Measurement of vehicle ground speed using bogie-based inertial sensors

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

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 107-116

  Mei, T X ^a   Li, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ground speed; Inertial sensors; Measurement; Time shift

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; BOGIES (RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK); CONTROL SYSTEMS; DETECTORS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FEATURE EXTRACTION; GROUND VEHICLES; MEASUREMENTS; RAILROADS; RAILS; SENSORS; SPEED; VEHICLES;

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; ACCURATE MEASUREMENTS; AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS; BASIC PRINCIPLES; BOGIE FRAMES; BRAKING CONTROL; DYNAMIC MOTIONS; GROUND SPEED; INERTIAL SENSORS (INS); NEW METHODS; PARTICULAR FEATURES; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT (PA); POSITION ENCODERS; RAILWAY TRACTIONS; RAILWAY VEHICLES; TIME SHIFTS; VEHICLE SPEEDS; WHEELSETS;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 46749121817     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544097JRRT154     Document Type: Article

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