Loughborough University

Control Systems Group

Railway Applications

Tel: 01509 227018 Email: r.dixon@lboro.ac.uk

www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/eese/research/systems/control-systems

Vehicle Condition Monitoring• Advanced model based condition

monitoring concepts for vehicle andtrack monitoring

• On-board detection of low adhesion usingin service vehicles to inform a nationwideadhesion strategy

• Bogie condition and remaining life detectionusing inertial sensing and clever processingmaximising life and improving servicing

REPOINT • Totally new concept in track switching

• Fail safe nature allows capacity improvementsthrough treating switches as plain line

• The potential end of switch failures

Mechatronic vehicles • Innovative vehicle architectures: active

suspension; active guidance; simplifiedmechanical layout; total condition monitoring

• Adoption could lead to: Self guiding trains;vehicle to vehicle signalling; simplifiedinfrastructure; elimination of driverfailure modes

• Benefits include:Reduced trackforces and trackdamage; reducedvehicle mass; loweroperational costs

Control Systems GroupSchool of Electronic, Electrical and Systems EngineeringLoughborough University

Implications for Human Factors, processand wider organisational impact to increase the success and acceptance of technology insertion