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Keywords: weigh-in-motion systems, multibody modelling, railway vehicles, flexible multibody modelling, railway tracks, quasi linearity hypothesis.

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Weigh-in-motion (WIM) systems are designed for the dynamic weighing of railway vehicles by using different measurement stations placed along the track.

In this paper the authors propose an innovative algorithm for high speed dynamical WIM applications with the aim of estimating the axle or wheel loads of a generic train composition starting from indirect track measurements. The adopted approach is quite general and it can be customized for several track measurements (rail shear, rail bending, vertical forces on the sleepers etc.) as well as a combination of them.

The algorithm is able to manage both experimental data and simulated ones; the first one are aimed to test the algorithm (in terms of accuracy and robustness) under any operating conditions especially when experimental data are not available.

A wide simulation campaign has been performed to verify the algorithm accuracy, obtaining good results. Future developments of the work, described in this paper, will consider experimental data coming from some dedicated experimental programmes performed by Ansaldo STS and ECM SpA, the industrial partners of this research project.

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Front Page Browse CCP CSETS CTR IJRT Other Authors Search Purchase Guide FAQ Contact us	Civil-Comp Proceedings ISSN 1759-3433 CCP: 110 PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RAILWAY TECHNOLOGY: RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE Edited by: J. Pombo Paper 86 A Novel High Speed Weigh-in-Motion System for Railway Vehicles P. D'Adamio, L. Marini, E. Meli, L. Pugi and A. Rindi Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Florence, Italy doi:10.4203/ccp.110.86 purchase the full-text of this paper Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper P. D'Adamio, L. Marini, E. Meli, L. Pugi, A. Rindi, "A Novel High Speed Weigh-in-Motion System for Railway Vehicles", in J. Pombo, (Editor), "Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Railway Technology: Research, Development and Maintenance", Civil-Comp Press, Stirlingshire, UK, Paper 86, 2016. doi:10.4203/ccp.110.86 Keywords: weigh-in-motion systems, multibody modelling, railway vehicles, flexible multibody modelling, railway tracks, quasi linearity hypothesis. Summary Weigh-in-motion (WIM) systems are designed for the dynamic weighing of railway vehicles by using different measurement stations placed along the track. In this paper the authors propose an innovative algorithm for high speed dynamical WIM applications with the aim of estimating the axle or wheel loads of a generic train composition starting from indirect track measurements. The adopted approach is quite general and it can be customized for several track measurements (rail shear, rail bending, vertical forces on the sleepers etc.) as well as a combination of them. The algorithm is able to manage both experimental data and simulated ones; the first one are aimed to test the algorithm (in terms of accuracy and robustness) under any operating conditions especially when experimental data are not available. A wide simulation campaign has been performed to verify the algorithm accuracy, obtaining good results. Future developments of the work, described in this paper, will consider experimental data coming from some dedicated experimental programmes performed by Ansaldo STS and ECM SpA, the industrial partners of this research project. purchase the full-text of this paper (price £22) go to the previous paper go to the next paper return to the table of contents return to the book description purchase this book (price £85 +P&P)
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