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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2019
Bnsf Railway Company, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Airflow Sciences Corporation, Livonia, MI (US);
Brian J. Dumont, Royal Oak, MI (US);
James Paul, Carmel, CA (US);
Matthew Fleming, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Paul Harris, Canton, MI (US);
Corey D. Wills, Berryton, KS (US);
Corey T. Pasta, Topeka, KS (US);
Paul K. Gabler, Lenexa, KS (US);
Dennis W. Morgart, Topeka, KS (US);
BNSF Railway Company, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes determining, by a controller, a first wind pressure associated with a first port of a first probe, determining, by the controller, a second wind pressure associated with a second port of the first probe, and determining, by the controller, a reference wind pressure associated with an end portion of the first probe. The method also includes calculating, by the controller, a first reference differential using the first wind pressure and the reference wind pressure, calculating, by the controller, a first rotational differential using the first wind pressure and the second wind pressure, and calculating, by the controller, an angular coefficient using the first reference differential and the first rotational differential. The method further includes calculating, by the controller, a wind velocity using the first reference differential and the angular coefficient. The wind velocity represents a wind velocity relative to a vehicle.