International conference on Pantograph Catenary Interaction Framework for Intelligent Control

PACIFIC is an International conference on Pantograph Catenary Interaction Framework for Intelligent Control. The Pantograph-Catenary system is almost universally used for supplying the vital power to railway electrical trains. Despite offering a balance of cost effectiveness versus reliability, this important link in the railway power supply chain is also a listed cause of train failure faults. As train speeds increase, the reliability of power collection decreases; there is also a concomitant increase in the potential for accelerated component wear and failure to occur. PACIFIC 2013 focuses on new developments, recent techniques and advanced technology for the improvement of Pantograph-Catenary systems. The first PACIFIC conference, PACIFIC 2011, was held in Amiens, France.