Systems for Electric Traction Control

Lecturer:

Tutor:

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Department of Electric Drives and Traction

Synopsis:

Course gives information on methods of traction vehicle control by digital control computers. There are electric and electronic equipment of traction vehicles (especially railway vehicles), control computer structure requirements, architecture and design methods of multiprocessor computers of vehicles, traction vehicle computer networks, design, programming and debugging of vehicle software.

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Electric and electronic equipment of traction vehicle

2. Control of traction vehicle

3. Main and auxiliary drives

4. Control of traction vehicles group

5. Interface to vehicle driver

6. Logical control, diagnostic and information systems

7. Cooperation with non-electric equipment

8. Automatic leading of train

9. Digital control, train control computer

10. Multiprocessor distributed control computer

11. Train networks (TCN, WTB, MVB, CAN, ...)

12. Communication and synchronization in control computer

13. Control program design

14. Real time systems, control algorithms

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Introduction to 186 evaluation board

2. Run time diagnostics - demonstration example

3. Run time diagnostics

4. Logical control - example (sw)

5. Logical control - example continuation

6. Distributed computer and LAN - introduction

7. WTB network

8. MVB network

9. CAN network

10. Users diagnostics example

11. Simple LAN example

12. Simple LAN example continuation

13. RT train system demonstration

14. Test, assessment

Study Objective:

Study materials:

1. EC 1375: Train Communication Network, 1995

2. Next literature will be specified by the lecturer

Note:

Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Elektrické stroje, přístroje a pohony-inženýrský blok (compulsory elective course)
• Elektrické stroje, přístroje a pohony-inženýrský blok (compulsory elective course)