Recent Submissions

  • Automatic measurement of rail line expansion joint gaps 

    Islam, Samiul; Khan, Rubayat Ahmed; Biswas, Rubel (© 2014 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015-03)
    Expansion joint gaps are the gaps which are deliberately left between the rail ends to allow for expansion of the rails in hot weather. Over gapping of these end to end gaps often result in derailments. Therefore in order ...
  • Automatic detection of defective rail anchors 

    Khan, Rubayat Ahmed; Islam, Samiul; Biswas, Rubel (2014-11)
    Rail line anchors/fasteners are the metallic components that attach each line with the sleepers. These are essential rail components as absence of these often result in derailments. Therefore in order to prevent dangerous ...
  • Clustering and detection of good and bad rail line anchors from images 

    Islam, Samiul; Khan, Rubayat Ahmed (© 2015 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016-06)
    Absence of railway anchors/fasteners is a serious concern as it might lead to severe consequences such as train derailments. Hence regular inspection is an obligation to ensure safety. The third world countries choose the ...