Authors : Pruthvijeet Shelake; Rutuja Bavdekar; V. P. Mohite

Volume/Issue : Volume 9 - 2024, Issue 5 - May

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/IJISRT24MAY2150

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Abstract : In the developing country, individuals are encountering numerous accidents. It would be undesirable. For any country to lose their lives for no reason is unacceptable. Railways are a type of transportation. crucial transports in India The crack must be manually detected. On the railway track, railway personnel are responsible for addressing this issue, even though. The inspection is conducted on a regular basis. Occasionally, the crack may go unnoticed. Due to There is a possibility of a train accident or derailment. This situation can be prevented by doing this. Automating railway crack detection has been suggested. This device emits sound waves that are higher than human hearing and detects the echoes that bounce back from objects. The railway track was monitored for any cracks by measuring the distance from the track to the ground. The microcontroller detects a crack if the sensor measures a distance larger than the set value. We are utilizing Arduino microcontroller. Upon identifying cracks or objects, the testing robotic vehicle halts and transmits its current longitudinal and latitudinal positions via SMS to both GSM and GPS at the control station. A new type of robotic car that uses IoT technology to detect cracks in railway tracks is a promising solution to improve the inspection of transportation infrastructure, making it safer and more reliable.

Keywords : GSM, GPS, LDR, Ultra Sonic Sensor, Internet of Things, Railway Fault Detection.

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