Simulation and control system of a power harvesting device for railroad track health monitoring

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7984, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Phillips, Kyle J ^a   Nelson, Carl A ^a   Fateh, Mahmood ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

control system; Power harvesting; railroad track displacement; railroad track health monitoring; railroad track simulation

Indexed keywords

BEAM DEFLECTION; CROSSING GATE; DISTRIBUTED SENSOR NETWORKS; DUTY CYCLES; ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE; HEALTH MONITORING; HIGH EFFICIENCY; LED LIGHTS; LIGHT SIGNAL; MAXIMUM POWER; MECHANICAL POWER; OPTIMAL NUMBER; POWER CONSUMPTION; POWER HARVESTING; POWER PRODUCTION; RAILCARS; RAILROAD INFRASTRUCTURE; ROAD CROSSING; TEST RESULTS; WARNING LIGHTS; WINKLER MODEL;

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; CONTROL THEORY; ENERGY HARVESTING; HARVESTING; HEALTH; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; RAIL LAYING; RAIL MOTOR CARS; RAILROAD CROSSINGS; RAILROAD TRACKS; RAILROADS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSORS; SIGNALING; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 79956226898     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.880604     Document Type: Conference Paper

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