Distributed Cruise Control and Comfort Evaluation for High-speed Trains Under Moving Block Mode

Abstract This paper investigates the problems of distributed cooperative cruise control and train running comfort for high-speed trains with input constraints under moving block mode. Firstly, inspired by the mode of hitting a hard wall for moving block, a distributed cooperative cruise control algorithm based on the position and speed state information of adjacent trains is proposed. Under this control algorithm, all trains can track the given speed and realize speed cruise. In this algorithm, the relationship between speed and displacement is used to improve the position term, so as to achieve the minimum safe distance between trains by adjusting the speed. Secondly, aiming at the problem of the excessive acceleration of each train in the moving block mode, the hyperbolic tangent function is introduced to limit the acceleration of each train in an appropriate range by limiting the control input. Finally, the stability of the closed-loop system in error state is proved by using Lyapunov stability theorem, and the feasibility of the algorithm is verified by simulation.