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B61F Untergestelle für Schienenfahrzeuge, z.B. Fahrgestellrahmen, Drehgestelle oder Anordnungen der Radsätze , RAIL VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS, e.g. UNDERFRAMES, BOGIES OR ARRANGEMENTS OF WHEEL AXLES |
Crosswind stabilisation method and associated rail vehicle
European Patent Office | 2015
|Rail vehicle response to lateral carbody excitations imitating crosswind
SAGE Publications | 2015
|Rail vehicle response to lateral carbody excitations imitating crosswind
Online Contents | 2015
|British Library Conference Proceedings | 2001
|Improvement in Vehicle Crosswind Characteristics by Crosswind Feedforward Control
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1993
|