Turnout Monitoring with Vehicle Based Inertial Measurements of Operational Trains: A Machine Learning Approach

https://doi.org/10.26552/com.C.2019.1.42-48

  • Mykola Sysyn
  • Dimitri Gruen
  • Ulf Gerber
  • Olga Nabochenko
  • Vitalii Kovalchuk
Keywords: turnouts, inertial measurement systems, predictive maintenance, signal processing, data mining, machine learning, data reduction, feature selection

Abstract

A machine learning approach for the recent detection of crossing faults is presented in the paper. The basis for the research are the data of the axle box inertial measurements on operational trains with the system ESAH-F. Within the machine learning approach the signal processing methods, as well as data reduction classification methods, are used. The wavelet analysis is applied to detect the spectral features at measured signals. The simple filter approach and sequential feature selection is used to find the most significant features and train the classification model. The validation and error estimates are presented and its relation to the number of selected features is analysed, as well.

Author Biographies

Mykola Sysyn

Institute of Railway Systems and Public Transport, Technical University of Dresden, Germany

Dimitri Gruen

Institute of Railway Systems and Public Transport, Technical University of Dresden, Germany

Ulf Gerber

nstitute of Railway Systems and Public Transport, Technical University of Dresden, Germany

Olga Nabochenko

Department of the rolling stock and track, Lviv branch of Dnipropetrovsk National University of Railway Transport, Lviv, Ukraine

Vitalii Kovalchuk

Department of the rolling stock and track, Lviv branch of Dnipropetrovsk National University of Railway Transport, Lviv, Ukraine

Published
2019-02-20
How to Cite
Sysyn, M., Gruen, D., Gerber, U., Nabochenko, O., & Kovalchuk, V. (2019). Turnout Monitoring with Vehicle Based Inertial Measurements of Operational Trains: A Machine Learning Approach. Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina, 21(1), 42-48. https://doi.org/10.26552/com.C.2019.1.42-48
Section
Civil Engineering in Transport