Realisation of a Novel Functionally Redundant Actuation System for a Railway Track-Switch

This paper focuses on modelling, control, realisation and performance analysis of a full-scale demonstrator for a novel railway track switch. For over a century, railway track switches (or points) have been allowing trains to safely change between routes. As they are safety-critical elements of the...

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Main Authors: Osama Olaby, Saikat Dutta, Tim Harrison, Christopher P. Ward, Roger Dixon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-01-01
Series:Applied Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/2/702