Thruster time constant, s. Vehicle time constant defined by equation (12), s. Undamped natural frequency of control system, rad/s. References Garrard, W. L., Caudill, R. J., Kornhauser, A. L., MacKinnon, D., and Brown, S. J. 1978. State-of-the-Art of Longitudinal Control of AGT Vehicles. Proceedings of a Conference on Advanced Transit and Urban Revitalization - An International Dialogue. Advanced Transit Association. Indianapolis. Haberman, D. E. 1982. Fail-Safe Synchronization of Redundant Microprocessor Control Systems. 32nd Vehicular Technology Conference. IEEE Technical Paper. Lang, R. P. and Freitag, D. B. 1978. Programmable Digital Vehicle Control System. 28th Vehicular Technology Conference. IEEE Technical Paper. Lang, R. P. and Warren, D. J. 1983. Microprocessor Based Speed and Position Measurement System. 33rd Vehicular Technology Conference. IEEE Technical Paper. Milnor, R. C. and Washington, R. S. 1984. Effects of System Architecture on Safety and Reliability of Multiple Microprocessor Control Systems. 34th Vehicular Technology Conference. IEEE Technical Paper. Nishinaga, E. I. and Colson, C. W. 1983. A Vehicle Collision Avoidance System Using Time Multiplexed Hexadecimal FKS (Frequency Shift Keyed). 33rd Vehicular Technology Conference. IEEE Technical Paper. Schuon, Marshall. 1996. Still Making 'em Like They Used To. Sunday, The New York Times, September 1, p. 25A. Appendix. The Control Program 'This program VEHCONTL.BAS simulates the operation of a PRT vehicle 'Steps in program: ' Start with given speed V0 and acceleration A0 ' Command Vc(t) and Xc(t) for a maneuver from given V0 and A0 ' M0 => Maintain command speed ' M1 => Decelerate to stop in x meters ' M2 => Change speed to x meters/sec in minimum time
Thruster time constant, s. Vehicle time constant defined by equation (12), s. Undamped natural frequency of control system, rad/s. References Garrard, W. L., Caudill, R. J., Kornhauser, A. L., MacKinnon, D., and Brown, S. J. 1978. State-of-the-Art of Longitudinal Control of AGT Vehicles. Proceedings of a Conference on Advanced Transit and Urban Revitalization - An International Dialogue. Advanced Transit Association. Indianapolis. Haberman, D. E. 1982. Fail-Safe Synchronization of Redundant Microprocessor Control Systems. 32nd Vehicular Technology Conference. IEEE Technical Paper. Lang, R. P. and Freitag, D. B. 1978. Programmable Digital Vehicle Control System. 28th Vehicular Technology Conference. IEEE Technical Paper. Lang, R. P. and Warren, D. J. 1983. Microprocessor Based Speed and Position Measurement System. 33rd Vehicular Technology Conference. IEEE Technical Paper. Milnor, R. C. and Washington, R. S. 1984. Effects of System Architecture on Safety and Reliability of Multiple Microprocessor Control Systems. 34th Vehicular Technology Conference. IEEE Technical Paper. Nishinaga, E. I. and Colson, C. W. 1983. A Vehicle Collision Avoidance System Using Time Multiplexed Hexadecimal FKS (Frequency Shift Keyed). 33rd Vehicular Technology Conference. IEEE Technical Paper. Schuon, Marshall. 1996. Still Making 'em Like They Used To. The New York Times, Sunday, September 1, p. 25A. Appendix. The Control Program 'This program VEHCONTL.BAS simulates the operation of a PRT vehicle 'Steps in program: ' Start with given speed V0 and acceleration A0 ' Command Vc(t) and Xc(t) for a maneuver from given V0 and A0 ' M0 => Maintain command speed ' M1 => Decelerate to stop in x meters ' M2 => Change speed to x meters/sec in minimum time