YU-JIANG ZHANG
Engineers in Springfield, VA
License number
Virginia 0402046357
Issued Date
Jun 17, 2010
Expiration Date
Jun 30, 2018
Category
Professional Engineer License
Type
Professional Engineer
Address
Address
Springfield, VA
Professional information
System And Method For Predicting Future Rail Temperature
US Patent:
2007026, Nov 15, 2007
Filed:
Apr 20, 2007
Appl. No.:
11/785923
Inventors:
Kevin Kesler - Silver Spring MD, US
Yu-Jiang Zhang - Springfield VA, US
Yu-Jiang Zhang - Springfield VA, US
International Classification:
G06F 19/00, B61B 12/00
US Classification:
702003000, 104307000
Abstract:
A system and method for predicting future rail temperature for a rail of a railroad track, the system including a weather data source that provides current and forecasted meteorological data, a database that retrievably stores the meteorological data from the weather data source, and a processor that processes the meteorological data to calculate and output a future rail temperature for a future time based on the meteorological data, accounting for heat transfer characteristics of the rail. In one embodiment, the processor may be implemented to calculate the future rail temperature by determining a rate of change in rail temperature over time, and integrating the rate of change in rail temperature over time.