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SIMULATION OF AN ANTI-COLLISION SYSTEM ON SAME TRACK FOR RAILWAYS

SANDHYA GAUTAM*
Technocrat Institute of Technology, Bhopal N4/102 c-sector,piplani bhopal (m.p)

SANDIP NEMADE
Technocrat Institute of Technology, Bhopal Madhya pradesh, 462021,India

TEENA SAKLA
Technocrat Institute of Technology, Bhopal Madhya pradesh, 462021,India ABSTRACT This work is concentrated on predicting the major cause of railway accidents that is collision on the same track. For this purpose some advanced technology to identify train positions, collision detection as well as the points at where collisions may occur have been used. The primary goal of our anti-collision system is to identify such collision points and to report these error cases to main control room, nearby station as well as grid control stations. So that if any collision likely to occurs then our system will help to avoid such conditions by giving an alarm to concern units. To build this system, advanced sensing technology, long distance communication system (RS 485protocol), microcontroller (8051) and wireless Communication protocol has been used. This practical system is then modeled (coded) and simulated using Proteus software, to real like Condition to identify anti -collision systems utility in predicting different real railway track collisions cases. Keywords: 8051microcontroller,RS485communication protocol, pressure sensors, wireless transceiver. 1.Indian Railways & Safety: present Perspective Indian Railways are the world's second-largest railway, with 6,853 stations, 63,028 kilometers of track, 37,840 passenger coaches and 222,147 freight cars. Annually it carries some 4.83 billion passengers and 492 million tons of freight. Of the 11 million passengers who climb aboard one of 8,520 trains each day, about 550,000 have reserved accommodations. Safe transportation of passengers is the key business objective of any transportation system. Railways are recognized as the safest mode of mass transportation and Safety has been recognized as the key issue for the railways and one of its special attributes. All business strategies emanate from this theme and strive to achieve Accident Free System. Safety is, therefore, the key performance index which the top managements need to monitor and take preventive steps based on trends of accidents which are the manifestations of some of the unsafe practices on the system. 1.2Collisions Collisions are the most dreaded accidents. It is very difficult to stop such collisions because of speed of moving trains, which need a lead distance to stop. Collisions happen due to human errors and/or faulty equipment. 1.2.1 Head-On & Rear-End-Collisions A head-on collision is one where the front ends of two ships, trains, planes or vehicles hit each other, as opposed to a side-collision or rear-end collision.. With rail, a head-on collision often implies a collision on a single line railway.

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Figure-1.1 Head- on- Collision

Figure-1.2 Rear-end- Collision

2.1 Current Technologies used/ proposed to prevent collision: The Anti-Collision Device (ACD) is a self-acting microprocessor-based data communication device designed and developed by Konkan Railway [5]. The system consists of Loco ACD with a console (message display) for the driver (in each Loco Engine), Guard ACD with remote (fitted in Guard Van), Station ACD with console (fitted in Station Masters' Cabin), Manned and Unmanned Gates ACD with hooters and flashers (in each location) and Repeater ACDs (fitted at locations having obstructions in radio communication such as hilly areas) which work in concert to prevent the following kinds of collisions and accidents like-Head on collisions ,Rear end collisions ,Collisions due to derailment, Collisions at the level crossing gates . 3. Technical detail of an anti-collision system: It is impossible to entirely avoid situations that nobody has ever thought of, but which could develop onto catastrophes. So for the safety purpose, anti collision system for railways has been planned and developed. An Anti-Collision system developed for safety purpose consists of and uses the following technologies like: RS 485 Communication protocol,Load cell,8051 microcontroller,FSK Transmitter,Encoding and Decoding unit In this system we have considered 8 km track separated by 1km zones (total seven zones) as a block. Each zone containing load cell as a pressure sensor, the load cell used is compression type load cell .The threshold of load cell is set to six tones. Whenever a train or any object passes over the load cell, the load cell crosses its threshold and it gives analog signal to the load cell processing unit. The load cell processing unit consists of buffer IC 74 LS 245,

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Sandhya Gautam et. al. /International Journal of Engineering and Technology Vol. 2(9), 2010, 4832-4837 A/D Converter which convert analog signal which are coming from load cell into digital signal. Now these digitized signals are sent to RS 485 communication protocol. Here the RS 485 communication protocol provides the communication interfacing with 8051 microcontroller. 8051 Microcontroller communicates with RS 485 and fetches the original status (0 or 1) of each Load cell .The main function of 8051 based logic signal processing unit is to identify the error from the received data. In present work simulation of the whole system is undertaken and the design is based on software implementation. On the basis of the design the necessary hardware can be chosen and implemented. The scope of the work has been on mathematical modeling and simulation of the whole system so that the design can be optimized and then the hardware part can be implemented accordingly. 4. Simulation and modeling: Traditionally circuit simulation has been a non interactive affair. In the early days net list were prepared by hand, and output considered of reams of numbers. 4 .1 Proteus Simulation Software: Proteus Virtual System Modeling (VSM) combines mixed mode SPICE circuit simulation, animated components and microprocessor models to facilitate co simulation of complete microcontroller based designs. For the first time ever, it is possible to develop and test such designs before a physical prototype is constructed. This is possible because one can interact with the design using on screen indicators such as LED and LCD displays and actuators such as switches and buttons. The simulation takes place in real time (or near enough to it): a 300 MHz Pentium II can simulate a basic 8051 system clocking at over 12MHz. Proteus VSM also provides extensive debugging facilities including breakpoints, single stepping and variable display for both assembly code and high level language source. 4.2Microcontroller Model functionality: The core of any embedded system design is the microcontroller and the completeness of the model as well as its accuracy are therefore of primary importance. It should always be ensured that simulation models for microcontrollers not only support a peripheral that one wants to use but support the mode in which one wants to use the peripheral and to a satisfactory level of detail. 5. Circuit Diagram description of an anti-collision system: For this particular system it has been assumed that 1km is a minimum safest distance to maintain safety between two trains 8 km track separated by 1km zones (total seven zones) as a block have been considered. Each zone contains load cell, (Please refer the data sheet for load cell specification) placed under the track. The threshold of load cell is set to 6 tones. Whenever a train passes over the load cell then the load cell crosses its threshold and it gives analog signal to the load cell processing unit.

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Sandhya Gautam et. al. /International Journal of Engineering and Technology Vol. 2(9), 2010, 4832-4837 5.1Circuit Diagram of an anti-collision for railways In load cell signal processing unit we have used compression type load cell which gives analog voltages. Whenever the output voltage crosses 0.8 volt (which is equivalent to the 6 tones load) then the buffer IC 74 LS 245 gives logic 1.we have used eight digital voltmeter for each load cell for analysis and calibration purpose which will not be used in final products. We have used seven NAND gates (two ICs 74S00 each containing 4 NAND gates). In this system we have used RS485 because it is the only of the interface which is capable of internetworking multiple transmitters and receivers in the same network. The outputs of RS 485 communication module are fed to port 3.0 to port 3.6 of 8051 microcontroller. We have used two 8-bit ports that is port0 (P0.1 to P0.7) and port3 (P3.1 to P3.7)of 8051 microcontroller. Output of RS485 communication protocol is connected to the Pin 3.0to 3.1of port 3 microcontrollers and output of the 8051 that is 7- bit parallel data in the form of error signal related to different zones in the track is connected to the pin no P1.0 to P1.6 . Output of the microcontroller which is 7-bir parallel data goes to the transmitter FSK communication section. FSK communication section is a combination of parallel to serial encoder with a unique address and FSK transmitter. The 7-bit parallel data which comes from the microcontroller based logic processing unit converted into serial form with the help of parallel to serial encoder.At the receiving end, this serial data fed to the microcontroller cum supervisory unit which consist of serial converter and FSK transmitter convert the 7-bit serial data into parallel form and then the parallel data which is actually the status of trains in different zones of the railway track are transmitted through wireless transmission. According to the error information the control signals are generated to the railway control room, station, sub-station, and grid control station to take the best possible preventive measure against these types of massive accidents. Because of the hardware component such as RS485 communication protocol, load cell (pressure sensor), FSK transmitter, 8051 microcontroller the output gives alarm to railway control room, near-by stations, substations, and grid control unit. Thereby facilitating avoidance of direct collision (head-on and rear-end) when the carriage on the same track. 6. Test and results: In this model we have considered 8 km track separated by 1km zones because we have assumed that 1 km is a minimum safest distance to avoid collision between two trains. Here each of the 1 km zones contains pressure sensors placed under the track. In our system we use compression type pressure sensors. The minimum pressure to be sensed by a load cell or pressure sensor is 6 tones, because 6 tones is the minimum carriage weight of an empty carriage of goods and passenger trains as per Indian Railway norms. The minimum voltage sensed by pressure sensor is as high as 0.8 volt. The different conditions under which the two trains run on the track with different relative position with respect to each other are considered in this work. Then each different condition has been simulated in software. Results of these cases are displayed below. 6.1 Case-1. Two trains running on the same track (zone 1 and 2) at the same time In the graph(1.4)shown below, the yellow line represents the presence of train in zone 1,blue line represents the presence of train in zone 2 and the green line signifies the output of the anti-collision system. In this case the two train coming on same track (zone 1 and zone 2) at the same time. The pressure sensors which are placed under the track detect the presence of train within 1 km distance in zone 1 and zone 2 at the same time. It shows that there is possibility of collision in zone 1 and zone 2. So that immediately an alarming signal has been generated to the railway control room, station, substation and grid control station to prevent this massive accident.

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Figure6.1TwoTrains coming on same track (zone 1&zone 2) at the same time.

6.2Case- 3.Two Trains coming on the track (zone 2and4) but not the same time. In the graph (5.10), the yellow line represents the presence of train in zone 2, blue line represents the presence of train in zone 4and the green line signifies the output whether the collision occurs or not. From the graph it is clear that the two trains running on track but the distance between the trains is far greater than the minimum permissible distance (1km). So at the output there is no possibility of collision, because the distance between two trains are running on track alternate zones. Thats why no alarming signal has been issued to the near-by station, substation, railway control room and grid control unit.

Figure-6.2 Two Trains running on the track (zone 2 and4) but not the same time.

The simulation model result show that whenever there is a chance of collision the system gives an output signal and gives proper alarming to the near-by station, substation, railway control room and grid control unit. This helps in avoiding collision by appropriate steps to be undertaken by the respective railway station. Whenever there is

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Sandhya Gautam et. al. /International Journal of Engineering and Technology Vol. 2(9), 2010, 4832-4837 a no chance of collision due to the train being on different track. There is no output from the simulated system model. 7. Conclusions While rail continues to be one of the safest modes of transportation, the overall safety has not significantly improved since the Railway Safety .Continuous improvement is important to achieving a better safety record. Certain accident categories have seen little improvement in accident rates over time, while others are worsening and have the potential to negatively affect public confidence in the railway system. Nonetheless, we also observed stronger safety records in certain areas and believe they are the result of sustained efforts to improve safety. Through this innovative technique of early sensing of any possible collision scenario and avoiding it thereof, we demonstrate that it is possible to improve the overall safety of the railway system in India. We believe that success depends on both the railway industry and the regulator working together to achieve that common goal. 8. References
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