학술논문

Railway Track Online Detection Based on Optical Fiber Distributed Large-Range Acoustic Sensing
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Internet of Things Journal IEEE Internet Things J. Internet of Things Journal, IEEE. 11(4):6469-6480 Feb, 2024
Subject
Computing and Processing
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Monitoring
Optical fibers
Optical fiber cables
Optical fiber communication
Vibrations
Rail transportation
Strain
Distributed optical fiber sensing
optical time domain reflectometer
pattern recognition
phase demodulation
structural monitoring network
Language
ISSN
2327-4662
2372-2541
Abstract
An optical fiber distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) system for large infrastructure vibration monitoring is proposed in this work. To meet the requirements of measurement range, spatial resolution, and real-time performance of the monitoring network, the acrlong RE algorithm is proposed to optimize the recovery of large signals for the DAS monitoring of large-scale infrastructure structure monitoring networks. Furthermore, the technology is applied to heavy rail track defect detection, where existing track-side communication cables are used to directly monitored vibration signals with the DAS system. Multiple characteristic parameters are combined to form a multidimensional eigenvector, and then combined with the acrlong ML algorithm to enable the recognition of typical track defects along the heavy-haul railway. The experimental results demonstrate that the recognition and classification of typical track defects, such as acrlong RCF, corrugation, and unsupported sleepers. The real-time detection of track defects in this work can be used as a crucial basis for workers to maintain and repair the railway. Finally, a long-term real-time online monitoring method is proposed in this work for vibration monitoring of large-scale infrastructures with large-amplitude/low-SNR signals using existing track-side communication cables, without any additional sensor arrangement.