Safe rail vehicle tilt control method
AssigneeAlstom
InventorsBernard Auge De Fleury, Stéphane Feray-Beaumont
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Abstract
In a safe method of controlling the tilt of a rail vehicle traveling on a track, different sections of the track are allocated authorized tilt limit values representative of a safety gauge within which the train can tilt without risk of colliding with infrastructures near the tracks or a vehicle traveling in the opposite direction. All tilting of the vehicle is prohibited beyond authorized tilt limit values allocated to the track section on which the vehicle is located.
Claims8
A safe method of controlling the tilt of a vehicle traveling on a track, said vehicle incorporating cars whose tilting is controlled by an automatic control system for tilting said cars as a function of the kinematics of said vehicle and the geometry of said track, said safe method comprising:
- allocating to different sections of said track authorized tilt limit values representative of a safety gauge within which said cars of said vehicle tilt without risk of colliding with infrastructures near said track or another vehicle traveling in the opposite direction;
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- prohibiting, independently of commands issued by said automatic tilt control system, for each car of said vehicle, tilting beyond the authorized tilt limit values allocated to said track section on which said car of said vehicle is located.
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