Real-time monitoring of railway traffic using fiber Bragg grating sensors

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-92

  Filograno, Massimo Leonardo ^a   Corredera Guillén, Pedro ^a   Rodríguez Barrios, Alberto ^b   Martin López, Sonia ^a   Rodríguez Plaza, Miguel ^c   Andrés Alguacil, Álvaro ^c   González Herráez, Miguel ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ÓPTICA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^c Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias ADIF   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bragg gratings; comfort; dynamic load; high speed train; optical fiber; out of roundness; plane; rail; structural monitoring; wear; weight in motion

Indexed keywords

COMFORT; HIGH- SPEED TRAIN; OUT OF ROUNDNESS; PLANE; STRUCTURAL MONITORING; WEIGHT IN MOTIONS;

BRAGG GRATINGS; DYNAMIC LOADS; ELECTRIC SENSING DEVICES; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; OPTICAL FIBERS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; RAILS; SENSORS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 82555197037     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2011.2135848     Document Type: Article

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