This paper proposes an active steering controller for Driven Independently Rotating Wheelset (DIRW) vehicles based on deep reinforcement learning (DRL). For the two-axle railway equipped with Wheelsets (IRWs), each wheel connected to a wheel-side motor, Ape-X DDPG controller, enhanced version of Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient (DDPG) algorithm, is adopted. Incorporating Distributed Prioritiz...

Wheel/rail contact simulation is one of the most complicated problems in the modeling of railway vehicles. The wheel/rail interaction plays a unique role in rail vehicle dynamics. In this paper, the dynamic response of the wheel on irregular rail track is analyzed with analytical approach using the method of Multiple Scales (MMS). The Hertzian contact theory is used to obtain the relationshi...

Adhesion level for the proper running of rail wheelset on track has remained a significant problem for researchers in detecting slippage to avoid accidents. In this paper, the slippage of rail wheels has been observed applying forward and lateral motions to slip velocity and torsion motion. The longitudinal and lateral forces behavior is watched with respect to traction force to note correlatio...