THE DEVELOPMENT OF REAL TIME FALLING ROCKS DETECTING AND EARLY WARNING SYSTEM IN KOREA RAILWAY LINES

초록

Recently, the problems with falling rocks are frequently happening in downtown and mountain area during the rainy season. The research for mitigation methods of falling rocks is actively in progress as the scale of these problems is getting bigger. In this study, it was intended to ensure against risks of railroad facilities in falling rocks prone area, to make sure that trains can run by the early warning to disaster and the quick and accurate warning system, to choose and develop main equipments required for rehabilitation system for disasters, and to develop the hardware/software of the control program. The hardware and software of the essential elements required for the automatic warning system, that is, automatic data logger, economical and stable transmitter-receiver, the systematic construction of the database, and the early warning system was designed and applied to the field. The efficiency and the usefulness of these were evaluated, and ensuring the stability of railroad facilities was intended.