Nowadays, the railway industry is in a position where it is able to exploit the opportunities
created by the IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) and enabling communication technologies …

In recent years, railway systems have played a significant role in transportation systems due
to the demand increase in conveying both cargo and passengers. Due to the harsh …

Distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) over tens of kilometers of fiber optic cables is well-suited
for monitoring extended railway infrastructures. As DAS produces large, noisy datasets, it is …

We present an investigation of inkjet printed strain gauges based on two-dimensional (2D)
materials. The technology leverages water-based and biocompatible inks to fabricate strain …

Railway track maintenance is becoming a real challenge for Railway Engineers due to the
need of meeting increasingly high quality requirements by means of cost-effective …

Fiber Bragg grating (FBG) based sensors have been extensively used to monitor the
deformation of structures (ie, aircrafts, ocean platforms, bridges, tunnels, pavements and …

The paper describes an algorithm to detect wheel flat defects by measuring the vertical
acceleration on the axle-box. The algorithm operates in the time domain and it is suitable to …

To study the law of wheel set lateral displacement (WSLD), a test system is equipped with
lasers for the switch and crossing panel instrumentation. Some measurements including …

Differential settlement of ballast and subgrade is a common issue in ballasted railway tracks.
In transition zones between two different track forms, such as between a ballasted track and …

Optical fiber-based sensors “embedded” in functionalized carbon structures (FCSs) and
textile net structures (TNSs) based on alkaline-resistant glass are introduced for the purpose …