An approach to monitor railway pantograph-catenary interaction with fiber optic sensors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7653, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Bocciolone, Marco ^a   Bucca, Giuseppe ^a   Collina, Andrea ^a   Comolli, Lorenzo ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fiber Bragg grating (FBG); Fiber optic sensor; Pantograph catenary interaction; Railway pantograph

Indexed keywords

ARCING PHENOMENA; CONTACT FORCES; CONTACT LOSS; CONTACT STRIPES; CONTACT WIRE; ELECTRICAL ARCING; ELECTRICAL DISTURBANCES; ELECTRICAL STRAIN GAUGES; FBG TECHNOLOGY; FIBER BRAGG GRATING (FBG); HIGH FREQUENCY; IN-LINE; OPTIC SENSOR; OPTIC STRAIN; PANTOGRAPH-CATENARY INTERACTION; RAILWAY OPERATIONS; RAILWAY PANTOGRAPH; STATIC AND DYNAMIC;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PANTOGRAPHS; PHOTONICS; RAILROADS; SENSORS; STRAIN GAGES;

ELECTRIC CURRENT COLLECTION;

EID: 77957836012     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.866356     Document Type: Conference Paper

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