This paper examines the effects of spacing policy and control system design on the dynamic response of strings of automated transit vehicles operating under vehicle-follower control. Constant-separation, constant-time-headway and constant-safety-factor spacing policies are implemented and their operational implications are discussed. The dynamic response of a string of five vehicles during speed changing, merging, emergency stopping, and failed-vehicle pushing is examined.
Dynamic behavior of strings of automated transit vehicles
Dynamisches Verhalten automatisierter Transitfahrzeugzuege
SAE-Papers ; 1-14
1977
14 Seiten, 18 Bilder, 1 Tabelle, 15 Quellen
Conference paper
English
Dynamic Behavior of Strings of Automated Transit Vehicles
SAE Technical Papers | 1977
|Automated control of guidway transit vehicles
Tema Archive | 1979
|Automated Vehicles and Infrastructure Enablers: Transit
SAE Technical Papers | 2022
|Dynamic performance of automated guideway transit vehicles with dual-axle steering
Tema Archive | 1979
|