Automatic Railway Track Crack Detection System

Abstract

Railway system is the most commonly used transportation system especially in India. But due to miscommunication about the railway schedules and lack of coordination, accidents happen. According to survey, 60 % of the accidents happen either at crossings or cracks in railway tracks. To avoid these situations, it is necessary to have an accurate system for both of them. This project proposes a system which includes automated railway gates at crossings and also automatic crack detection in railway tracks. This model is implemented using sensor technique. The sensors are placed at a certain distance from the gate and they detect the approaching train and accordingly control the operation of the gate. After detecting the crack, the coordinates are tracked and sent back to control room for further actions. This system includes IR sensors, ARDUINO microcontroller along with GPS and GSM modules. This will help in detecting the cracks and functioning of gates get done without any human intervention.

Country : India

1 Sneha Kirdat2 Rohan Shinde3 Tejas Khamkar4 Atharva Bankhele5 Prof. P. N. Todkar

  1. Student, Electrical Engineering, Jaywantrao Sawant College of Engineering, Hadapsar, Pune, Maharashtra, India
  2. Student, Electrical Engineering, Jaywantrao Sawant College of Engineering, Hadapsar, Pune, Maharashtra, India
  3. Student, Electrical Engineering, Jaywantrao Sawant College of Engineering, Hadapsar, Pune, Maharashtra, India
  4. Student, Electrical Engineering, Jaywantrao Sawant College of Engineering, Hadapsar, Pune, Maharashtra, India
  5. Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering, Jaywantrao Sawant College of Engineering, Hadapsar, Pune, Maharashtra, India

IRJIET, Volume 8, Issue 3, March 2024 pp. 304-309

doi.org/10.47001/IRJIET/2024.803046

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