The importance of detecting change

This article explores the potential for new technologies to help prevent rail service disruption due to geological events and deterioration. The author discusses modern surveying equipment as a potential aid to structural health monitoring of rail infrastructure, and he highlights mobile LiDAR as a promising technology in this regard. The author suggests that consistent monitoring of at-risk areas can provide early warnings to schedule maintenance and repairs or predict events before they causes irreparable damage.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/49957551
• Authors:
  • Hunter, Graham
• Publication Date: 2016-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: pp 77-78
• Serial:
  • Rail Professional
  • Volume: 226
  • Publisher: Cambridge Publishers Limited
  • ISSN: 1476-2196
  • Serial URL: http://www.cpl.biz/ourwork/general/rp.htm

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Detection and identification; Railroads; Service disruption; Structural health monitoring; Surveying methods and processes
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01624650
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 2017 9:29AM