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Condition Monitoring of Railway Crossing Geometry via Measured and Simulated Track Responses

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Author	Bj, örn A. Pålsson Milosevic, Marko D. G. Nissen, Arne Nielsen, Jens C. O. Johansson, Håkan
Copyright Year	2022
Abstract	This paper presents methods for continuous condition monitoring of railway switches and crossings (S&C, turnout) via sleeper-mounted accelerometers at the crossing transition. The methods are developed from concurrently measured sleeper accelerations and scanned crossing geometries from six in situ crossing panels. These measurements combined with a multi-body simulation (MBS) model with a structural track model and implemented scanned crossing geometries are used to derive the link between the crossing geometry condition and the resulting track excitation. From this analysis, a crossing condition indicator $C_{λ_{1} - λ_{2}, γ}$ is proposed. The indicator is defined as the root mean square (RMS) of a track response signal γ that has been band-passed between frequencies corresponding to track deformation wavelength bounds of $λ_{1}$ and $λ_{2}$ for the vehicle passing speed (f = v/ $λ$ ). In this way, the indicator ignores the quasi-static track response with wavelengths predominantly above $λ_{1}$ and targets the dynamic track response caused by the kinematic wheel-crossing interaction governed by the crossing geometry. For the studied crossing panels, the indicator $C_{1 - 0.2 m, γ}$ ( $λ_{1} = 1$ and $λ_{2} = 0.2$ ) was evaluated for γ = u, v, or a as in displacements, velocities, and accelerations, respectively. It is shown that this condition indicator has a strong correlation with vertical wheel–rail contact forces that is sustained for various track conditions. Further, model calibrations were performed to measured sleeper displacements for the six investigated crossing panels. The calibrated models show (1) a good agreement between measured and simulated sleeper displacements for the lower frequency quasi-static track response and (2) improved agreement for the dynamic track response at higher frequencies. The calibration also improved the agreement between measurements and simulation for the crossing condition indicator demonstrating the value of model calibration for condition monitoring purposes.
Starting Page	1012
e-ISSN	14248220
DOI	10.3390/s22031012
Journal	Sensors
Issue Number	3
Volume Number	22
Language	English
Publisher	MDPI
Publisher Date	2022-01-28
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Sensors Transportation Science and Technology Condition Monitoring Railway Crossing Geometry Accelerometer 3d Scan Multi-body Simulations Condition Indicator
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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