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  • Railway Engineering
  • Non-Destructive Testing
  • Artificial Intelligence

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  • Railway infrastructure faces increasing strain, necessitating enhanced reliability and maintenance.
  • Excessive wheel-rail friction can lead to severe rail defects, compromising safety and economic viability.
  • Current eddy current methods for rail defect detection require improvement in automatic identification capabilities.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop an embedded system for online detection and location of rail defects using eddy current.
  • To introduce a novel signal interpretation method employing wavelet transforms and convolutional neural networks.
  • To enhance the optimization of railway maintenance plans through accurate anomaly classification.

Main Methods:

  • Implementation of an embedded system for real-time eddy current signal acquisition.
  • Application of wavelet transform analysis to interpret eddy current signals.
  • Utilization of a convolutional neural network for automated classification of rail defects.

Main Results:

  • The embedded system successfully detected and located rail defects in real-time.
  • The proposed method achieved a classification efficiency of approximately 98% for identified rail anomalies.
  • The system demonstrated superior performance compared to existing methods in the literature.

Conclusions:

  • The developed embedded system offers an effective solution for online rail defect monitoring.
  • The combination of eddy current, wavelet transform, and convolutional neural networks significantly improves defect identification accuracy.
  • This technology enables more efficient and targeted railway maintenance strategies.