Although Independently Rotating Wheels (IRW) meet the low-floor height requirements of the Light Rail Transit systems, its self-centering and self-steering moments resulting from the longitudinal creep forces are small to maneuver sharp curves due to the lack of a rigid rotational speed coupling between its wheels. While the Active Steering control of IRWs can potentially achieve perfect steering with satisfactory running stability, in the present study a simpler passive stabilization control method using a Gyroscopic damper is proposed to realise automatic sharp curve steering and high-speed stability to improve the dynamic performance of a railway vehicle running with IRWs. The present study discusses the stabilization effect of the Gyroscopic damper in three basic configurations of IRWs, namely the conventional IRW, the Negative Tread Conicity Independently Rotating Wheels (NTCIRW) and the EEF (Einzelrad-Einzel Fahrwerk) bogie. In this study, the theoretical investigation and numerical simulations with a full-scale railway vehicle is done which shows the effectiveness of the proposed gyroscopic damper.


    Access

    Check access

    Check availability in my library

    Order at Subito €


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Utilisation of Gyroscopic Damper to Improve Dynamic Stability and Steering in a Railway Vehicle with Independently Rotating Wheels


    Additional title:

    Lect.Notes Mechanical Engineering


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    The IAVSD International Symposium on Dynamics of Vehicles on Roads and Tracks ; 2021 August 17, 2021 - August 19, 2021



    Publication date :

    2022-08-06


    Size :

    11 pages





    Type of media :

    Article/Chapter (Book)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





    Running performance of power-steering railway bogie with independently rotating wheels

    Michitsuji, Y. / Suda, Y. / International Association for Vehicle System Dynamics | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2006


    Running performance of power-steering railway bogie with independently rotating wheels

    Michitsuji, Y. / Suda, Y. | Taylor & Francis Verlag | 2006


    Railway wheelset with independently or non-independently rotating wheels

    JANG SEUNG HO | European Patent Office | 2021

    Free access