This report is one volume of a six-volume final report of the Vehicle Lateral Control and Switching (VLACS) Project sponsored by the Urban Mass Transportation Administration of the Department of Transportation. Volume I, this report, summarizes the results and significant findings of the project. The project objectives are to investigate and improve the steering and switching capabilities of automated transit vehicles through analysis, simulation, and test of lateral control of switching systems and to develop guidelines for the development of these systems. Three types of steering systems are investigated: (1) wire-follower power-assisted steering; (2) wall-follower power-assisted steering; and (3) passive wall-follower steering. The significant findings and major conclusions from each project task are included in this report. Also summarized and included in this report are the contents of the final project reports which describe the hardware studies, the design and simulation activities, the test program, and the data base report. Recommendations for future related studies are presented.
Vehicle Lateral Control and Switching. Volume I. Project Summary
1980
143 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Metropolitan Rail Transportation , Transportation & Traffic Planning , Urban transportation , Rapid transit railways , Steering , Switching , Automatic control , Weight , Experimental design , Mathematical models , Computerized simulation , Guideway systems , Vehicle lateral control and switching , VLACS project , Ride quality