Abstract:Normally, the passengers on urban rail systems remain fairly stationary, allowing for a relatively straightforward approach to controlling the dynamics of the system, based on the total rest mass of the train and passengers. However, when a mischievous rugby club board an empty train and then run and jump-stop during the braking process, they can disrupt the automatic mechanisms for aligning train and platform doors. This is the Rugby Club Problem for automated urban train control. A simple scenario of this ki… Show more
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