Onboard condition monitoring sensors, systems and techniques for freight railway vehicles: a review

E Bernal, M Spiryagin, C Cole - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Given the constant demand for heavier, longer, faster, and more efficient rail freight vehicles,
onboard fault detection systems appear as a good approach for enhanced railway asset …

Overview: state-of-the-art in the energy harvesting based on piezoelectric devices for last decade

IA Parinov, AV Cherpakov - Symmetry, 2022 - mdpi.com
Technologies of energy harvesting have been developed intensively since the beginning of
the twenty-first century, presenting themselves as alternatives to traditional energy sources …

Harvesting ambient mechanical energy by multiple mode triboelectric nanogenerator with charge excitation for self-powered freight train monitoring

Y Du, Q Tang, W He, W Liu, Z Wang, H Wu, G Li, H Guo… - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Railway freight transportation is an important way of land transportation. Due to the lack of
on-board power supply of large number freight train carriages/containers, the power supply …

Energy autonomous wireless sensor nodes for freight train braking systems monitoring

F Zanelli, M Mauri, F Castelli-Dezza, E Sabbioni… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nowadays, railway freight transportation is becoming more and more crucial since it
represents the best alternative to road transport in terms of sustainability, pollution, and …

A novel approach for big data classification and transportation in rail networks

M Saki, M Abolhasan, J Lipman - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper introduces a new framework into future data-driven railway condition monitoring
systems (RCM). For this purpose, we have proposed an edge processing unit that includes …

On the use of wireless sensor networks in preventative maintenance for industry 4.0

D Catenazzo, B O'Flynn… - 2018 12th International …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The goal of this paper is to present a literature study on the use of Wireless Sensor Networks
(WSNs) in Preventative Maintenance applications for Industry 4.0. Requirements for …

Design and implementation of context aware applications with wireless sensor network support in urban train transportation environments

E Aguirre, P Lopez-Iturri, L Azpilicueta… - IEEE Sensors …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Transportation system is experiencing steady growth, with the aim of providing more
efficient, reliable, and comfortable services, in the framework of intelligent transportation …

Wheel flat detectability for Y25 railway freight wagon using vehicle component acceleration signals

E Bernal, M Spiryagin, C Cole - Vehicle System Dynamics, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
A wheel flat is a common fault in railway vehicles that may develop after incorrect brake
application, or localised wheel-rail adhesion reduction. Operators detect wheel flats using …

[HTML][HTML] An approach of integration of contextual data in e-service system for management of multimodal cargo transportation

D Dzemydienė, A Burinskienė, K Čižiūnienė - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
Our research area concerns the development of an intelligent e-service system to help
manage multimodal transportation processes. To better respond to the requirements of …

Active Control Parameters Monitoring for Freight Trains, Using Wireless Sensor Network Platform and Internet of Things

A Brezulianu, C Aghion, M Hagan, O Geman… - Processes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Operating in a dynamic and competitive global market, railway companies have realized
many years ago that better management of their logistical operations will enhance their …