VIBRATION MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD

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NAGRODSKY NICHOLAS DAVID / KISS JR JAMES MICHAEL / FRIES JEFFREY MICHAEL / DIAZ DERICK / FARMER DAVID

A vibration monitoring system includes an acoustic device that outputs an analog signal to a fiber cable for calibration and location verification. The acoustic device utilizes GPS or communication from wayside bungalow equipment to verify GPS location or real-time clock information. The wayside bungalow contains communication equipment that interfaces with the acoustic device and relays health information to a sensing processor. The sensing processor is configured to detect the acoustic signal output by the acoustic device at a known location and verifies that the cable and device have not moved location by comparing the signal level received against a threshold stored in memory. When the threshold is exceeded, the sensing processor sends an alert that the fiber optic cable or acoustic device at the location have changed.

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Title :

VIBRATION MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD

Contributors:

NAGRODSKY NICHOLAS DAVID (author) / KISS JR JAMES MICHAEL (author) / FRIES JEFFREY MICHAEL (author) / DIAZ DERICK (author) / FARMER DAVID (author)

Publication date :

2016-11-17

Type of media :

Patent

Type of material :

Electronic Resource

Language :

English

Classification :

IPC:

G01V Geophysik , GEOPHYSICS / B61L Leiten des Eisenbahnverkehrs , GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC / G01H MEASUREMENT OF MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OR ULTRASONIC, SONIC OR INFRASONIC WAVES , Messen von mechanischen Schwingungen oder Ultraschall-, Schall- oder Infraschallwellen