Radar-Based Safety Protection System for Railroad Staff

With the continuously improving speed of running trains, security threats to the maintenance staff have also increased. Despite the strict rules of safety management and safety protection, which are established by the railway administration department, workers are still at risk of collisions with the running train because of the contradiction between busy job assignment and transportation pressure. Apart from these, the carelessness of guards and inclement weather also put the staff in danger as a train approaches the area. A radar-based safety protection system proposed in this paper can detect the approaching train 1.5 km away from the workplace and alert the people in advance so that they have enough time to withdraw from the possible collision place. The hardware diagrammatic drawing of the system and the flow chart of radar data processing were also introduced. The test result of the system in a marshalling yard showed that the radar-based system can positively safeguard railway workers from possible dangers.

Language

  • English

Media Info

  • Media Type: Web
  • Pagination: pp 922-928
  • Monograph Title: ICRT 2017: Railway Development, Operations, and Maintenance

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 01869402
  • Record Type: Publication
  • ISBN: 9780784481257
  • Files: TRIS, ASCE
  • Created Date: Dec 31 2022 4:01PM