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Machine Vision Condition Monitoring of Heavy-Axle Load Railcar Structural Underframe Components

Last updated on 29 August 2014 4:49

To ensure the safe and efficient operation of the approximately 1.6 million freight cars (wagons) in the North American railroad network, the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT), Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) requires periodic inspection of railcars to detect structural damage and defects. Railcar structural underframe components, including the centre...

Author(s): Schlake B W;Todorovic S;Edwards J R;Hart J M;Ahuja N;Barkan C P L

Organisation(s): Railroad Engineering Program, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory, Urbana, Illinois, USA ; School of EECS, Oregon State University, Kelly Engineering Center, Corvallis, Oregon, USA ; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Vision and Robotics Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Urbana, Illinois, USA ;

2010

United States

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