Abstract:
Railsareone of themostimportantcomponents of
railwaytransportation. It is neededthattherails can be observed
at regularinterval in ordertoensurethesafety of
railwaytransportation, preventthedisruption of transportation,
andavoidaccidents. To be inspected of
railsurfacebyusingmanualtechniques,
bothdamagestherailsurfaceandleadstodisruption of railway
transport.
Railprofileanalysismethodsthatutilizecontactlessimageprocessi
ngtechniquesareavailable in theliterature in
ordertoavoidtheseproblems. Thispaperpresents a comparison of
raildefectdetectionmethodsthatareavailable in theliterature.
Thesemethods in theliteraturehavebeencompared in terms of
feasibility, performance, accuracy, elapsed time,
andimageprocessingtechniquesused.
Theadvantagesanddisadvantages of
thesemethodsrelativetoeachotherareexamined in thisarticle
