Journal of South China University of Technology (Natural Science Edition) ›› 2021, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (4): 80-89.doi: 10.12141/j.issn.1000-565X.200340

Special Issue: 2021年交通运输工程

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Study on the Optimization of EMU Turnover with Considering Reconnection and Empty Return

ZHENG Yajing LI Yaohui JIN Wenzhou   

  1. School of Civil Engineering and Transportation, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, China
  • Received:2020-06-22 Revised:2020-09-06 Online:2021-04-25 Published:2021-04-01
  • Contact: 靳文舟(1960-),男,教授,博士生导师,主要从事交通运营调度优化研究。 E-mail:ctwzhjin@scut.edu.cn
  • About author:郑亚晶(1982-),男,博士,讲师,主要从事轨道交通运营组织优化研究。E-mail:ctyjzheng@scut.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation for Young Scholars of China(61603140)

Abstract: An optimization approach for the circulation problem of EMUs in high-speed railway was proposed. It optimizes the circulation plan of EMUs to minimize the number of EMUs under the constraints of EMUs maintenance,empty return, and reconnection. Firstly, the basic 24-hour railway timetable of China was augmented by seamlessly splicing two single-day railway timetable so as to form an augmented railway timetable that runs on a 48-hour cycle. Then based on the augmented timetable, the EMU connection network was constructed and a linear integer programming model was put forward as the EMU train flow model. Lastly, a model was built through OPL language and the railway timetable data was entered into it, calling CPLEX solver found a solution to it. The results show that the optimization method proposed in this paper can solve the problem of EMU circulation successfully.

Key words: railway transportation, EMU circulation optimization, EMU maintenance, high-speed railway, integer programming

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