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Civil-Comp Proceedings
ISSN 1759-3433
CCP: 104
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RAILWAY TECHNOLOGY: RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE
Edited by: J. Pombo
Paper 84

Track Condition Monitoring System using On-board Sensing Device

H. Tsunashima1, A. Matsumoto2, H. Mori3 and A. Asano4

1Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Industrial Technology, Nihon University, Japan
2Emeritus Researcher, National Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory, Japan
3Traffic System Research Department, National Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory, Japan
4Kyosan Electric MFG. Co., ltd., Japan

Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper
H. Tsunashima, A. Matsumoto, H. Mori, A. Asano, "Track Condition Monitoring System using On-board Sensing Device", in J. Pombo, (Editor), "Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Railway Technology: Research, Development and Maintenance", Civil-Comp Press, Stirlingshire, UK, Paper 84, 2014. doi:10.4203/ccp.104.84
Keywords: railway, condition monitoring, track, safety, vibration, GPS.

Summary
This paper summarizes a track condition monitoring system using on-board sensing device for conventional railway. Track irregularities are estimated from a vertical and lateral acceleration and roll rate of a car body. Rail corrugation is detected from cabin noise with spectral peak calculation. A GPS system and a map-matching algorithm are used to pinpoint the location of faults on tracks. A new device is developed to give higher performance for practical use. Collected data are kept in an inside memory or transferred to a data server via cellular phone. The track condition monitoring system using the compact size on-board devices provide regular monitoring of tracks for sustaining railway system with securing safety.

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