Determination of vertical alignment of track using accelerometer readings

Stephenson Conference Research for Railways 2015

Volumn 2015-April, Issue , 2015, Pages 765-775

  Obrien, E J ^a   Bowe, C ^b   Quirke, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Engineering and New Works Building   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cross entropy; Drive by; Railway; Track; Vehicle rail interaction; Vertical alignment

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; ALIGNMENT; BOGIES (RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK); DIGITAL STORAGE; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ENTROPY; MATLAB; RAILROAD CAR EQUIPMENT; RAILROAD TRACKS; RAILROADS;

CROSS ENTROPY; LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION; NUMERICAL VALIDATIONS; RAILWAY; SERVICEABILITY CONDITIONS; TRACK; VEHICLE ACCELERATION; VERTICAL ALIGNMENT;

RAILS;

EID: 85009847455     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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