Eddy current sensor system for non-contact speed and distance measurement of rail vehicles

Advances in Transport

Volumn 7, Issue , 2000, Pages 1261-1270

  Engelberg, T ^a   Mesch, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; INTEGRATION; RAILROAD SIGNAL SYSTEMS; RAILROAD TRACKS; SATELLITES; SENSORS;

RAIL VEHICLES; SENSOR SIGNALS; SENSOR TRANSFORMS; TRAIN CONTROL SYSTEMS;

AUTOMATIC TRAIN CONTROL;

EID: 4544387204     PISSN: 1462608X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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