Actuator optimal placement studies of high-speed power bogie for active hunting stability

ABSTRACT

We put forward three actuator placements of the high-speed train power bogie to improve the train hunting stability. The active control forces act on the frame, between the frame and the motor, and on the motor by the inertial or retractable actuator, respectively, based on the feedback states of vibration velocity of the front and rear end beams. The feedback gains and the motor suspension parameters in different cases are optimised with the two objectives of system stability margin and control effort. The required actuator outputs of the three cases are compared based on the theoretical analysis with a 8 DOF bogie model. The results show that the three control cases can effectively improve the hunting stability, especially at high speed. The active control of motor lateral movement is helpful to increase the dynamic vibration absorbing function of the motor flexible suspension, and the control output is obviously smaller than the other two control cases. In addition, the influence of system delay on stability was analysed and we could use or avoid the effects of delay on the stability.