Condition monitoring opportunities using vehicle-based sensors

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

Volumn 225, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 202-218

  Ward, C P ^a   Weston, P F ^b   Stewart, E J C ^b   Li, H ^c   Goodall, R M ^a   Roberts, C ^b   Mei, T X ^d   Charles, G ^e   Dixon, R ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

condition monitoring; inertial sensors; low adhesion; parameter estimation; real time; track defects; vehicle speed; vehicle based sensors; wheel rail profile

Indexed keywords

INERTIAL SENSORS; LOW ADHESION; REAL TIME; TRACK DEFECTS; VEHICLE SPEED; WHEEL-RAIL PROFILE;

ADHESION; DATA HANDLING; DEFECTS; GEARS; INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; RAILS; SENSORS; VEHICLE WHEELS; VEHICLES;

CONDITION MONITORING;

EID: 79951938070     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/09544097JRRT406     Document Type: Conference Paper

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