Essays about: "Rail sleeper"

Showing result 11 - 14 of 14 essays containing the words Rail sleeper.

  1. 11. MACHINE VISION FOR AUTOMATICVISUAL INSPECTION OF WOODENRAILWAY SLEEPERS USING UNSUPERVISED NEURAL NETWORKS

    University essay from Datateknik

    Author : Mihira Manne; [2009]
    Keywords : Artificial intelligence; Non-destructive testing; Rail inspection; Rail transportation; Unsupervised learning; Data fusion;

    Abstract : The motivation for this thesis work is the need for improving reliability of equipment and quality of service to railway passengers as well as a requirement for cost-effective and efficient condition maintenance management for rail transportation. This thesis work develops a fusion of various machine vision analysis methods to achieve high performance in automation of wooden rail track inspection. READ MORE

  2. 12. Real time video segmentation for recognising paint marks on bad wooden railway sleepers

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Datateknik

    Author : Asif ur Rahman Shaik; [2008]
    Keywords : Condition Monitoring; Intelligent Vehicle; Videos; Color Segmentation; Spots objects ; Regions;

    Abstract : Wooden railway sleeper inspections in Sweden are currently performed manually by a human operator; such inspections are based on visual analysis. Machine vision based approach has been done to emulate the visual abilities of human operator to enable automation of the process. READ MORE

  3. 13. The Influence of Under Sleeper Pads on Railway Track Dynamics

    University essay from Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling

    Author : Stephen Witt; [2008]
    Keywords : railway rack; track stiffness; under sleeper pad; finite element model; hanging sleeper;

    Abstract : In this work the influence of Under Sleeper Pads on the dynamic forces on a railway track is investigated. A special interest is devoted to the effect of using Under Sleeper Pads in a railway track with changing vertical stiffness. The contact force between wheel and rail and the ballast contact forces are examined. READ MORE

  4. 14. Machine vision for the automatic classification of images acquired from Non-destructive tests

    University essay from Datateknik

    Author : Gayatri Gutta; [2007]
    Keywords : Artificial intelligence; Non-destructive testing; Automatic data interpretation; Rail inspection; Rail transportation;

    Abstract : This project is based on Artificial Intelligence (A.I) and Digital Image processing (I.P) for automatic condition monitoring of sleepers in the railway track. Rail inspection is a very important task in railway maintenance for traffic safety issues and in preventing dangerous situations. READ MORE