The invention relates to a A rail vehicle, comprising a wagon body (102) and a suspension system (103) comprising a running gear (104) supporting said wagon body (102). A sensor device (109) and a control device (107) are provided, said sensor device (109) capturing an actual value of at least one status variable, said status variable being representative of a spatial relationship between a first reference part (109.9) of said sensor device (109) associated to a part of said running gear (104) and a second reference part (109.5 to 109.8) of said sensor device (109) associated to said wagon body (102). The control device (107) performs a malfunction analysis using said actual value of said status variable, said malfunction analysis assessing fulfillment of at least one predetermined malfunction criterion. The control device (107) provides a malfunction signal if said malfunction analysis reveals that said malfunction criterion is fulfilled.
Suspension failure detection in a rail vehicle
2015-05-07
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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