Monitoring the Railways by Means of C-OTDR Technology

This paper presents development results of the method
of seismoacoustic activity monitoring based on usage vibrosensitive
properties of optical fibers. Analysis of Rayleigh backscattering
radiation parameters changes, which take place due to microscopic
seismoacoustic impacts on the optical fiber, allows to determine
seismoacoustic emission sources positions and to identify their types.
Results of using this approach are successful for complex monitoring
of railways.

• Andrey V. Timofeev

• C-OTDR systems
• monitoring of railways
• Rayleigh backscattering.

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