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Monitoring the dynamic displacements of railway track

Last updated on 19 September 2014 12:13

This paper reports the development and testing of two independent, innovative techniques for measuring rail displacements. One system combines remote video monitoring with particle image velocimetry, using a webcam and a small telescope. The second uses sleeper mounted geophones that give a voltage output proportional to the velocity of motion,...

Author(s): Bowness D;Lock A C;Powrie W;Priest J A;Richards D J

Organisation(s): School of Civil Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK ;

2007

United Kingdom

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