Abstract:
The paper shows the experimental procedure used to record the vibrations generated by the passage of a train in a fixed point of the rail. Moreover, it also shows how to identify and characterize a defect on the surface of a wheel, by analyzing the joined time-frequency domain of these vibrations, using the short time Fourier transform -STFT. The results demonstrate the advantages of the STFT in this application, and that the use of a monitorizazing system of the vibration generated on the railway line is efficient and practical to implement a predictive maintenance of the train wheels
