Train simulation and headway calculations: an approach based on parametrised continuous curves

F. de Cuadra, A. Fernández-Cardador, J.C. Granados

4th International Conference on Computer Aided Design, Manufacture and Operation in the Railway and Other Advanced Mass Transit Systems - COMPRAIL 1994, Madrid (Spain). 07-09 September 1994

Summary:

The project referred to in this paper consists of three phases. First, the development of a very accurate simulator in order to analyse the train and track performance of a balanced line, to be used as a CAD tool. Second, the development of a very accurate simulator in order to analyse the behaviour of a line under train-to-train disturbances and different passenger-flow scenarios. Third, the development of a control system to guarantee a constant time interval between trains, using the accurate simulator of the second phase as a workbench for case studies. This paper describes in detail the first phase of the project. As a result of this work, a software tool (PACA) is currently being used at DIMETRONIC S.A. as a CAD tool for the analysis and design of control and protection systems. PACA is implemented on a PC environment and written in ANSI-C language.

Keywords: railway simulation, CAD, discrete-event sistem simulation

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2495/CR940491

Published in Computers in railways IV, pp: 411-417, ISBN: 978-1-85312-354-2

Publication date: 1994-09-09.

Citation:
F. de Cuadra, A. Fernández-Cardador, J.C. Granados, Train simulation and headway calculations: an approach based on parametrised continuous curves, 4th International Conference on Computer Aided Design, Manufacture and Operation in the Railway and Other Advanced Mass Transit Systems - COMPRAIL 1994, Madrid (Spain). 07-09 September 1994. In: Computers in railways IV: Volume 1: Railway systems and management., ISBN: 978-1-85312-354-2