Embodiment
Below in conjunction with drawings and the specific embodiments, the present invention is described in further detail.
Tread profile when having expressed certain wheel operation tread profile later in Fig. 1 and just having put into operation, can find out apart from the 70mm of place, wheel rim side and concentrate and locate for abrasion, this place is conventional measurement diameter position in engineering, and wheel diameter is often controlled between 770~840mm, therefore laser sensor sensing point is chosen for the wheel circumference at this place.
The city rail vehicle wheel diameter pick-up unit that the present invention is based on laser sensor, comprises CPU (central processing unit) and a plurality of laser sensor, and described laser sensor is all connected with CPU (central processing unit); The rail of detector segments is outwards offset, and the rail of this detector segments inner side arranges guard rail, tangent inside guard rail and wheel rim; Laser sensor is arranged at rail and is offset between the region and guard rail of vacating, and the probe of laser sensor is arranged and is all positioned at wheel below along rail direction, and all laser sensors are coplanar with the wheel circumference that carries out diameter measurement.
As shown in Figure 2, in detector segments, rail 6 is outer partially, vacate certain area, laser sensor probe 3 is arranged on to the measurement point below of wheel 1, in wheel rim inner side, guard rail 5 is set and causes derailing to prevent taking turns in S or axial float, laser sensor probe 3 is fixing by clamp of sensor 4, and can adjust position and the inclination angle of laser sensor probe 3, and each laser sensor probe 3 laser beams that send 2 can detect the corresponding check point on wheel simultaneously.
As shown in Figure 3, rail outwards switching place of skew is arc, is conducive to train and enters and exit detecting area.Fig. 4 has illustrated the outwards concrete size Q of skew of rail, and for wheel tread and 60 rails, Q is controlled between 50~65mm, makes track centerline not exceed the outer rim of wheel.Guard rail exceeds the size P of wheel rim, is controlled between 30~50mm.The wheel circumference that carries out diameter measurement is 70mm apart from the distance of wheel rim side.
Due to wheel to be measured and track Long Term Contact, smooth surface roughness is low, therefore relates to and utilizes laser scanning testing head to carry out profile measurement to the very strong metal curved surface of mirror-reflection, and this measurand is a difficult point in current topography measurement field.Zhang Liang etc. have analyzed the measurement capability of existing several laser feeler to metal surface, shown that the holographic probe of cone light polarization and oblique fire formula triangle probe are applicable to measuring metal curved surface (Zhang Liang, Fei Zhigen, Guo Junjie. laser scanning testing head is measured research to metal curved surface, lathe and hydraulic pressure, the 39th the 9th phase of volume: in May, 2011).Therefore the laser sensor the present invention relates to, preferably bores the holographic probe of light polarization and oblique fire formula triangle probe, the quantity of laser sensor be 3~10 and the probe of all laser sensors by clamp of sensor, be fixed on wheel below.
The method of using the above-mentioned city rail vehicle wheel diameter pick-up unit based on laser sensor to carry out wheel diameter detection, comprises the following steps:
The 1st step, is installed on by each laser sensor the region that rail skew is vacated, and makes the probe of each laser sensor arrange and all be positioned at wheel below along rail direction, and all laser sensors are coplanar with the wheel circumference that carries out diameter measurement, and laser sensor is designated as P
i, along rail direction, i is followed successively by 1,2 ... n, the number that n is laser sensor;
The 2nd step, sets up two-dimensional coordinate system in the plane at the wheel circumference that carries out diameter measurement: along rail direction, be X-axis, through first laser sensor P
1and perpendicular to rail, be upwards Y-axis, the coordinate of laser sensor is (x
i, y
i), each laser sensor probe is θ with respect to the mounted angle of X-axis
i;
The 3rd step, gathers the output valve of all laser sensors, and selects and have the valid data of n sensor output value group { S simultaneously
i, S
ibe i sensor P
ioutput valve, i=1,2 ... n;
The 4th step, according to sensor P
ioutput valve S
i, coordinate figure (x
i, y
i), mounted angle θ
idetermine respective sensor P on wheel
imeasurement point coordinate (X
i, Y
i):
(X
i,Y
i)=(x
i,y
i)+(S
i×cosθ
i,S
i×sinθ
i) i=1,2...n
The 5th step, according to n on wheel measurement point coordinate (X
i, Y
i) carry out fitting circle, obtain the wheel diameter D of this measuring position; Adopt least square method to carry out fitting circle, formula is as follows:
Wherein, a is the center of circle horizontal ordinate x after matching
0-2 times be a=-2x
0, b is the center of circle ordinate y after matching
0-2 times be b=-2y
0, and
Wherein C, D, E, G, H are intermediate parameters, as follows respectively:
The 6th step, carries out matching by a plurality of valid data groups that collect and obtains a series of wheel diameters, and a series of wheel diameters that obtain are averaged, and obtains the final wheel diameter D in this measuring position
final.
Below in conjunction with specific embodiment, introduce respectively that sensor adopts circular arc normal, circular arc is vertical, straight line tilts, straight line is vertical and city rail vehicle wheel diameter pick-up unit and the method for designated mounting mode, the present invention is described in further detail.
Embodiment 1
The present embodiment is city rail vehicle wheel diameter pick-up unit and the method that sensor circular arc normal is installed.
As shown in Figure 5, chord length is arranged and be distributed on to the probe of n laser sensor along rail direction is that on L, the radius circular arc that is R, each laser sensor probe is measured along the normal direction of circular arc, and detecting light beam is aimed at the center of circle that circular arc is installed.
The external factor that affects laser triangulation sensor accuracy mainly comprises measured surface inclination, surface gloss, roughness, color and sweep velocity etc.Sensor adopts circular arc normal form to install, and makes laser sensor probe can aim at tested surface simultaneously, has effectively suppressed the error that tested surface tilts to bring; Be conducive to the preferred process of installation parameter to be analyzed simultaneously, reduced analysis difficulty.
The installation parameter of laser sensor meets the following conditions: the number of laser sensor is n and 3≤n≤10, it is L and n * 30mm≤L≤1800mm that laser sensor is installed chord length, and the vertical range along the mounting points of first laser sensor of rail direction to track is | y
1| and | y
1|>=100mm, laser sensor install arc radius be R and
The method that city rail vehicle wheel diameter pick-up unit based on installing with upper sensor arc method line detects, comprises the following steps:
The 1st step, n laser sensor is installed on to the region that rail skew is vacated, chord length is arranged and be distributed on to the probe of laser sensor along rail direction is on L, the radius circular arc that is R, each laser sensor probe is measured along the normal direction of circular arc, detecting light beam is aimed at the center of circle that circular arc is installed, and laser sensor is designated as respectively P
i, along rail direction, i is followed successively by 1,2 ... n, the number that n is laser sensor;
The 2nd step, sets up two-dimensional coordinate system in the plane at the wheel circumference that carries out diameter measurement: along rail direction, be X-axis, through first laser sensor P
1and perpendicular to rail, be upwards Y-axis, each laser sensor probe is with respect to the mounted angle θ of X-axis
iby following formula, determined:
Wherein θ is the definite arc angle of chord length L and radius R,
Coordinate (the x of laser sensor
i, y
i) by following formula, determined:
The 3rd step, gathers the output valve of all laser sensors, and selects and have the valid data of n sensor output value group { S simultaneously
i, S
ibe i sensor P
ioutput valve, i=1,2 ... n;
The 4th step, according to sensor P
ioutput valve S
i, coordinate figure (x
i, y
i), mounted angle θ
idetermine respective sensor P on wheel
imeasurement point coordinate (X
i, Y
i):
(X
i,Y
i)=(x
i,y
i)+(S
i×cosθ
i,S
i×sinθ
i) i=1,2…n
The 5th step, according to n on wheel measurement point coordinate (X
i, Y
i) carry out fitting circle, obtain the wheel diameter D of this measuring position; Carry out fitting circle, adopt least square method, formula is as follows:
Wherein, a is the center of circle horizontal ordinate x after matching
0-2 times be a=-2x
0, b is the center of circle ordinate y after matching
0-2 times be b=-2y
0, and
Wherein C, D, E, G, H are intermediate parameters, as follows respectively:
The 6th step, carries out matching by a plurality of valid data groups that collect and obtains a series of wheel diameters, and a series of wheel diameters that obtain are averaged, and obtains the final wheel diameter D in this measuring position
final.
And analysis to measuring error actual according to engineering, to 4 parameters be preferably as follows (unit: mm):
Thereby obtain the coordinate (x of each sensor
i, y
i) (unit: mm) with mounted angle θ
i(unit: °):
θ
i=[80.7931 84.4759 88.1586 91.8414 95.5241 99.2069]
If the sampling period of laser sensor is 1kHz, measure stochastic error 0.1mm, the tested vechicle wheel measurement data that are 800 by computer simulation generation diameter as shown in Figure 6, are exported diameter by measurement data according to following steps:
(1.1) collect all laser sensor output point sequence S
i, and the data when selecting 6 sensors and effectively surveying.Certain constantly wheel through out-of-date effective value:
S
i=[309.2010 188.2974 137.8491 138.1852 189.8197 312.4783]
(1.2) for the output valve S of sensor
iand mounting points coordinate (x
i, y
i), inclination angle [theta]
i, push away to obtain the point coordinate (X on camber line
i, Y
i); Fig. 7 has drawn S in (1.1)
iwheel is through central point sequence of points (X constantly constantly
i, Y
i) and matching after circle:
(1.3) by sequence of points (X
i, Y
i) according to least square fitting circle, to obtain the wheel diameter that this moment surveys be 800.44mm.Fig. 8 is the corresponding wheel diameter values in all effective measurements constantly, and the wheel that is 800 to diameter under present embodiment measurement is effectively measured and counted is 137 points, and it is that D is 799.6mm~800.4mm that the data in interior all moment of effective range calculate diameter.
(1.4) data in Fig. 8 are averaged, obtain the output diameter D of one-shot measurement
final=799.93mm.Analogue measurement 20 times, obtains the measurement result shown in Fig. 9, and from this measurement result, this embodiment can be realized the high-acruracy survey of wheel diameter, and measuring error is <0.1mm in the situation that not considering alignment error.
Embodiment 2
The present embodiment is sensor circular arc vertically arranged city rail vehicle wheel diameter pick-up unit and method.
As shown in figure 10, along rail direction, to arrange and be distributed on chord length be that on L, the radius circular arc that is R, the vertical rail of detecting light beam of each laser sensor upwards to the probe of n laser sensor.
The installation parameter of laser sensor meets the following conditions: the number of laser sensor is n and 3≤n≤10, it is L and n * 30mm≤L≤1800mm that laser sensor is installed chord length, and the vertical range along the mounting points of first laser sensor of rail direction to track is | y
1| and | y
1|>=100mm, laser sensor install arc radius be R and
Method based on detecting with the vertically arranged city rail vehicle wheel diameter of upper sensor circular arc pick-up unit, comprises the following steps:
The 1st step, n laser sensor is installed on to the region that rail skew is vacated, chord length is arranged and be distributed on to the probe of laser sensor along rail direction is that on L, the radius circular arc that is R, upwards, laser sensor is designated as respectively P to the vertical rail of detecting light beam of each laser sensor
i, along rail direction, i is followed successively by 1,2 ... n, the number that n is laser sensor;
The 2nd step, sets up two-dimensional coordinate system in the plane at the wheel circumference that carries out diameter measurement: along rail direction, be X-axis, through first laser sensor P
1and perpendicular to rail, be upwards Y-axis, each laser sensor probe is with respect to the mounted angle θ of X-axis
ibe 90 °, the coordinate (x of laser sensor
i, y
i) by following formula, determined:
Wherein
In formula, β is the definite arc angle of chord length L and radius R,
The 3rd step, gathers the output valve of all laser sensors, and selects and have the valid data of n sensor output value group { S simultaneously
i, S
ibe i sensor P
ioutput valve, i=1,2 ... n;
The 4th step, according to sensor P
ioutput valve S
i, coordinate figure (x
i, y
i), mounted angle θ
idetermine respective sensor P on wheel
imeasurement point coordinate (X
i, Y
i):
(X
i,Y
i)=(x
i,y
i)+(S
i×cosθ
i,S
i×sinθ
i)i=1,2…n
The 5th step, according to n on wheel measurement point coordinate (X
i, Y
i) carry out fitting circle, obtain the wheel diameter D of this measuring position; Adopt least square method to carry out fitting circle, formula is as follows:
Wherein, a is the center of circle horizontal ordinate x after matching
0-2 times be a=-2x
0, b is the center of circle ordinate y after matching
0-2 times be b=-2y
0, and
Wherein C, D, E, G, H are intermediate parameters, as follows respectively:
The 6th step, carries out matching by a plurality of valid data groups that collect and obtains a series of wheel diameters, and a series of wheel diameters that obtain are averaged, and obtains the final wheel diameter D in this measuring position
final.
According to engineering reality and the analysis to measuring error, 4 parameters are preferably as follows:
Thereby obtain the coordinate (x of each sensor
i, y
i) (unit: mm):
If the sampling period of laser sensor is 1kHz, measure stochastic error 0.1mm, the tested vechicle wheel measurement data that are 800 by computer simulation generation diameter as shown in Figure 11, are exported diameter by measurement data according to following steps:
(2.1) collect all laser sensor output point sequence S
i, and the data when selecting 6 sensors and effectively surveying.Certain constantly wheel through out-of-date effective value:
S
i=[234.0412 151.6957 118.6378 118.5963 153.0630 236.7570]
(2.2) for the output valve S of sensor
iand mounting points coordinate (x
i, y
i), inclination angle [theta]
i, push away to obtain the point coordinate (X on camber line
i, Y
i); Figure 12 has drawn S in (2.1)
idefinite sequence of points (X
i, Y
i) and this constantly matching after circle:
(2.3) by sequence of points (X
i, Y
i) according to least square fitting circle, to obtain the wheel diameter in this moment be 798.782mm.Figure 13 is all effective corresponding wheel diameter values of measuring in the moment, and it is that D is 798.5mm~801.5mm that the data in interior all moment of effective range calculate diameter.
(2.4) data in Figure 13 are averaged, obtain the output diameter D of one-shot measurement
final=799.89mm.And analogue measurement 20 times, obtain the measurement result shown in Figure 14, from this measurement result, this embodiment can be realized the high-acruracy survey of wheel diameter, and measuring error is not considered <0.25mm in the situation of alignment error.
Embodiment 3
The present embodiment is city rail vehicle wheel diameter pick-up unit and the method that sensor straight line tilts to install.
As shown in figure 15, the probe of laser sensor is arranged and is distributed on the horizontal line that length is E along rail direction, according to the coordinate of laser sensor, each laser sensor probe is set with respect to the mounted angle θ of X-axis
i, make each laser sensor probe can arrive wheel along different directions measurement and detecting light beam simultaneously.
The installation parameter of laser sensor meets the following conditions: the number of laser sensor is n and 3≤n≤10, it is E and n * 30mm≤E≤1800mm that laser sensor is installed horizontal line length, and the vertical range along the mounting points of first laser sensor of rail direction to track is | y
1| and | y
1|>=100mm.
The method that city rail vehicle wheel diameter pick-up unit based on installing with upper sensor vertical bank detects, comprises the following steps:
The 1st step, each laser sensor is installed on to the region that rail skew is vacated, the probe of laser sensor is arranged and is distributed on the horizontal line that length is E along rail direction, each laser sensor probe can arrive wheel along different directions measurement and detecting light beam simultaneously, and each laser sensor is designated as respectively P
i, along rail direction, i is followed successively by 1,2 ... n, the number that n is laser sensor;
The 2nd step, sets up two-dimensional coordinate system in the plane at the wheel circumference that carries out diameter measurement: along rail direction, be X-axis, through first laser sensor P
1and be upwards Y-axis, the coordinate (x of laser sensor perpendicular to rail
i, y
i) by following formula, determined:
According to the coordinate of laser sensor, each laser sensor probe is set with respect to the mounted angle θ of X-axis
i, make all detecting light beams can arrive wheel simultaneously;
The 3rd step, gathers the output valve of all laser sensors, and selects and have the valid data of n sensor output value group { S simultaneously
i, S
ibe i sensor P
ioutput valve, i=1,2 ... n;
The 4th step, according to sensor P
ioutput valve S
i, coordinate figure (x
i, y
i), mounted angle θ
idetermine respective sensor P on wheel
imeasurement point coordinate (X
i, Y
i):
(X
i,Y
i)=(x
i,y
i)+(S
i×cosθ
i,S
i×sinθ
i) i=1,2…n
The 5th step, according to n on wheel measurement point coordinate (X
i, Y
i) carry out fitting circle, obtain the wheel diameter D of this measuring position; Adopt least square method to carry out fitting circle, formula is as follows:
Wherein, a is the center of circle horizontal ordinate x after matching
0-2 times be a=-2x
0, b is the center of circle ordinate y after matching
0-2 times be b=-2y
0, and
Wherein C, D, E, G, H are intermediate parameters, as follows respectively:
The 6th step, carries out matching by a plurality of valid data groups that collect and obtains a series of wheel diameters, and a series of wheel diameters that obtain are averaged, and obtains the final wheel diameter D in this measuring position
final.
According to engineering reality and the analysis to measuring error, 4 parameters are preferably as follows:
Thereby obtain the coordinate (x of each sensor
i, y
i) (unit: mm) with mounted angle θ
i(unit: °):
θ
i=[45 60 90 90 120 135]
If the sampling period of laser sensor is 1kHz, measure stochastic error 0.1mm, the tested vechicle wheel measurement data that are 800 by computer simulation generation diameter as shown in figure 16, are exported diameter by measurement data according to following steps:
(3.1) collect all laser sensor output point sequence S
i, and the data when selecting 6 sensors and effectively surveying.A certain moment wheel is through out-of-date effective value:
S
i=[383.1241 244.0411 153.0311 99.8297 140.6533 243.1484]
(3.2) for the output valve S of sensor
iand mounting points coordinate (x
i, y
i), inclination angle [theta]
i, push away to obtain the point coordinate (X on camber line
i, Yi); Figure 17 has drawn S
idefinite sequence of points (X
i, Y
i) and this constantly matching after circle:
(3.3) by sequence of points (X
i, Y
i) after according to least square fitting circle, to obtain the diameter in this moment be 798.853mm.Figure 18 is all effective corresponding wheel diameter values of measuring in the moment, and it is that D is 797mm~803mm that the data in interior all moment of effective range calculate diameter.
(3.4) data in Figure 18 are averaged, obtain the output diameter D of one-shot measurement
final=800.17mm.Analogue measurement 20 times, obtains the measurement result shown in accompanying drawing 19, and from this measurement result, this embodiment can be realized the high-acruracy survey of wheel diameter, and measuring error is not considered <0.35mm in the situation of alignment error.
Embodiment 4
The present embodiment is sensor straight line vertically arranged city rail vehicle wheel diameter pick-up unit and method.
As shown in figure 20, the probe of n laser sensor is arranged and is distributed on the horizontal line that length is F along rail direction, and the vertical rail of detecting light beam of each laser sensor upwards.
The installation parameter of laser sensor meets the following conditions: the number of laser sensor is n and 3≤n≤10, it is F and n * 30mm≤F≤D that laser sensor is installed horizontal line length, D is wheel diameter, and the vertical range along the mounting points of first laser sensor of rail direction to track is | y
1| and | y
1|>=100mm.
Method based on detecting with the vertically arranged city rail vehicle wheel diameter of upper sensor straight line pick-up unit, comprises the following steps:
The 1st step, each laser sensor is installed on to the region that rail skew is vacated, the probe of laser sensor is arranged and is distributed on the horizontal line that length is F along rail direction, and upwards, each laser sensor is designated as respectively P to the vertical rail of detecting light beam of each laser sensor
i, along rail direction, i is followed successively by 1,2 ... n, the number that n is laser sensor;
The 2nd step, sets up two-dimensional coordinate system in the plane at the wheel circumference that carries out diameter measurement: along rail direction, be X-axis, through first laser sensor P
1and perpendicular to rail, be upwards Y-axis, each laser sensor probe is with respect to the mounted angle θ of X-axis
ibe 90 °, the coordinate (x of laser sensor
i, y
i) by following formula, determined:
The 3rd step, gathers the output valve of all laser sensors, and selects and have the valid data of n sensor output value group { S simultaneously
i, S
ibe i sensor P
ioutput valve, i=1,2 ... n;
The 4th step, according to sensor P
ioutput valve S
i, coordinate figure (x
i, y
i), mounted angle θ
idetermine respective sensor P on wheel
imeasurement point coordinate (X
i, Y
i):
(X
i,Y
i)=(x
i,y
i)+(S
i×cosθ
i,S
i×sinθ
i) i=1,2…n
The 5th step, according to n on wheel measurement point coordinate (X
i, Y
i) carry out fitting circle, obtain the wheel diameter D of this measuring position; Adopt least square method to carry out fitting circle, formula is as follows:
Wherein, a is the center of circle horizontal ordinate x after matching
0-2 times be a=-2x
0, b is the center of circle ordinate y after matching
0-2 times be b=-2y
0, and
Wherein C, D, E, G, H are intermediate parameters, as follows respectively:
The 6th step, carries out matching by a plurality of valid data groups that collect and obtains a series of wheel diameters, and a series of wheel diameters that obtain are averaged, and obtains the final wheel diameter D in this measuring position
final.
According to engineering reality and the analysis to measuring error, 3 parameters are preferably as follows:
Thereby obtain the coordinate (x of each sensor
i, y
i) (unit: mm):
If the sampling period of laser sensor is 1kHz, measure stochastic error 0.1mm, the tested vechicle wheel measurement data that are 800 by computer simulation generation diameter as shown in figure 21, are exported diameter by measurement data according to following steps:
(4.1) collect all laser sensor output point sequence S
i, and the data when selecting 6 sensors and effectively surveying.A certain moment wheel is through out-of-date effective value:
S
i=[233.9894 142.0952 104.0036 104.3825 143.4801 236.6142]
(4.2) for the output valve S of sensor
iand mounting points coordinate (x
i, y
i), inclination angle [theta]
i, push away to obtain the point coordinate (X on camber line
i, Y
i); Figure 22 has drawn S in (4.1)
idefinite sequence of points (X
i, Y
i) and this constantly matching after circle:
(4.3) by sequence of points (X
i, Y
i) according to least square fitting circle, to obtain the wheel diameter that this moment surveys be 799.354mm.Figure 23 is all effective corresponding wheel diameter values of measuring in the moment, and it is that D is 798.5mm~801.5mm that the data in interior all moment of effective range calculate diameter.
(4.4) data in Figure 23 are averaged, obtain the output diameter D of one-shot measurement
final=800.13mm.Analogue measurement 20 times, obtains the measurement result shown in Figure 24, and from this measurement result, this embodiment can be realized the high-acruracy survey of wheel diameter, and measuring error is <0.3mm in the situation that not considering alignment error.
Embodiment 5
The present embodiment is city rail vehicle wheel diameter pick-up unit and the method for sensor designated mounting.
As shown in figure 25, set the coordinate (x of each sensor
i, y
i) and mounted angle θ
i:
θ
i=[45° 60° 90° 120° 135°]
If the sampling period of laser sensor is 1kHz, measure stochastic error 0.1mm, the tested vechicle wheel measurement data that are 800 by computer simulation generation diameter as shown in figure 26, are exported diameter by measurement data according to following steps:
(5.1) collect all laser sensor output point sequence S
i, and the data when selecting 5 sensors and effectively surveying.A certain moment wheel is through out-of-date effective value:
S
i=[306.6595 140.0944 99.8658 140.5186 307.6415]
(5.2) for the output valve S of sensor
iand mounting points coordinate (x
i, y
i), inclination angle [theta]
i, push away to obtain the point coordinate (X on camber line
i, Y
i); Figure 27 has drawn S in (5.1)
idefinite sequence of points (X
i, Y
i) and matching after circle:
(5.3) by sequence of points (X
i, Y
i) according to least square fitting circle, to obtain the wheel diameter that this moment surveys be 801.243mm.Figure 28 is the corresponding wheel diameter values in all effective measurements constantly, and the wheel that is 800 to diameter under present embodiment measurement is effectively measured and counted is 137 points, and it is 797mm~803mm that the data in interior all moment of effective range calculate diameter D.
(5.4) data in Figure 28 are averaged, obtain the output diameter D of one-shot measurement
final=800.15mm.Analogue measurement 20 times, obtains the measurement result shown in Figure 29, and from this measurement result, this embodiment can be realized the high-acruracy survey of wheel diameter, and measuring error is <0.4mm in the situation that not considering alignment error.
In sum, the present invention is based on laser detection system, by the algorithm of least square fitting, realize the online non-cpntact measurement of train wheel, measuring accuracy is high; By any multiple spot coordinate of laser sensor automatic acquisition wheel, by corresponding data Processing Algorithm, obtain institute's measuring car wheel diameter instantly, simple, convenient quick; And have advantages of that detection speed is fast, measurement range is large.