A Novel Method for Railway Crossing Monitoring Based on Ambient Vibration Caused by Train-Track Interaction

Chen Shen; Zili Li; Rolf Dollevoet

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-38077-9_16

A Novel Method for Railway Crossing Monitoring Based on Ambient Vibration Caused by Train-Track Interaction

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Abstract

Railway crossings are critical components in the rail network. They usually degrade faster than the other components. It is therefore vital to monitor their conditions using appropriate methods. This paper proposes to use the ambient vibration caused by the train-track interaction from a distance to monitor the condition of railway crossings. Both impact tests and pass-by measurements were performed on an instrumented crossing. The eigenfrequencies and mode shapes in the frequency range of 10–2000 Hz are first identified by impact tests using three different devices, i.e. a falling weight device, a big hammer and a small hammer. For the pass-by measurement, the dynamic features of both the wheel-crossing impact and ambient vibration are analyzed using time-frequency representations. It is shown that the ambient vibration signals are stationary and contain several characteristic frequencies. Then a method based on the frequency domain decomposition is applied to the ambient vibration signals to further identify the frequency components. It is found that the frequencies identified from the pass-by measurement agree well with the eigenfrequencies identified from the impact test. The proposed method can be further developed to continuously monitor the condition of railway crossings without interrupting train operations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Dynamics of Vehicles on Roads and Tracks - Proceedings of the 26th Symposium of the International Association of Vehicle System Dynamics, IAVSD 2019
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 26th Symposium of the International Association of Vehicle System Dynamics
Editors	Matthijs Klomp, Fredrik Bruzelius, Jens Nielsen, Angela Hillemyr
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Pages	133-141
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-38077-9
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-38076-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38077-9_16
Publication status	Published - 2020
Event	26th Symposium of the International Association of Vehicle System Dynamics, IAVSD 2019 - Gothenburg, Sweden Duration: 12 Aug 2019 → 16 Aug 2019

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Name	Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
ISSN (Print)	2195-4356
ISSN (Electronic)	2195-4364

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Conference	26th Symposium of the International Association of Vehicle System Dynamics, IAVSD 2019
Country/Territory	Sweden
City	Gothenburg
Period	12/08/19 → 16/08/19

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Keywords

Ambient vibrations
Condition monitoring
Pass-by measurement
Railway crossing

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Shen, C., Li, Z., & Dollevoet, R. (2020). A Novel Method for Railway Crossing Monitoring Based on Ambient Vibration Caused by Train-Track Interaction. In M. Klomp, F. Bruzelius, J. Nielsen, & A. Hillemyr (Eds.), Advances in Dynamics of Vehicles on Roads and Tracks - Proceedings of the 26th Symposium of the International Association of Vehicle System Dynamics, IAVSD 2019: Proceedings of the 26th Symposium of the International Association of Vehicle System Dynamics (pp. 133-141). (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38077-9_16

Shen, Chen ; Li, Zili ; Dollevoet, Rolf. / A Novel Method for Railway Crossing Monitoring Based on Ambient Vibration Caused by Train-Track Interaction. Advances in Dynamics of Vehicles on Roads and Tracks - Proceedings of the 26th Symposium of the International Association of Vehicle System Dynamics, IAVSD 2019: Proceedings of the 26th Symposium of the International Association of Vehicle System Dynamics. editor / Matthijs Klomp ; Fredrik Bruzelius ; Jens Nielsen ; Angela Hillemyr. Cham : Springer, 2020. pp. 133-141 (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering).

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Shen, C , Li, Z & Dollevoet, R 2020, A Novel Method for Railway Crossing Monitoring Based on Ambient Vibration Caused by Train-Track Interaction. in M Klomp, F Bruzelius, J Nielsen & A Hillemyr (eds), Advances in Dynamics of Vehicles on Roads and Tracks - Proceedings of the 26th Symposium of the International Association of Vehicle System Dynamics, IAVSD 2019: Proceedings of the 26th Symposium of the International Association of Vehicle System Dynamics. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer, Cham, pp. 133-141, 26th Symposium of the International Association of Vehicle System Dynamics, IAVSD 2019, Gothenburg, Sweden, 12/08/19. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38077-9_16

A Novel Method for Railway Crossing Monitoring Based on Ambient Vibration Caused by Train-Track Interaction. / Shen, Chen ; Li, Zili ; Dollevoet, Rolf.
Advances in Dynamics of Vehicles on Roads and Tracks - Proceedings of the 26th Symposium of the International Association of Vehicle System Dynamics, IAVSD 2019: Proceedings of the 26th Symposium of the International Association of Vehicle System Dynamics. ed. / Matthijs Klomp; Fredrik Bruzelius; Jens Nielsen; Angela Hillemyr. Cham: Springer, 2020. p. 133-141 (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering).

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Shen C , Li Z , Dollevoet R. A Novel Method for Railway Crossing Monitoring Based on Ambient Vibration Caused by Train-Track Interaction. In Klomp M, Bruzelius F, Nielsen J, Hillemyr A, editors, Advances in Dynamics of Vehicles on Roads and Tracks - Proceedings of the 26th Symposium of the International Association of Vehicle System Dynamics, IAVSD 2019: Proceedings of the 26th Symposium of the International Association of Vehicle System Dynamics. Cham: Springer. 2020. p. 133-141. (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-38077-9_16

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