ESTIMATION OF TRACK STATE Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC B61K9/08 E01B35/12 

FIELD: transport.

SUBSTANCE: diagnostics car incorporated with the train and equipped with strain-gage mounted axles, strain-gage auto couplings, meters, systems of satellite navigation and wireless communication are used to define the track geometry conditions. Cure radii, positions of rail threads in plan and profile, track gage and other parameters related to electronic GPS map to relate them to the data of last trips of track metering train. At a time, strain-gage mounted axles are used to define vertical and lateral forces, their relationship in interaction between track and rolling stock and between rail and wheel. Strain-gage auto couplings are used to define dynamic forces at rolling stock to estimate dangerous section of the track for empty cars to be related to track profile. Proceeding from track geometry parameter measurements and train speed, probability of train derailing is estimated caused by rolling of wheel flange on the rail. Track sections are defined which can have anti-derailing factors lower than standard ones to work out recommendations on current maintenance of said tracks.

EFFECT: higher validity and efficiency of estimation.

2 cl, 3 dwg