Technology Innovation in Developing the Health Monitoring Cloud Platform for Maglev Vehicle-Suspension-Guideway Coupling System

Abstract

The maglev transport system, which has the advantages of a wide speed range, smaller turning radius, and higher climbing ability, has currently been constructed and developed in China. Currently, one high-speed maglev business line and two low-speed maglev business lines are in operation, while many more maglev lines are in construction in China. For monitoring the operation condition of the maglev system, a health monitoring (HM) system based on the cloud platform has been designed for the whole maglev vehicle-suspension-guideway system. The study presented in this paper summarizes the innovative technology on design and the implementation of this HM cloud platform. In this paper, the modular design of the HM cloud platform is introduced first. The integration of on-board and way-side monitoring, and the application of the Big Data technologies, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence algorithms in the HM cloud platform are the focus of this paper and followed by the introduction of the special function of the presented HM cloud platform. The latter is used to verify and evaluate the effectiveness of the suspension control system.