Journal
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
Volume 15, Issue 5, Pages 1980-1990Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2014.2307955
Keywords
Axle box acceleration (ABA); rail transportation maintenance; railway monitoring; surface defects on railway rails
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- Dutch railway infrastructure manager ProRail
- Dutch Technology Foundation STW, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)
- Ministry of Economic Affairs
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This paper presents an automatic method for detecting railway surface defects called squats using axle box acceleration (ABA) measurements on trains. The method is based on a series of research results from our group in the field of railway engineering that includes numerical simulations, the design of the ABA prototype, real-life implementation, and extensive field tests. We enhance the ABA signal by identifying the characteristic squat frequencies, using improved instrumentation for making measurements, and using advanced signal processing. The automatic detection algorithm for squats is based on wavelet spectrum analysis and determines the squat locations. The method was validated on the Groningen-Assen track in The Netherlands and accurately detected moderate and severe squats with a hit rate of 100%, with no false alarms. The methodology is also sensitive to small rail surface defects and enables the detection of squats at their earliest stage. The hit rate for small rail surface defects was 78%.
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