RAIL VEHICLE PERFORMANCE MONITOR FOR ACCELERATION, VELOCITY AND DISTANCE

CONTROLEUR D'ACCELERATION, DE VITESSE ET DE DISTANCE DES VEHICULES SUR RAILS

A measuring technique for velocity, acceleration and distance of rail vehicles is discussed. Velocity and distance are derived directly from an optical digitally encoded sensor. A low noise differentiation method allows very small accelerations of rail vehicles to be obtained from the velocity signal. Description and design details are given of the major circuit functions. (Author)

• Corporate Authors:

  National Research Council of Canada

  Division of Mechanical Engineering, Montreal Road
  Ottawa, ONo K1A 0R6,   Canada 
• Authors:
  • Zwarts, CMG
• Publication Date: 1983-6

Language

• French

Media Info

• Pagination: 28 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Equipment; Mechanical acceleration; Monitoring; Optical measurement; Performance; Sensors; Speed measurement; Testing equipment; Velocity measurement
• Old TRIS Terms: Monitoring devices
• Subject Areas: Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00386271
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DME-MI-840, NRC-22447
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 30 1984 12:00AM