System And Method For Monitoring Braking Effort

A method (e.g., for monitoring a braking system of a vehicle system) includes monitoring fluid pressures of a braking system and modeled braking efforts of the braking system in a vehicle system traveling along a route, identifying one or more time periods at least one of before a brake event of the...

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Main Authors MATTHEWS, JR. HARRY KIRK, KUMAR AJITH KUTTANNAIR, DOWN JOHN HARRY, MEYER BRIAN NEDWARD, HERMSEN BRYAN SCOTT
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 22.01.2015
Subjects
ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL
BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OFVEHICLES
TRANSPORTING
VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF
VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES
VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Summary:A method (e.g., for monitoring a braking system of a vehicle system) includes monitoring fluid pressures of a braking system and modeled braking efforts of the braking system in a vehicle system traveling along a route, identifying one or more time periods at least one of before a brake event of the braking system or after the brake event, calculating residual forces exerted on the vehicle system during the one or more time periods, and determining at least one of an estimated braking effort of the braking system or an estimated propagation rate at which the estimated braking effort is applied by the braking system using the residual forces that are calculated.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201313947909