Manuscript Number : IJSRST52310372

Development of Railway Track Crack Detection System using Arduino

Authors(8) :-Prof. Najma Siddiqui, Prof. Akil Ahmed, Tejas Thakre, Sujyot Jibhe, Yogesh Karnake, Samir Sheikh, Yash Sangole, Sohelraza Sheikh

The Indian Railways has one of the largest railway networks in the world, criss- crossing over 1,15,000 km in distance, all over India. However, with regard to reliability and passenger safety Indian Railways is not up to global standards. Among other factors, cracks developed on the rails due to absence of timely detection and the associated maintenance pose serious questions on the security of operation of rail transport. A recent study revealed that over 25% of the track length is in need of replacement due to the development of cracks on it. Manual detection of tracks is cumbersome and not fully effective owing to much time consumption and requirement of skilled technicians. This paper is aimed towards addressing the issue by developing an automatic railway track crack detection system with the proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT). It is possible to collect massive amount of data for localization and tracking of Railway Fault Detection.

Authors and Affiliations

Prof. Najma Siddiqui
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Anjuman College of Engineering and Technology, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Prof. Akil Ahmed
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Anjuman College of Engineering and Technology, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Tejas Thakre
Department of Electrical Engineering, Anjuman College of Engineering and Technology, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Sujyot Jibhe
Department of Electrical Engineering, Anjuman College of Engineering and Technology, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Yogesh Karnake
Department of Electrical Engineering, Anjuman College of Engineering and Technology, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Samir Sheikh
Department of Electrical Engineering, Anjuman College of Engineering and Technology, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Yash Sangole
Department of Electrical Engineering, Anjuman College of Engineering and Technology, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Sohelraza Sheikh
Department of Electrical Engineering, Anjuman College of Engineering and Technology, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

Railway Track, Crack detection, Automatic Robot, Sensor and Controller, GSM & GPS

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 10 | Issue 3 | May-June 2023
Date of Publication : 2023-06-30
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 302-309
Manuscript Number : IJSRST52310372
Publisher : Technoscience Academy

Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Online ISSN : 2395-602X

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Prof. Najma Siddiqui, Prof. Akil Ahmed, Tejas Thakre, Sujyot Jibhe, Yogesh Karnake, Samir Sheikh, Yash Sangole, Sohelraza Sheikh, " Development of Railway Track Crack Detection System using Arduino", International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Volume 10, Issue 3, pp.302-309, May-June-2023. Available at doi : https://doi.org/10.32628/IJSRST52310372    
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