Testing fibre optic detectors

This paper presents the method of test and the test results from a series of trials carried out on a novel use of fibre optics to provide a network (up to 2000 detector channels form a single processing unit) vehicle detection technology by Atkins on behalf of the highways agency. The activities described in this paper were part of a wider project to look at possible alternative vehicle detection technologies and was specifically to look into the possibility that fibre-optics could provide a lower cost detection solution to situations where a very large number of detection channels has to be provided in a small area (eg in tunnels or on elevated freeway sections) or where detection needs to be provided in a rural area where power is expensive and difficult to provide. Initial theoretical work had shown that the technology met these requirements and this project sought to demonstrate that the detection performance was as predicted.

• Authors:
  • CORDELL, R
• Publication Date: 2006

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 3p
• Serial:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE 13th ITS WORLD CONGRESS, LONDON, 8-12 OCTOBER 2006

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Detection and identification; Fiber optics; Intelligent transportation systems; Sensors; Technology; Traffic; Vehicles
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 9115: Detection; 6765: Fibre optics; 8735: Intelligent transport system; 6120: Sensor; 3855: Technology; 755: Traffic; 1255: Vehicle
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Vehicles and Equipment; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01087488
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jan 29 2008 10:43AM