An External Railway Geometric Parameter Measurement System Based on GPS

  • FU Qinyi ,
  • LIU Zhiping ,
  • LI Kunwu
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  • School of Traffic & Transportation Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China

Received date: 2014-04-17

  Revised date: 2014-07-09

  Online published: 2014-11-15

Abstract

An external geometric parameter measuring system is designed using the GPS positioning technology. The traditional track inspection technology and GPS positioning technology are combined into the system. The system is composed of a four-componentsatellite system, track inspection apparatus carrying a receiver, control network and GPRS station. The track observation network is built at first while GPS base stations are already set up. At the same time, the GPS receiver is loaded on the existing track inspection instrument as a moving station. The data acquisition module of the measurement system consists of GPS base stations and a moving station. Then, real-time location information is collected by the GPS stations while the track inspection instrument walks along the track. The positioning data are processed by the double differencing carrier phase algorithm. The integer ambiguity resolution based on LAMBDA ( the least-squares ambiguity decorrelation adjust method) is the key problem of the GPS positioning. Next, the position of the antenna center is calculated. Finally, using internal geometric parameters and antenna center positioning data, the external railway geometric parameters are calculated. The results of the static experiment and field test confirm the validity of the measurement system. On the one hand, the static observation error is within 0.5 mm while the dynamic measurement error is less than 15 mm, on the other hand the labor cost of the system is low due to high automation.

Cite this article

FU Qinyi , LIU Zhiping , LI Kunwu . An External Railway Geometric Parameter Measurement System Based on GPS[J]. Science & Technology Review, 2014 , 32(31) : 41 -45 . DOI: 10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2014.31.004

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