Low-friction surface conditions significantly contribute to the reduction of the wheel/rail adhesion capability and the occurrence of wheel/rail slipping behaviors, which may lead to the degradation of mechanical properties and frictional wear damage at the wheel/rail interface. To mitigate these undesirable consequences, modern railway locomotives are equipped with on-board anti-slip control systems. In this study, three different anti-slip controller models, comprising the traditional re-adhesion anti-slip controller and PID-based anti-slip controller with fixed threshold and with optimal threshold, are established. The wheel/rail rolling-slipping performances subjected to different anti-slip control algorithms under changing wheel/rail friction conditions are compared based on train-track interaction simulations. The results demonstrate that the PID-based anti-slip controller with an optimal threshold achieves the maximum utilization of wheel/rail adhesion in the presence of low-friction conditions, outperforming the other two types of anti-slip controllers. Additionally, the adoption of an anti-slip controller with a lower control threshold can effectively reduce the tread wear of locomotive wheels. This research can provide a deep going understanding of optimization design of anti-slip controller on railway vehicles.


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    Title :

    Wheel Slip Control Algorithms for Improving Adhesion Performance of Electric Locomotives


    Contributors:
    Guo, Xinru (author) / Yang, Yunfan (author) / Ling, Liang (author) / Zhai, Wanming (author)


    Publication date :

    2025-04-01


    Size :

    2138004 byte




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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