Open AccessEXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION OF AN ESCALATOR SIMULATION MODEL
Author(s) -
Juan David Cano-Moreno,
José María Cabanellas Becerra
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
latin american applied research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1851-8796
pISSN - 0327-0793
DOI - 10.52292/j.laar.2019.358
Subject(s) - inertia , synchronization (alternating current) , computer science , model validation , simulation , industrial engineering , engineering , telecommunications , channel (broadcasting) , physics , data science , classical mechanics
Today’s escalator mechanical systems are based on 100-year-old conventional designs. A sustainable innovation is possible but the industrial inertia of making a prototype for each design has to be changed. This document describes a methodological approach for comparing and validating simulation models through measurements performed on a prototype of a recently patented design. The methodology is based in the adjustment of parameters and the synchronization of cyclic signals in time, allowing the comparison of measurements and simulated outputs. Results shows a high level of correlation between the signals in the time and frequency domains, thus validating the dynamic model and the methodology here presented.