RAILWAY TRACK INSPECTION VEHICLE


EOI: 10.11242/viva-tech.01.06.002

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ABHINNASUNDAR GUJARI, YASH PAWAR, MANOJ GOUNDAR, RITESH CHAVAN, "RAILWAY TRACK INSPECTION VEHICLE", VIVA-IJRI Volume 1, Issue 6, Article 1, pp. 1-5, 2023. Published by Computer Engineering Department, VIVA Institute of Technology, Virar, India.

Abstract

A train is the popular conveyor for the people next to buses. Railways are the lifelines of a country. The automation of trains is essential as a mishap causes more damage to its travelers and the department. Our present model is a minor attempt to find out how the aforesaid idea can be implemented. Though this model will not serve the purpose of actual commercial use, it is sufficient to show the way through which we can proceed to make the train systems completely automatic with the aid of electronics. The detection of cracks in rails is a challenging problem, and much research work has been spent on the development of consistent, repeatable crack detection systems for use on in-service rails. While crack detection in the rail head and shear web is consistently achieved by using ultrasonic and eddy current techniques, neither technique is particularly operative for the detection of cracks in the rail foot. In our “Indian railway system”, all the controlling purposes are done by manpower. Breaks in railway lines are lines and are still one of the biggest causes of train derailment. The most common break is a crack in the crown of the rail that forms an estimated 70° angle with the horizon line. This flaw, due to its peculiar shape, is known as the kidney defect. Breaks in rails may vary from a narrow crack to the separation of a part of a rail. In some cases, the break occurs inside the rail at the time of the manufacturing process. In our method we are making use of ultrasonic sensors for crack detection. We are making use of the NEO6M module for sending GPS co-ordinates where the train has stopped using LoRa technology.

Keywords

Ultrasonic sensors, LORA, crack detection, railway track, GPS system, ESP32CAM.

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