An Active Tilting System for Railway Cars

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Negotiation curves at speeds higher than normal is desired. for the purpose of improving ride quality on curved tracks, an active tilting system for railway cars is studied. This system is composed a curve detector, curve data memories, microcomputers for making control signals, feedback circuits of swing angles, and air servomechanisms. The whole construction of the system is described as well as the method of detecting the entrances of curved tracks, the contents of the objective control signals made by microcomputers, the criteria for ride quality, and the system optimization through running tests.