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ISSN 1759-3433
CCP: 110
PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RAILWAY TECHNOLOGY: RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE
Edited by: J. Pombo
Paper 78

Development of a Vehicle Abnormal Behaviour Detection System

S. Koga1, K. Miyakawa1, M. Kageyama1 and N. Shimada2

1Technical Research Development Department, West Japan Railway Company, Osaka, Japan
2Rolling Stock Department, West Japan Railway Company, Osaka, Japan

Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper
S. Koga, K. Miyakawa, M. Kageyama, N. Shimada, "Development of a Vehicle Abnormal Behaviour Detection System", in J. Pombo, (Editor), "Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Railway Technology: Research, Development and Maintenance", Civil-Comp Press, Stirlingshire, UK, Paper 78, 2016. doi:10.4203/ccp.110.78
Keywords: safety, derailment, overturn, collision, acceleration, sensor, condition monitoring.

Summary
This paper describes the development of a vehicle abnormal behavior detection system. Various research and development is currently ongoing for monitoring the condition of a vehicle. The purpose of the development of this system is to prevent a second accident such as serious accidents of collision and derailment or overturning. In the past monitoring of the condition of the vehicle has been conducted. In order to minimize the possibility of crew casualties or obstructing adjacent lines, the system was designed to detect the three most serious rail mishaps that can occur: derailment, overturning and collision. For detection, the system uses vehicle behavior sensors installed on the vehicle body to measure triaxial acceleration. When the acceleration is determined to be in excess of the threshold, the system activates the one touch operative emergency device to implement an emergency stop and notifies the crew. This system has been selected as standard equipment to be mounted on all of West Japan Railway Company's new vehicles. Existing vehicles will also be retrofitted with this new system.

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