Simulation based design of fuzzy wheel slide protection controller for rail vehicles

Abstract

In this paper a method of designing the rule bases of fuzzy controllers for Wheel Slide Protection Systems (WSP) for rail vehicles is presented. In this method results of simulation of two reference controllers are used, both of which use signals which are nor available during normal operation of the systems, i.e. adhesion coefficient and translation velocity of the vehicle. Simulations have performed on a simulation model of a braked rail vehicle and controllers implemented in Matlab Simulink®. The proposed method makes possible automatization of the design process of WSP fuzzy controllers.