Pantograph-catenary monitoring by means of fibre Bragg grating sensors: Results from tests in an underground line

Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing

Volumn 41, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 226-238

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

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bragg; Fibre; Grating (FBG); In line pantograph measurements; Railway pantograph overhead line interaction; Underground line

Indexed keywords

BRAGG; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISTURBANCES; FIBRE BRAGG GRATING SENSORS; GRATING (FBG); RAILWAY PANTOGRAPH-OVERHEAD LINE INTERACTION; UNDERGROUND LINES; UNDERGROUND VEHICLES; VERTICAL ACCELERATIONS;

ELECTRIC CURRENT COLLECTION; ELECTRIC SENSING DEVICES; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBERS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OVERHEAD LINES; SENSORS;

PANTOGRAPHS;

EID: 84885637661     PISSN: 08883270     EISSN: 10961216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymssp.2013.06.030     Document Type: Article

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