Fault-tolerant control for sensor faults affecting an electromechanical railway track switch

Abstract

A fault-tolerant control scheme (FTCS) was developed for a novel mechatronic track switch for the first time. The FTCS was first developed and tested on a simulation model of the system, before being applied to an experimental actuation system in the laboratory. Both the simulation and experimental results show that this FTCS works as expected and allows the switch to continue operating as desired under sensor failure, preventing damage to the switch.