Loop detectors in active level crossing applications

Inductive Detection Loops are commonly used in various applications for detecting motor vehicles at road traffic lights. They are usually placed in the roadbed (roadway pavement) to detect vehicles as they pass through the loop’s magnetic field. When the metallic body of a vehicle or another metallic object moves into the magnetic field the inductive characteristics of the loop are varied which is detected and processed by loop detector/loop analyser. As all railroad vehicles (locomotives, cars, trams) are metallic objects their presence on the track can be detected using inductive loop(s).

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• Authors:
  • Petrov S
• Conference:
  • AusRAIL PLUS 2011, Customer Relations and Innovation, 22-24 November 2011, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
• Publication Date: 2011

Media Info

• Pagination: 16p. ; PDF
• Monograph Title: AusRAIL PLUS 2011, customer relations and innovation, 22-24 November 2011, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Railroad grade crossings; Sensors; Vehicle detectors
• ATRI Terms: Level crossing; Sensor; Vehicle detector
• Subject Areas: Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01545099
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Nov 25 2014 10:18AM