Railway track fault detection system

Abstract: The main objective of this project is to design and develop an automatic rail crack detection system to identify any crack or deformation on the railway track based on electromagnetic induction technology using eddy current probe. When the vehicle is powered ON, it moves along the model track. The eddy current probe monitors the condition of the tracks and IR sensor is used to detect the obstacle if present. When the crack or the obstacle is detected by the respective sensor the vehicle stops and the GPS receiver triangulates the position of the vehicle to receive the Latitude and Longitude coordinates of the vehicle position from satellites. The Latitude and longitude coordinates fetched by GPS are sent to control room with the help of Wi-Fi Module. The complete setup is powered by battery.

Keywords: Eddy current probe, Ardiuno-uno, Wifi Module.