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Overview of Detection and Estimation of High-Speed Railway Catenary

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The current collection quality of pantograph-catenary system directly determines the stability and safe operation of power supply in high-speed railway, and is also one of the key factors that determine the maximum running speed of the train.

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Liu, Z. (2017). Overview of Detection and Estimation of High-Speed Railway Catenary. In: Detection and Estimation Research of High-speed Railway Catenary. Advances in High-speed Rail Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2753-6_1

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