Open AccessRAILWAY TRACK – CRACK DETECTION SYSTEM BY USING ARDUINO MICROCONTROLLER
Author(s) -
Nikhil Bhojwani,
Anaam Ansari,
S S Jirge,
M B Baviskar,
Dhanashree Pawar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of engineering applied science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2455-2143
DOI - 10.33564/ijeast.2021.v06i05.044
Subject(s) - track (disk drive) , microcontroller , arduino , global positioning system , gsm , level crossing , computer science , real time computing , automotive engineering , embedded system , engineering , telecommunications , operating system , mechanical engineering
- In India railways transportation service isthe cheapest and most convenient mode of passengertransport as well as for long distance and suburbantraffic. Almost 80% of the transport in India is beingcarried out by railway network. The main cause of theaccidents happened in railways are railway trackcrossing and unidentified crack in rail tracks. About60% accidents are happened at railway track crossingand due to crack in railway tracks resulting in loss ofprecious life of passengers and loss of economy.Therefore, there is a need to have new technologywhich will be robust, efficient and stable for both crackdetection in railway track as well as object detection.This project discusses a Railway track crack detectionusing sensors and is a dynamic approach whichcombines the use of GPS tracking system and GSMmodule to send alert messages and the geographicalcoordinate of location. An Arduino Microcontroller isused to control and coordinate the activities of thisdevice.