Rail vehicle and method for surveying a track section

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16/966555

January 02, 2019

A rail vehicle has a vehicle frame which, supported on on-track undercarriages, is mobile on the rails of a track. The rail vehicle includes a first measuring platform with a first inertial measuring system for recording a track course. A second measuring platform is arranged on the rail vehicle, with a second inertial measuring system and at least one sensor device for recording surface points of a track section. The second measuring platform and the second inertial measuring system enable the movement of the sensor device in the three-dimensional space to be recorded in a simple manner.

PLASSER & THEURER EXPORT VON BAHNBAUMASCHINEN GMBH (Vienna, AT)

Plasser & Theurer Export von Bahnbaumaschinen Gesellschaft m.b.H. (Vienna, AT)

1. A rail vehicle, comprising: a vehicle frame supported on on-track undercarriages for mobility on rails of a track; a first measuring platform mounted on the rail vehicle, said first measuring platform having a first inertial measuring system for recording a track course and a first spatial curve; a second measuring platform mounted on the rail vehicle, said second measuring platform having a second inertial measuring system for recording a second spatial curve and at least one sensor device for recording surface points of a track section of the track; and a movement of said at least one sensor device in three-dimensional space being recorded by said second inertial measuring system.

2. The rail vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising a computer configured to receive measurement data of said first and second inertial measuring systems and of said sensor device and configured for a transformation of coordinates of the surface points from a coordinate system followed by said sensor device of said second measuring platform into a coordinate system, following the track course, of the first measuring platform.

3. The rail vehicle according to claim 2 , further comprising an evaluation device arranged on the rail vehicle, said evaluation device being designed for comparison of the coordinates of the surface points in the coordinate system of the first measuring platform to a prescribed clearance profile of the track section.

4. The rail vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said first measuring platform is mounted on one of said on-track undercarriages.

5. The rail vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein said first measuring platform comprises a measuring frame arranged on wheel axles of said on-track undercarriage and having said first inertial measuring system mounted thereon.

6. The rail vehicle according to claim 5 , further comprising at least two position measuring devices for determining a position of said measuring frame relative to the rails of the track mounted to said measuring frame.

7. The rail vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said second measuring platform is arranged at a front side of the rail vehicle.

8. The rail vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said sensor device comprises a laser scanner for recording the surface points as a point cloud.

9. A method for surveying a track section, the method comprising: providing a rail vehicle according to claim 1 ; recording a track course by way of the first inertial measuring system; recording a course of motion of the at least one sensor device in three-dimensional space by way of the second inertial measuring system; recording surface points of the track section by way of the sensor device; and calculating survey information regarding the track section from data recorded with regard to the track course, the course of motion, and the surface points.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein: the step of recording the track course comprises recording a course of motion of a coordinate system of the first measuring platform; the step of recording the course of motion of the sensor device comprises recording a course of motion of a coordinate system of the second measuring platform.

11. The method according to claim 9 , which comprises transforming coordinates of the surface points from a coordinate system moving along with the sensor device of the second measuring platform into a coordinate system, following the track course, of the first measuring platform.

12. The method according to claim 11 , which comprises comparing the coordinates of the surface points in the coordinate system of the first measuring platform with a clearance profile of the track section.

13. The method according to claim 12 , which comprises calculating a displaying a clearance profile transgression of a surface point on an output device.

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