Systematic review: Ultrasonic technology for detecting rail defects

Z Xue, Y Xu, M Hu, S Li - Construction and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Defects in the rails can affect the operational safety of the railway. In order to examine the
knowledge structure of the research about the ultrasonic testing of rail defects, a systematic …

[HTML][HTML] Machine Learning Based Eddy Current Testing: A Review

N Munir, J Huang, CN Wong, SJ Song - Results in Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Eddy current testing (ECT) is an established non-destructive evaluation (NDE) technique to
evaluate materials. In last decade, machine learning (ML) has revolutionized many areas …

Research on steel rail surface defects detection based on improved YOLOv4 network

Z Mi, R Chen, S Zhao - Frontiers in neurorobotics, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction The surface images of steel rails are extremely difficult to detect and recognize
due to the presence of interference such as light changes and texture background clutter …

MSRConvNet: classification of railway track defects using multi-scale residual convolutional neural network

H Acikgoz, D Korkmaz - Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 2023 - Elsevier
The development of an automated rail line defect classification system is of great benefit, as
railway tracks must be periodically monitored and inspected to guarantee the safety of rail …

A system for a real-time electronic component detection and classification on a conveyor belt

D Varna, V Abromavičius - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The presented research addresses the real-time object detection problem with small and
moving objects, specifically the surface-mount component on a conveyor. Detecting and …

[HTML][HTML] Crack classification and quantitative evaluation based on dimensionality reduction optimization model of multifeature weak magnetic signal

B Hu, W Luo, W Shi, G Xia, H Cheng - Results in Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, we propose a classification and quantitative method based on the optimization
model of dimensionality reduction for detecting crack defects in superalloy turbine disks …

Detecting dyeing machine entanglement anomalies by using time series image analysis and deep learning techniques for dyeing-finishing process

CC Wang, CH Kuo - Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2023 - Elsevier
Tangle anomalies represent a critical quality bottleneck in the dyeing and finishing process.
The key problem is that most dyeing and finishing factories in Taiwan are small and medium …

Weld defect detection with convolutional neural network: an application of deep learning

M Madhav, SS Ambekar, M Hudnurkar - Annals of Operations Research, 2023 - Springer
In the present era of Industry 4.0, the manufacturing sector has expressed its high approval
of automated camera-based weld defect detection in micro, small, and medium enterprises …

A rail defect detection framework under class-imbalanced conditions based on improved you only look once network

Y Ding, Q Zhao, T Li, C Lu, L Tao, J Ma - Engineering Applications of …, 2024 - Elsevier
In real rail operations, defects that can lead to serious accidents occur at very low
frequencies, resulting in sample scarcity and class imbalances in rail defect datasets. Under …

Two-stage Bayesian inference for rail model updating and crack detection with ultrasonic guided wave measurements and advanced wave propagation simulation

JZ Zhan, WJ Yan, W Wu, KV Yuen… - Journal of Sound and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract Ultrasonic Guided Waves (UGWs) play a vital role in the non-destructive testing due
to exceptional sensitivity to small damage. This study proposes an integrated two-stage …