Monitoring vertical track irregularity from in-service railway vehicles

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-88

  Weston, P F ^a   Ling, C S ^a,c   Roberts, C ^a   Goodman, C J ^a   Li, P ^b,d   Goodall, R M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Condition monitoring; Railway; Track geometry

Indexed keywords

CONDITION MONITORING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DAMPING; ELECTRIC RAILROADS; GYROSCOPES; RECORDING INSTRUMENTS;

DAMPER GEOMETRY; ROBUST SENSORS; TRACK GEOMETRY; VERTICAL IRREGULARITY MONITORING;

RAILROAD TRACKS;

EID: 34250832226     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954409JRRT65     Document Type: Article

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