Adaptive, compensating control of wheel slip in railway vehicles

The problem of slip stabilization and tracking in railway vehicle applications is considered. A nonlinear adaptive control compensating for unknown disturbance in motion dynamics such as: friction, contact force variations and air resistance is proposed. The control is based on approximate models with adaptive parameters. The stability of several control algorithms is proven and performance of the derived controllers is investigated. The proposed controllers are evaluated in numerical simulations and by DSP application to slip control in a friction gear driven by a permanent magnet synchronous motor.