Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Railway track geometry defect modeling for predicting deterioration, derailment risk, and optimal repair
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Application No.: US13962310Application Date: 2013-08-08
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Publication No.: US09764746B2Publication Date: 2017-09-19
- Inventor: Debarun Bhattacharjya , Arun Hampapur , Qing He , Hongfei Li , Dhaivat P. Parikh
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Agent Keivan Razavi
- Main IPC: B61K9/08
- IPC: B61K9/08 ; G06Q10/06 ; G06F17/50 ; B61L23/04 ; B61L27/00

Abstract:
Geo-defect repair modeling is provided. A method includes logically dividing a railroad network according to spatial and temporal dimensions with respect to historical data collected. The spatial dimensions include line segments of a specified length and the temporal dimensions include inspection run data for inspections performed for each of the line segments over a period of time. The method also includes creating a track deterioration model from the historical data, identifying geo-defects occurring at each inspection run from the track deterioration model, calculating a track deterioration condition from the track deterioration model by analyzing quantified changes in the geo-defects measured at each inspection run, and calculating a derailment risk based on track conditions determined from the inspection run data and the track deterioration condition. The method further includes determining a repair decision for each of the geo-defects based on the derailment risk and costs associated with previous comparable repairs.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140200830A1 RAILWAY TRACK GEOMETRY DEFECT MODELING FOR PREDICTING DETERIORATION, DERAILMENT RISK, AND OPTIMAL REPAIR Public/Granted day:2014-07-17
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