Technique for the detection of flat wheels on railroad cars by a

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1978-01-30

1978-12-12

Blix, Trygve M.

Railway switches and signals

Cab signal or train control

Train defect

246DIG1, 340 38S, B61L 106

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041292766

ABSTRACT:
Method and apparatus for detecting the presence of flat wheels on railroad cars, comprising an electro-acoustic transducer located on the track wayside so as to pick up the vibrations generated by a passing train. If a flat wheel is present it will generate a periodic clanging sound at a frequency proportional to train speed and wheel diameter. The invention capitalizes particularly on the measurement of train speed to control the response of an adaptive filter so as to enhance the periodic clanging frequency with respect to the background noise, thereby to improve the signal-to-noise ratio; the enhanced signal is further autocorrelated for ten wheel revolutions and if a periodic signal is present in the narrow frequency band of interest, a large periodic autocorrelation output will result and, as a consequence, any wheel flat will be readily detected and will act to trigger an alarm to alert the train crew of the condition.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3016457 (1962-01-01), Brown
patent: 3844513 (1974-10-01), Bernhardson
patent: 4058279 (1977-11-01), Frielinghaus

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