Open AccessEstimation of Velocity of a Frictionless Motion of a Truck on an Infinitely Long Straight Rail
Author(s) -
Peter Ogwola,
MB Sullayman
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nigerian journals of pure and applied sciences (benue online)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2705-3997
DOI - 10.46912/napas.211
Subject(s) - truck , throttle , kalman filter , motion (physics) , control theory (sociology) , computer science , engineering , automotive engineering , artificial intelligence , control (management)
This paper is concerned with estimation of velocity of a frictionless motion of a truck on an infinitely long straight rail. For simplicity assume that the Truck is controlled only by the throttle producing an accelerative force per unit mass. A discrete dynamic model of first order difference equation is to describe the system. Kalman filtering technique is applied to the discrete dynamic model to estimate the velocity of the Truck at any particular time. A computer programme is developed to simulate the system