TY  - CHAP
A1  - Pfaff, Raphael
T1  - Railway Challenge 2018 - Ein Wettbewerb für Parkbahn-Lokomotiven
T2  - Deine Bahn
Y1  - 2018
SN  - 0948-7263
SP  - 22
EP  - 24
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Pfaff, Raphael
T1  - Braking distance prediction for vehicle consist in low-speed on-sight operation: a Monte Carlo approach
JF  - Railway Engineering Science
N2  - The first and last mile of a railway journey, in both freight and transit applications, constitutes a high effort and is either non-productive (e.g. in the case of depot operations) or highly inefficient (e.g. in industrial railways). These parts are typically managed on-sight, i.e. with no signalling and train protection systems ensuring the freedom of movement. This is possible due to the rather short braking distances of individual vehicles and shunting consists. The present article analyses the braking behaviour of such shunting units. For this purpose, a dedicated model is developed. It is calibrated on published results of brake tests and validated against a high-definition model for low-speed applications. Based on this model, multiple simulations are executed to obtain a Monte Carlo simulation of the resulting braking distances. Based on the distribution properties and established safety levels, the risk of exceeding certain braking distances is evaluated and maximum braking distances are derived. Together with certain parameters of the system, these can serve in the design and safety assessment of driver assistance systems and automation of these processes.
KW  - Freight rail
KW  - Shunting
KW  - Braking curves
KW  - Brake set-up
KW  - Driver assistance system
Y1  - 2023
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40534-023-00303-7
SN  - 2662-4753 (eISSN)
SN  - 2662-4745 (Print)
VL  - 31
IS  - 2
SP  - 135
EP  - 144
PB  - SpringerOpen
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Pfaff, Raphael
A1  - Burnham, Keith J.
T1  - On abstraction and interpretability: a behavioural perspective
T2  - 19th International Conference on Systems Engineering 2008 : ICSENG '08 : 19 - 21 Aug. 2008, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada
Y1  - 2008
SN  - 978-0-7695-3331-5 ; 978-0-7695-2719-2
SP  - 89
EP  - 94
PB  - IEEE
CY  - Piscataway, NJ
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Pfaff, Raphael
A1  - Burnham, Keith J.
T1  - On abstraction and interpretability: a behavioural perspective
JF  - Systems Science
Y1  - 2009
SN  - 0137-1223
VL  - Vol. 35
IS  - Iss. 2
SP  - 19
EP  - 26
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Pfaff, Raphael
A1  - Enning, Manfred
T1  - Güterwagen 4.0 - Der Güterwagen für das Internet der Dinge. Teil 2: Ausgewählte technische Aspekte und Prozesse
JF  - ETR - Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau
Y1  - 2017
SN  - 0013-2845
VL  - 66
IS  - 5
SP  - 74
EP  - 77
PB  - DVV Media Group
CY  - Hamburg
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Pfaff, Raphael
A1  - Enning, Manfred
T1  - Die nachhaltige Alternative zum autonomen Lastwagen
JF  - Deine Bahn
Y1  - 2017
IS  - 10
SP  - 22
EP  - 26
ER  - 
TY  - RPRT
A1  - Pfaff, Raphael
A1  - George, Alfred
A1  - Seiler, Friedrich
A1  - Srulijes, Julio
T1  - Dopplerbild-Verfahren : Entwicklung einer neuen Auswertemethode. (Bericht / ISL / AGARD ; R 124/2005)
Y1  - 2005
PB  - ISL
CY  - Saint Louis, France
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Pfaff, Raphael
A1  - Larkowski, Tomasz
A1  - Burnham, Keith J.
T1  - An application of adaptive control in the behavioural framework
T2  - 21st International Conference on Systems Engineering (ICSEng) : 16 - 18 Aug. 2011, Las Vegas, Nevada ; proceedings
Y1  - 2011
SN  - 978-1-4577-1078-0 ; 978-0-7695-4495-3
SP  - 49
EP  - 54
PB  - IEEE
CY  - Piscataway, NJ
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Pfaff, Raphael
A1  - Larkowski, Tomasz
A1  - Burnham, Keith J.
T1  - An approach to adaptive control in the behavioural framework
T2  - UKACC International Conference on Control 2010 (CONTROL 2010) : Coventry, United Kingdom, 7 - 10 September 2010 ; Vol. 2. (IET seminar digest ; 2010/004)
Y1  - 2010
SN  - 978-1-62748-119-9
SP  - 833
EP  - 838
PB  - Curran
CY  - Red Hook, NY
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Pfaff, Raphael
A1  - Melcher, Karin
A1  - Franzen, Julian
T1  - Rare event simulation to optimise maintenance intervals of safety critical redundant subsystems
T2  - Proceedings of the European Conference of the PHM Society
Y1  - 2018
VL  - 4
IS  - 1
SP  - 1
EP  - 6
ER  -