Transport and Railway

Transport and Railway researchers working in the Engineering Research Centre at the School of Computing, Science & Engineering carry out world leading research in areas that include:

• Active Wheelset Steering
• Vehicle Dynamics and Control
• Anti-Slip/Slide Control and adhesion detection for Traction/Braking Systems
• Fault Detection and Isolation (FDI)
• Electric and hybrid vehicles
• High Integrity Actuation
• X-by-Wire
• Integrated Traction and Vehicle Dynamics Control
• Energy Harvesting and Power Management

Transport and Railway research projects

• Enhanced safety and reliability for trains through fault tolerant control
• Novel integrated control for vehicle traction and steering systems
• Measurement of vehicle ground speed by exploring vehicle dynamics
• System integration for rail wheelset steering and traction control
• Development of an actively steered bogie
• Re-adhesion control for AC traction systems
• Condition monitoring of nonlinear systems via multiple Kalman filters
• Intelligent fault detection for dynamic systems
• System-on-chip approach for real time simulation