Application of Neural Networks for Recognizing Rail Structural Elements in Magnetic and Eddy Current Defectograms

To ensure traffic safety of railway transport, non-destructive test of rails is regularly carried out by using various approaches and methods, including magnetic and eddy current flaw detection methods. An automatic analysis of large data sets (defectgrams) that come from the corresponding equipment...

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Main Authors: Egor V. Kuzmin, Oleg E. Gorbunov, Petr O. Plotnikov, Vadim A. Tyukin, Vladimir A. Bashkin
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Language:English
Published: Yaroslavl State University 2018-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.mais-journal.ru/jour/article/view/765
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Oleg E. Gorbunov
Petr O. Plotnikov
Vadim A. Tyukin
Vladimir A. Bashkin
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description To ensure traffic safety of railway transport, non-destructive test of rails is regularly carried out by using various approaches and methods, including magnetic and eddy current flaw detection methods. An automatic analysis of large data sets (defectgrams) that come from the corresponding equipment is an actual problem. The analysis means a process of determining the presence of defective sections along with identifying structural elements of railway tracks on defectograms. This article is devoted to the problem of recognition of rail structural element images in magnetic and eddy current defectograms. Three classes of rail track structural elements are considered: 1) a bolted joint with straight or beveled connection of rails, 2) a butt weld of rails, and 3) an aluminothermic weld of rails. Images that cannot be assigned to these three classes are conditionally considered as defects and are placed in a separate fourth class. For image recognition of structural elements in defectograms a neural network is applied. The neural network is implemented by using the open library TensorFlow. To this purpose each selected (picked out) area of a defectogram is converted into a graphic image in a grayscale with size of 20 x 39 pixels.
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spelling doaj-art-ec8f1e15860845a3a606b8fd6d4491e72025-08-20T04:00:19ZengYaroslavl State UniversityМоделирование и анализ информационных систем1818-10152313-54172018-12-0125666767910.18255/1818-1015-2018-6-667-679533Application of Neural Networks for Recognizing Rail Structural Elements in Magnetic and Eddy Current DefectogramsEgor V. Kuzmin0Oleg E. Gorbunov1Petr O. Plotnikov2Vadim A. Tyukin3Vladimir A. Bashkin4P.G. Demidov Yaroslavl State UniversityCenter of Innovative Programming, NDDLabCenter of Innovative Programming, NDDLabCenter of Innovative Programming, NDDLabP.G. Demidov Yaroslavl State UniversityTo ensure traffic safety of railway transport, non-destructive test of rails is regularly carried out by using various approaches and methods, including magnetic and eddy current flaw detection methods. An automatic analysis of large data sets (defectgrams) that come from the corresponding equipment is an actual problem. The analysis means a process of determining the presence of defective sections along with identifying structural elements of railway tracks on defectograms. This article is devoted to the problem of recognition of rail structural element images in magnetic and eddy current defectograms. Three classes of rail track structural elements are considered: 1) a bolted joint with straight or beveled connection of rails, 2) a butt weld of rails, and 3) an aluminothermic weld of rails. Images that cannot be assigned to these three classes are conditionally considered as defects and are placed in a separate fourth class. For image recognition of structural elements in defectograms a neural network is applied. The neural network is implemented by using the open library TensorFlow. To this purpose each selected (picked out) area of a defectogram is converted into a graphic image in a grayscale with size of 20 x 39 pixels.https://www.mais-journal.ru/jour/article/view/765nondestructive testingmagnetic and eddy current testingrail flaw detectionautomated analysis of defectogramsneural networks
spellingShingle Egor V. Kuzmin
Oleg E. Gorbunov
Petr O. Plotnikov
Vadim A. Tyukin
Vladimir A. Bashkin
Application of Neural Networks for Recognizing Rail Structural Elements in Magnetic and Eddy Current Defectograms
Моделирование и анализ информационных систем
nondestructive testing
magnetic and eddy current testing
rail flaw detection
automated analysis of defectograms
neural networks
title Application of Neural Networks for Recognizing Rail Structural Elements in Magnetic and Eddy Current Defectograms
title_full Application of Neural Networks for Recognizing Rail Structural Elements in Magnetic and Eddy Current Defectograms
title_fullStr Application of Neural Networks for Recognizing Rail Structural Elements in Magnetic and Eddy Current Defectograms
title_full_unstemmed Application of Neural Networks for Recognizing Rail Structural Elements in Magnetic and Eddy Current Defectograms
title_short Application of Neural Networks for Recognizing Rail Structural Elements in Magnetic and Eddy Current Defectograms
title_sort application of neural networks for recognizing rail structural elements in magnetic and eddy current defectograms
topic nondestructive testing
magnetic and eddy current testing
rail flaw detection
automated analysis of defectograms
neural networks
url https://www.mais-journal.ru/jour/article/view/765
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