Multifractal Analysis of the Common Crossing Track-Side Measurements

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Contributors

  • Mykola Sysyn - , Chair of Planning and Design of Railway Infrastructure (Author)
  • Libor Izvolt - , University of Zilina (Author)
  • Olga Nabochenko - , Ukrainian State University of Science and Technologies (Author)
  • Vitalii Kovalchuk - , Ukrainian State University of Science and Technologies (Author)
  • Janka Sestakova - , University of Zilina (Author)
  • Andriy Pentsak - , Lviv Polytechnic National University (Author)

Abstract

The deterioration common crossing elements increase the need for the maintenance of crossings and significantly reduce the reliability, availability and safety of railway traffic. The present paper introduces the results of experimental investigation of common crossing monitoring while its deterioration during the lifecycle of crossing. The conventional methods of common crossing condition estimation with time-based features like maximal accelerations, etc. are low appropriate as statistically significant condition indicators. The proposed multifractal analysis enables to extract the significant features from acceleration measurements. The extracted features are fused together with information about the train velocities and longitudinal position of wheels impact with the Lasso regularisation and multivariate linear regression. A ranking of feature importance is done and the redundant features are identified. The developed condition indicator has good correlation to the crossing lifetime and is simple for interpretation.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)101-114
Number of pages14
JournalCivil and environmental engineering
Volume15
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2019
Peer-reviewedYes

Keywords

Keywords

  • Condition indicators, Lasso regularisation, Multifractal analysis, Railway common crossing, Track-side measurements