FBR_OC2_45-SMART - Sustainable Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Railway Track

Bilateral initiative facts

Promoter:
IDMEC – Institute of Mechanical Engineering(PT)
Bilateral initiative number:
PT-BI099
Initial cost:
€13,471
Initiative Types:
Workshop or seminar
Partners:
Cracow University of Technology(PL)
Metropolitano de Lisboa
E.P.E.(PT)
NOVA.id.FCT(PT)
Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet)(NO)
Programme:
Programme areas:

Description

Railway is one of the low CO2 emission means of transport. In line with UN Goal 9 “Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure”, its maintenance and rehabilitation plan are of utmost importance. The SMART proposal aims to combine the traditional track monitoring with innovative ideas based on recognition of defects and incorrect operation by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). Appropriately adapted techniques for image processing of UAV video recordings will be applied to the noise analysis of the properly edited audio part. A library of such recordings and the ability of comparative analysis should

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