Railroad Track Performance Monitoring by Advanced Sensor Network & Big Data
The objective this research is to develop a program of hardware and software to: (1) quantify, in the field, the ballast condition and failure criteria; and (2) offer a platform for the future “real-time ballast stability evaluation and monitoring program.” Efforts will be spent on the following specific areas: (1) Development of advanced SmartRocks with (a) an onboard programmable ballast condition assessment criteria; and (b) power management program to significantly extend the monitoring period; (2) Field instrumentation of the advanced sensor networks at different locations under different traffic and maintenance conditions; and (3) A Big Data algorithm to analyze the SmartRock data and further improve the accuracy of ballast condition assessment criteria mentioned in area 1.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $Federal $176,516 Match $180,378
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Contract Numbers:
69A3551847103
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Sponsor Organizations:
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
University Transportation Centers Program
Department of Transportation
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Managing Organizations:
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA United States 16802 -
Project Managers:
Donnell, Eric
Rajabipour, Farshad
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Performing Organizations:
Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Thomas D. Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute
Research Office Building
University Park, PA United States 16802-4710University of Delaware, Newark
Department of Civil Engineering
301 DuPont Hall
Newark, DE United States 19716 - Start Date: 20190301
- Expected Completion Date: 20210930
- Actual Completion Date: 20220228
- USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Algorithms; Ballast (Railroads); Condition surveys; Data collection; Failure; Instrumentation; Railroad tracks; Sensors; Software
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Railroads;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01698495
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Center for Integrated Asset Management for Multimodal Transportation Infrastructure Systems (CIAMTIS)
- Contract Numbers: 69A3551847103
- Files: UTC, RIP
- Created Date: Mar 4 2019 4:38PM