Measurement of vehicle ground speed with inertia sensors - Computation issues

WIT Transactions on the Built Environment

Volumn 103, Issue , 2008, Pages 777-786

  Mei, T X ^a   Li, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Indirect measurement; Inertia sensors; Vehicle ground speed

Indexed keywords

BOGIES (RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK); COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; RAILROAD TRACKS; RAILROADS; RAILS; SMART SENSORS; SPEED; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

BOGIE FRAMES; COMPUTATIONAL DEMANDS; DYNAMIC MOTIONS; INDIRECT MEASUREMENT; INERTIA SENSORS; INERTIAL SENSORS; MEASURED SIGNALS; MEASUREMENT ACCURACIES; RAIL TRACKS; RAILWAY BOGIE; TIME SHIFTS; TRACK EXCITATIONS; TRACK IRREGULARITIES; TRAIN SPEED; VEHICLE GROUND SPEED; WHEEL SETS; WHEELSET;

SENSORS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DEMAND ANALYSIS; FILTER; INERTIA; SENSOR;

EID: 58849118014     PISSN: 17433509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2495/CR080751     Document Type: Conference Paper

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