Real-Time Monitoring of Railway Traffic Using Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors

Author

Filograno, Massimo Leonardo ; Guillén, Pedro Corredera ; Rodríguez-Barrios, Alberto ; Martín-López, Sonia ; Rodríguez-Plaza, Miguel ; Andrés-Alguacil, Álvaro ; González-Herráez, Miguel

Author_Institution

Inst. de Opt. Daza de Valdes, Valdes, Spain

Volume

12

Issue

1

fYear

2012

Firstpage

85

Lastpage

92

Abstract

In this work, we present field tests concerning the application of fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors for the monitoring of railway traffic. The test campaigns are performed on the Spanish high-speed line Madrid-Barcelona, with different types of trains (S-102 TALGO-BOMBARDIER, S-103 SIEMENS-VELARO, and S-120 CAF). We located the FBG sensors in the rail track at 70 km from Madrid in the country side, where the trains primarily are tested during commercial operation with maximum speeds between 250-300 km/h. The FBG sensor interrogation system used allows the simultaneous monitoring of four FBG sensors at 8000 samples/s. The different position of the FBG sensors in relation with the rail can be used for different purposes such as train identification, axle counting, speed and acceleration detection, wheel imperfections monitoring, and dynamic load calculation.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; fibre optic sensors; rail traffic; railways; FBG sensor interrogation system; S-102 TALGO-BOMBARDIER; S-103 SIEMENS-VELARO; S-120 CAF; acceleration detection; axle counting; distance 70 km; dynamic load calculation; fiber Bragg grating sensors; railway traffic real time monitoring; speed detection; train identification; wheel imperfections monitoring; Axles; Fiber gratings; Rails; Strain; Temperature sensors; Bragg gratings; comfort; dynamic load; high- speed train; optical fiber; out-of-roundness; plane; rail; structural monitoring; wear; weight in motion;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Sensors Journal, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1530-437X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSEN.2011.2135848

Filename

5741703