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Track Condition Monitoring Based on Car-Body Acceleration Using Time-Frequency Analysis

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A track condition monitoring system that uses a compact on-board sensing device has developed and applied for track condition monitoring of regional railway lines in Japan. This study describes the application of time-frequency analysis for condition monitoring of railway tracks from car-body acceleration measured in in-service train. Simulation studies and field test results showed that Hilbert-Huang transform (HHT) gives good time-frequency resolution and intrinsic mode functions give the detail information of track faults.

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Acknowledgements

This study was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 17K06240. This paper is based on the collaborative research “Development of track monitoring system for regional railway” among Nihon University, Kyosan Electric Co. Ltd. and National Traffic Safety and Environmental Laboratory (NTSEL). We would like to thank R. Hirose (Graduate School of Nihon University), H. Takata (Kyosan) and H. Mori (NTSEL) for fruitful discussions.

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  1. Nihon University, Chiba, 275-8575, Japan

    Hitoshi Tsunashima

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  1. Research and Development, Volvo Car Corporation, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Matthijs Klomp

  2. Research Institute, Driver and Vehicle, Swedish National Road and Transport, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Fredrik Bruzelius

  3. Department of Mechanics and Maritime Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Västra Götalands Län, Sweden

    Jens Nielsen

  4. Department of Mechanics and Maritime Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Angela Hillemyr

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Tsunashima, H. (2020). Track Condition Monitoring Based on Car-Body Acceleration Using Time-Frequency Analysis. In: Klomp, M., Bruzelius, F., Nielsen, J., Hillemyr, A. (eds) Advances in Dynamics of Vehicles on Roads and Tracks. IAVSD 2019. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38077-9_12

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