Sensor Data Collecting System for Railway Facilities

Application of health monitoring systems to railway structures is currently being discussed more frequently, and some experimental systems have already been implemented and tested. It is expected that health monitoring systems will have positive effects on structural maintenance. This paper describes development of a health monitoring system in which 2 methods of data collection can be selected: a data collecting system with an RFID tag and a PDA; and a data collecting system with a wireless radio network and a cellular telephone network. A overview of the sensor data collecting system and its application to railway structures is provided.