The demand for high quality rail services in the twenty-first century has put an ever increasing demand on all rail operators. In order to meet the expectation of their patrons, the maintenance regime of railway systems has to be tightened up, the track conditions have to be well looked after, the rolling stock must be designed to withstand heavy duty. In short, in an ideal world where resources are unlimited, one needs to implement a very rigorous inspection regime in order to take care of the modern needs of a railway system. If cost were not an issue, the maintenance engineers could inspect the train body by the most up-to-date techniques such as ultra-sound examination, X-ray inspection, magnetic particle inspection, etc. on a regular basis. However it is inconceivable to have such a perfect maintenance regime in any commercial railway. Likewise, it is impossible to have a perfect rolling stock which can weather all the heavy duties experienced in a modern railway. Hence it is essential that some condition monitoring schemes are devised to pick up potential defects which could manifest into safety hazards. This paper introduces an innovative condition monitoring system for track profile and, together with an instrumented car to carry out surveillance of the track, will provide a comprehensive railway condition monitoring system which is free from the usual difficulty of electromagnetic compatibility issues in a typical railway environment.
A comprehensive condition monitoring of modern railway
01.01.2006
5 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
safety hazards , track profile , condition monitoring , maintenance engineering , high quality rail services , comprehensive railway condition monitoring system , railways , rolling stock , railway system inspection , inspection , X-ray inspection , magnetic particle inspection , ultrasound examination , modern railway , railway systems maintenance , innovative condition monitoring system , railway safety , railway engineering , maintenance engineers , commercial railway , train body inspection
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