Systems-on-chip approach for real-time simulation of wheel–rail contact laws

This paper presents the development of a systems-on-chip approach to speed up the simulation of wheel–rail contact laws, which can be used to reduce the requirement for high-performance computers and enable simulation in real time for the use of hardware-in-loop for experimental studies of the latest vehicle dynamic and control technologies. The wheel–rail contact laws are implemented using a field programmable gate array (FPGA) device with a design that substantially outperforms modern general-purpose PC platforms or fixed architecture digital signal processor devices in terms of processing time, configuration flexibility and cost. In order to utilise the FPGA's parallel-processing capability, the operations in the contact laws algorithms are arranged in a parallel manner and multi-contact patches are tackled simultaneously in the design. The interface between the FPGA device and the host PC is achieved by using a high-throughput and low-latency Ethernet link. The development is based on FASTSIM algorithms, although the design can be adapted and expanded for even more computationally demanding tasks.     

潜盾机在到达井外侧地盘中安全弃壳之案例研讨

捷运潜盾隧道皆位于人口密集之都会区,潜盾机的发进与到达常为潜盾隧道挖掘过程中风险较大的时间点,本研究拟以潜盾机到达弃壳作业为例,探讨其面临之风险,包括点井降水造成地盘地下水位变化和邻近台电345 kV高压电塔不均匀沉陷,以及站体连续壁因开挖所引致侧向变位使JSG地盘改良区产生缝隙水路,造成潜盾机开舱前渗水的风险.再者,依据工址抽降水期间竖管式水压计、水位观测井和地表、建物沉陷点监测数据分析抽降水引致地表沉陷影响范围,用以回馈将来遭遇类似工况的设计参考依据.潜盾机到达之安全弃壳作业包括以超级点井(SWP)工法尝试降低地下水位,并于松三层(EL.92.42m)和松五层(EL.72.42m)埋设竖管式水压计了解降水期间地下水位变化,同时监测邻近建物如台电高压电塔的倾斜及沉陷;其次,在潜盾机到达处先行进行JSG地盘改良,再以试水试验检核地盘止水性,潜盾机到达后即进行机壳背填灌浆、土压舱分阶排土及漏水确认.然后,潜盾机历经二次拆解,完成到达弃壳作业,最后进行镜面破除及隧道贯通.