Improving the resilience of infrastructures is key to reduce their risk vulnerability and mitigate
impact from hazards at different levels (eg, from increasing extreme events, driven by climate …

Small defects on the rails develop fast under the continuous load of passing trains, and this
may lead to train derailment and other disasters. In recent years, many types of wireless …

Defects on the rail surface will hasten the wear of the wheels. At the same time, when the
wheel is periodically hitting and rolling surface defected, the defects will gradually develop …

The rapid development of high-speed and heavy-haul railways caused rapid rail defects and
sudden failure. This requires more advanced rail inspection, ie, real-time accurate …

In order to ensure safety and reliability of railway transportation the interest in monitoring
systems is constantly increasing. These devices include sensors and electronic …

The periodic inspection of railroad tracks is very important to find structural and geometrical
problems that lead to railway accidents. Currently, in Pakistan, rail tracks are inspected by …

Oil and gas construction projects are of great importance to support and facilitate the
process of operation and production. However, these projects usually face chronic risks that …

Drones have recently become a new tool in railway inspection and monitoring (RIM)
worldwide, but there is still a lack of information about the specific benefits and costs. This …

In recent decades, there has been a constant demand for faster, longer, and safer railway
networks. This also brings challenges for condition monitoring systems in modern railway …

The expansion of the railway industry has increased the demand for the three-dimensional
modeling of railway tracks. Due to the increasing development of UAV technology and its …