Railway point mechanisms: Condition monitoring and fault detection

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

Volumn 224, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-44

  Garcia Marquez F P ^a   Roberts, C ^b   Tobias, A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Condition monitoring; Failure prediction and maintenance; Fault detection; Fault diagnosis; Points mechanisms

Indexed keywords

FAILURE PREDICTION; FAILURE PREDICTION AND MAINTENANCE; FAULT DIAGNOSIS; POINTS MECHANISMS;

CONDITION MONITORING; ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FORECASTING; MAINTENANCE; RAILROADS;

FAULT DETECTION;

EID: 77950185691     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544097JRRT289     Document Type: Review

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