Railway track performance monitoring and safety warning system

Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 577-586

  Wang, Chung Yue ^a   Tsai, Hsin Chu ^a   Chen, Chi Shian ^a   Wang, Hao Lin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fiber optics; Monitoring; Railroad tracks; Thermal stress

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL FORCES; AXIAL FORCE DISTRIBUTION; AXIAL FORCES; BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINTS; CONTINUOUS WELDED RAILS; ELECTRONIC SENSORS; FIBER BRAGG GRATING SENSOR; LONG TERM MONITORING; MONITORING INSTRUMENTS; MONITORING PLATFORM; OPTIC FIBER SENSOR; OPTICAL FIBER SENSOR; PERFORMANCE MONITORING; RAILWAY TRACK; TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; TRACK SAFETY;

AXIAL FLOW; BRIDGES; CONCRETE SLABS; EXPANSION; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; MONITORING; RAILROAD TRACKS; RAILROADS; SENSORS; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMAL STRESS; WELDED STEEL STRUCTURES;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 84862926261     PISSN: 08873828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CF.1943-5509.0000186     Document Type: Article

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