Continuous measurement of derailment quotient and wheel-rail contact position in railway vehicle using axially-asymmetric bridge circuits and orthogonal weighting functions

Instrumented wheelsets are widely used in the railway industry for the purpose of measurement of the wheel-rail interaction forces, which are crucial factors in a running safety assessment. Recently, the author proposed a new configuration of bridge circuit for measuring wheel-rail lateral force, wh...

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Main Authors: Takatoshi HONDO, Takayuki TANAKA
Format: Article
Language:Japanese
Published: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers 2025-05-01
Series:Nihon Kikai Gakkai ronbunshu
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/transjsme/91/946/91_25-00059/_pdf/-char/en
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description Instrumented wheelsets are widely used in the railway industry for the purpose of measurement of the wheel-rail interaction forces, which are crucial factors in a running safety assessment. Recently, the author proposed a new configuration of bridge circuit for measuring wheel-rail lateral force, which are categorized as “axially-asymmetric bridge circuit.” The merit of this type of bridge circuit is to reduce the measurement error associated to the lateral contact point shift. In this study, we propose a highly accurate continuous measurement method of the derailment coefficient based on “orthogonal weighting functions” that utilizes the characteristics of an axially-asymmetric bridge circuits. A continuous measurement method for the lateral contact position is also proposed utilizing the concept of the orthogonal weighting functions. The validity of the proposed method was confirmed through roller-rig tests.
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spelling doaj-art-41aafd1294064581ae89b2f1ca78e6d52025-08-20T03:27:06ZjpnThe Japan Society of Mechanical EngineersNihon Kikai Gakkai ronbunshu2187-97612025-05-019194625-0005925-0005910.1299/transjsme.25-00059transjsmeContinuous measurement of derailment quotient and wheel-rail contact position in railway vehicle using axially-asymmetric bridge circuits and orthogonal weighting functionsTakatoshi HONDO0Takayuki TANAKA1Railway Technical Research InstituteRailway Technical Research InstituteInstrumented wheelsets are widely used in the railway industry for the purpose of measurement of the wheel-rail interaction forces, which are crucial factors in a running safety assessment. Recently, the author proposed a new configuration of bridge circuit for measuring wheel-rail lateral force, which are categorized as “axially-asymmetric bridge circuit.” The merit of this type of bridge circuit is to reduce the measurement error associated to the lateral contact point shift. In this study, we propose a highly accurate continuous measurement method of the derailment coefficient based on “orthogonal weighting functions” that utilizes the characteristics of an axially-asymmetric bridge circuits. A continuous measurement method for the lateral contact position is also proposed utilizing the concept of the orthogonal weighting functions. The validity of the proposed method was confirmed through roller-rig tests.https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/transjsme/91/946/91_25-00059/_pdf/-char/enrailwayrunning safety assessmentwheel-rail interactionflange climb derailmentinstrumented wheelset
spellingShingle Takatoshi HONDO
Takayuki TANAKA
Continuous measurement of derailment quotient and wheel-rail contact position in railway vehicle using axially-asymmetric bridge circuits and orthogonal weighting functions
Nihon Kikai Gakkai ronbunshu
railway
running safety assessment
wheel-rail interaction
flange climb derailment
instrumented wheelset
title Continuous measurement of derailment quotient and wheel-rail contact position in railway vehicle using axially-asymmetric bridge circuits and orthogonal weighting functions
title_full Continuous measurement of derailment quotient and wheel-rail contact position in railway vehicle using axially-asymmetric bridge circuits and orthogonal weighting functions
title_fullStr Continuous measurement of derailment quotient and wheel-rail contact position in railway vehicle using axially-asymmetric bridge circuits and orthogonal weighting functions
title_full_unstemmed Continuous measurement of derailment quotient and wheel-rail contact position in railway vehicle using axially-asymmetric bridge circuits and orthogonal weighting functions
title_short Continuous measurement of derailment quotient and wheel-rail contact position in railway vehicle using axially-asymmetric bridge circuits and orthogonal weighting functions
title_sort continuous measurement of derailment quotient and wheel rail contact position in railway vehicle using axially asymmetric bridge circuits and orthogonal weighting functions
topic railway
running safety assessment
wheel-rail interaction
flange climb derailment
instrumented wheelset
url https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/transjsme/91/946/91_25-00059/_pdf/-char/en
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