Optical fiber sensors to measure collector performance in the pantograph-catenary interaction

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 635-640

  Boffi, Pierpaolo ^a   Cattaneo, Gianluca ^a   Amoriello, Leonardo ^a   Barberis, Angelo ^a   Bucca, Giuseppe ^a   Bocciolone, Marco F ^a   Collina, Andrea ^a   Martinelli, Mario ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

3 3 optical coupler; Fiber interferometer; High speed railway; Optical sensor; Pantograph collector strain

Indexed keywords

1550 NM; CONTACT FORCES; ELECTRIC MEASUREMENTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC IMMUNITY; FIBER INTERFEROMETER; HIGH RELIABILITY; HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY; HIGH-SPEED RAILWAYS; MICHELSON'S INTERFEROMETER; OPTICAL FIBER SENSOR; PANTOGRAPH-CATENARY INTERACTION; SENSOR PERFORMANCE; SMALL SIZE; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; TEST RIGS;

ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL SENSORS; PANTOGRAPHS; RAILROAD ENGINEERING; RAILROADS; SENSORS;

ELECTRIC CURRENT COLLECTION;

EID: 65849138985     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2009.2020244     Document Type: Article

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