A study of active steering strategies for railway bogie

The Dynamics of Vehicles on Roads and on Tracks Supplement to Vehicle System Dynamics 2026 Book chapter

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Authors: Shuiwen Shen, T.X. Mei, R.M. Goodall, J. Pearson, G. Himmelstein
DOI: 10.1201/9781003760825-29
Cited by: 35

Abstract

This paper presents a fundamental study of active steering for a railway bogie and is focussed on the development of control strategies to provide a perfect curving performance. A number of active steering strategies are considered. One is to control the wheelset and the bogie to follow desired yaw movements on curves; the second is to control the lateral motion of the wheelset to take the pure rolling line; the third is to control the actuators such that low frequency zero force in the primary suspensions is achieved; and finally a control method using relative motions between the two wheelsets is also investigated to improvement of the performance robustness against parameter variations. A comprehensive assessment of the steering strategies is carried out.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Railway Engineering and Dynamics Civil and Geotechnical Engineering Research Railway Systems and Energy Efficiency

Publication details

Journal / source
The Dynamics of Vehicles on Roads and on Tracks Supplement to Vehicle System Dynamics
Publisher
CRC Press
Volume
41
Pages
282–291
Publication date
30 January 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Book chapter