Fault-tolerant control for sensor faults affecting an electromechanical railway track switch

Precious K Mwongera; Will J Midgley; Roger Dixon; Christopher P Ward

doi:10.1177/09544097231154378

Fault-tolerant control for sensor faults affecting an electromechanical railway track switch

Precious K Mwongera, Will J Midgley, Roger Dixon, Christopher P Ward

Mechanical Engineering

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Abstract

A fault-tolerant control scheme (FTCS) was developed for a novel mechatronic track switch for the first time. The FTCS was first developed and tested on a simulation model of the system, before being applied to an experimental actuation system in the laboratory. Both the simulation and experimental results show that this FTCS works as expected and allows the switch to continue operating as desired under sensor failure, preventing damage to the switch.

Original language	English
Journal	Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit
Early online date	6 Feb 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/09544097231154378
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 6 Feb 2023

Keywords

Mechatronic switch
fault-tolerant control
sensor fault detection
REPOINT

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Fault-tolerant control for sensor faults affecting an electromechanical railway track switch

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