Virtual Marshalling Short-spacing Cooperative Cruise Control of High-speed Train Based on ADRC

doi:10.3901/JME.260055

Abstract

Abstract: At present, the virtual formation train has become a research hotspot in the field of rail transportation. Due to the lack of physical hook connection of the virtual formation train, the small spacing safety tracking control problem faced in the operation process as well as the shortcomings of the traditional control strategy of low stability and poor robustness in the strong interference, a short-pitch tracking control algorithm for virtual marshalling of high-speed trains based on active disturbance rejection is proposed, and the process of continuous tracking of virtual marshalling trains composed of 4 power units on straight lines, curves and long ramps is analyzed. The results show that accurate virtual linkage and virtual tracking can be realized in different road conditions and different workshop distances, and compared with the traditional PID control and artificial potential field control, the multi-power unit short-pitch cooperative cruise self-immunity control strategy has stronger anti-interference ability and higher tracking accuracy, and it can also reduce longitudinal vibration during acceleration and deceleration of the train, and improve the stability of the virtual formation train.

Key words: virtual marshalling, high-speed train, short spacing tracking, active disturbance rejection control

CLC Number:

TG156

WANG Meiqi, WEN Zhongliang, LIU Pengfei, QI Zhuang, WANG Ruichen, YU Zhiqiang. Virtual Marshalling Short-spacing Cooperative Cruise Control of High-speed Train Based on ADRC[J]. Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 2026, 62(2): 283-300.

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