Agricultural production has clearly benefited from the development of the tractor. The tractor provides a traction device and mobile power source. However, operating large equipment with high clearance on uneven ground leads to stability and overturn issues. Around the world, tractor overturns are still a leading cause of agricultural production fatalities. This special issue of the Journal of ...

Three phase induction machines for traction applications in electric and hybrid electric vehicles can be used with a fixed gear due to the wide speed range enabled by field weakening. Although the induction machine is know as an extremely reliable and robust device, machine faults may occur. Machine faults which do not become detected may cause complete failure of the vehicle. Therefore, early ...

A hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) has two types of energy storage units, electricity and fuel. Electricity means that a battery (sometimes assisted by ultracaps) is used to store the energy, and that an electromotor (from now on called motor) will be used as traction motor. Fuel means that a tank is required, and that an Internal Combustion Engine (ICE, from now on called engine) is used to gener...

Abstract: In this paper we are studying a problem related to the traction of an electrical vehicle (EV). The power unit is a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (PMSM) piloted by the trapezoidal control, strategy. The models of the electrical vehicle, of the motor based on finite element identification and the drive, are implemented under Matlab/Simulink 7.1. The control is ensured by four close...

The paper describes an integrated calculation methodology which, by simulating railway traffic, allows analysis of the performance of 2x25 kV 50 Hz electric traction systems. This methodology performs a multiconductor electrical analysis of the traction circuit utilising ATP-EMTP software (Alternative Transient Program-Electromagnetic Transient Program) and therefore additionally allows calcula...

In the Laboratory of Traction and Rolling Stock systematic research into the methods of testing a traction drive, using the real models has been conducted. The aim of this research was to completely define all elements of the system for testing the main electrical and mechanical properties which include the selection of measuring transducers, the selection and implementation of the system for c...