Aspects of the invention provide systems and methods for using ballast sensors to detect rock fall events in a vicinity of railway tracks or similar roadways or tracks. The ballast sensors are spaced apart from the tracks. Particular embodiments permit the use of signals from the ballast sensors to discriminate rock fall events from other types of events and to detect the hypocenter of a rock fall event.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ROCK FALL
2015-10-08
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | G01V Geophysik , GEOPHYSICS / B61L Leiten des Eisenbahnverkehrs , GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC / G01N Untersuchen oder Analysieren von Stoffen durch Bestimmen ihrer chemischen oder physikalischen Eigenschaften , INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES |
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