ORGANIZATION, CONTROL AND TRACTION-POWER COORDINATION

Coordination of transport organization, train control and traction power

Formal modeling, layered optimization and operating-strategy generation across transport planning, train control and traction power.

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Engineering concept of maglev trains coordinated with traction power
Research concept illustration

01 / OVERVIEW

Research overview

Transport organization produces operating plans, train control generates speed profiles, and integrated optimization incorporates position-dependent motor characteristics and power-capacity constraints.

KEY QUESTIONS

  1. 1How can the relations among planning, train control and power be formalized?
  2. 2How do running-time and power constraints propagate across layers?
  3. 3How should operating strategies coordinate with position-dependent motor characteristics?
  4. 4How can layered optimization generate executable operating strategies?

02 / RESEARCH CONTENT

Research content

MODULE / 01

Transport plans

Departure and section running times at the organization layer.

MODULE / 02

Train control

Speed profiles that satisfy line and safety conditions.

MODULE / 03

Traction-power constraints

Position-dependent motor characteristics and available power.

MODULE / 04

Layered coordination

Operating strategies across organization, control and power.

03 / RESEARCH METHODS

Research methods

M / 01

Formal modeling

M / 02

Layered optimization

M / 03

Dynamic programming

M / 04

Mixed-integer programming

M / 05

Simulation analysis

04 / SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Selected publications

Towards sustainable maglev operations: eco-driving via position-dependent motor characteristics
Paper / 01

Towards sustainable maglev operations: eco-driving via position-dependent motor characteristics

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 154: 105257

2026

Maglev Train Operation Optimization
Book / 02

Maglev Train Operation Optimization

China Railway Publishing House · ISBN 978-7-113-31865-9

2025

Energy-efficient operation of medium-speed maglev through integrated traction and train control
Paper / 03

Energy-efficient operation of medium-speed maglev through integrated traction and train control

IET Intelligent Transport Systems, 18(2): 409–431

2024

Energy-efficient train timetabling for a medium-speed maglev line considering propulsion and suspension energy consumption
Paper / 04

Energy-efficient train timetabling for a medium-speed maglev line considering propulsion and suspension energy consumption

IET Intelligent Transport Systems, 17(9): 1860–1878

2023

“Transport organization, train control and traction power form one integrated research chain.”