Fibre Bragg grating sensors for smart railway monitoring

Hwa Yaw Tam, Shun Yee Michael Liu, Weng Hong Chung, K. C. Cheng, Kang Kuen Lee

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Abstract

A new approach for structural health and conditions monitoring of trains and railway tracks using fibre Bragg grating sensing networks will be described. Track-borne fibre Bragg grating sensing networks are used to monitor moving trains whereas fibre-Bragg grating sensing systems installed on passenger trains are used to monitor track condition as well as critical train components, including pantograph-catenary interactions. This approach minimizes capital investment to monitor extensive railway networks for safety and maintenance purposes.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationBragg Gratings, Photosensitivity, and Poling in Glass Waveguides, BGPP 2016
PublisherOSA - The Optical Society
ISBN (Print)9781943580170
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 29 Aug 2016
EventBragg Gratings, Photosensitivity, and Poling in Glass Waveguides, BGPP 2016 - SMC Conference and Function Centre, Sydney, Australia
Duration: 5 Sept 20168 Sept 2016

Conference

ConferenceBragg Gratings, Photosensitivity, and Poling in Glass Waveguides, BGPP 2016
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CitySydney
Period5/09/168/09/16

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Mechanics of Materials

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