Sliding Mode Control with PD Sliding Surface for High-Speed Railway Pantograph-Catenary Contact Force under Strong Stochastic Wind Field

As is well known, the external disturbance (especially the stochastic wind load) has nonnegligible effect on the operation of pantograph-catenary system, which may cause the strong fluctuation in contact force as well as the increased occurrence of contact loss. In order to improve the current colle...

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Published in:Shock and vibration 2017-01, Vol.2017 (2017), p.1-16
Main Authors: Wang, Hongrui, Ouyang, Huajiang, Liu, Zhigang, Song, Yang, Lu, Xiaobing
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Catenaries
Collectors
Computer simulation
Contact force
Control algorithms
Curves
Design optimization
Electric power
Electricity distribution
Equipment and supplies
Finite element method
High speed
High speed rail
High speed trains
Load
Mathematical models
Mechanical properties
Pantographs
Quality
Sliding
Stochasticity
Winds
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Summary:As is well known, the external disturbance (especially the stochastic wind load) has nonnegligible effect on the operation of pantograph-catenary system, which may cause the strong fluctuation in contact force as well as the increased occurrence of contact loss. In order to improve the current collection quality of a high-speed railway pantograph-catenary system under a strong stochastic wind field, a sliding mode controller with a proportional-derivative (PD) sliding surface for a high-speed active pantograph is proposed. The nonlinear finite element procedure is employed to establish the catenary model. The fluctuating wind speeds along catenary are simulated using empirical spectrums. The buffeting forces exerted on contact and messenger wires are derived to construct the stochastic wind field along the catenary. A PD sliding surface is properly determined to guarantee that the mechanical impedance of pantograph head at the dominant frequencies of contact force decreases when the sliding surface approaches zero. Through several numerical simulations with different wind velocities and wind angles, the control performance of two popular control laws (proportional switching law and constant switching law) is evaluated.
ISSN:1070-9622
1875-9203
DOI:10.1155/2017/4895321