Research Designs and Standards

Organization (RDSO)
(Research Directorate Electronics Lab)

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FINAL YEAR

INTRODUCTION- ABOUT RDSO

Research
Designs and Standards
Organization (RDSO) was formed in
1957, under Ministry of Railways at
Lucknow.

RDSO has a number of laboratories which

are well equipped with research and testing
facilities for development, testing and
design evaluation of various railway related
equipments and materials.

All the directorates of RDSO except

Defence Research are located at Lucknow.

FUNCTIONS

Development of new and improved designs

Development and adoption of new technologies for use
on Indian Railways
Development of standards for materials and products
especially needed by Indian Railways
Technical investigation, statutory clearance, testing and
provision of consulting services
Inspection of critical and safety items for rolling stock,
locomotives, signals, Telecommunications equipment,
and track.

SIGNALING IN INDIAN
RAILWAYS

Railway signaling is a system used

control railway traffic safely, essentially
prevent trains from colliding.

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There are basically two purposes achieved by

railway signaling: To safely receive and dispatch trains at a
station.
To control the movements of trains from one
station to another after ensuring that the
track on which this train will move to reach
the next station is free from movement of
another train either in the same or opposite
direction.

SOME IMPORTANT TERMS

IN RAILWAY SIGNALING

FIXED SIGNALS
On most railways, physical signals are erected at the line side to indicate to drivers
whether the line ahead is occupied and to ensure that sufficient space exists between
trains to allow them to stop.

Mechanical signals

Color light signals

The most common form of mechanical signal worldwide is the semaphore signal.

Displaying the same aspects by night as by day.

Require less maintenance than mechanical signals.

Route and speed signaling

To inform a driver which route the train will take beyond each signal.
To drive the train at the correct speed for the route to be taken.

TRANSDUCERS

The non-electrical quantity is converted in to an

electrical signal by a device called transducer.
It converts one form of energy to another.
Mainly electrical transducers classified in two
categories.

1) ACTIVE TRANSDUCER
2) PASSIVE TRANSDUCER
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LVDT

An LVDT (Linear Variable Differential Transformer) is a

transformer device which produces an electrical output
proportional to the displacement of a free moving core.
The output voltage is null when the
core is at the center. When it moves
from the center, the differential
voltage increases. The two secondary
coils are connected in series and in
opposite polarity, so that the output
signal is the difference between these voltages.
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ACCELEROMETER

Anaccelerometeris a device that

measuresproper acceleration.
Accelerometers are used to detect and monitor
vibration in machinery.
Some accelerometers use the piezoelectric
effect
they contain microscopic crystal structures that
get
stressed by accelerative forces,
which causes a
voltage to be generated. Another way to do it is
by sensing changes in capacitance.
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APPLICATION OF LVDT AND

ACCELEROMETER IN RAILWAYS

Monitoring and control for track

maintenance.
Optimize braking for passenger comfort.
For vibration measurement on bogies and
train
structure.
For track gradient and slope
measurement
Quality Control and Balancing
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OSCILLATION MONITORING SYSTEM

OMS are used for measuring vertical and lateral

accelerations to assess the condition of track.
This system is useful for monitoring of tracks and
monitoring of railway vehicles(railway coaches,wagons
and locomotives).
The portable OMS2000 is a microprocessor-based system
for track monitoring by measurement of the following
parameters:
1. Speed
2. Vertical and lateral accelerations on loco/coach floor.
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FLOW CHART OF
OMS

Decide the reference for horizontal and vertical

acceleration in accelerometer

Keep the device on moving train. Keep the record of

pole and
hour
After recording the oscillations, connect the device with
the main apparatus which consists of a microprocessor
and a printer

On the printed record, check for the spike in the

acceleration. The track near the corresponding pole is
defected

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WHEEL IMPACT LOAD DETECTOR

(WILD)

When the wheel is perfectly round, it applies a

uniform load on the rail.
When a wheel is having flat place/Out of roundness/
Defect in suspension system etc., or combination of
any/all of these will give a huge impact load on the
rail whenever the defect portion hits the rail.
Wheel Impact Load Detector is used to catch the
defects in the early stage and thereby protecting
Rail infrastructure, avoid derailment and accidents.

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HOT WHEEL DETECTION SYSTEM (HWDS)

HWD sensors are used to monitor temperature of

wheel and disc brakes (temperature up to 650C).
Hot box occurs due to inadequate wheel bearing
lubrication or mechanical flaws which causes an
increase in temperature.
Designed to monitor axle,wheel,brake temperature &
indicate any overheating which can result in
derailment.
It consists of pyrometers which then transmits the
data to traffic control & monitoring section.
The cut-off limits and the alarm limits can be set by
the user for flagging the hot axles, hot wheel & cold
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wheels.

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