SmartBridge

Title: SmartBridge: Continuous Monitoring of Bridges in Operational Condition
Start Date: 01/03/2020
End Date: 28/02/2021
Funding Body: SFI
Coordinator: Vikram Pakrashi, UCD
Research Partners: Alexandra Micu, UCD; Eugene Obrien, UCD,
Project Partners: Irish Rail
Principle Investigators: Alexandra Micu, Vikram Pakrashi
Project Manager: Alexandra Micu
Research Area: Structural Health Monitoring

Introduction

The research conducted demonstrates that a sensor-equipped train has the potential to monitor the health condition of the entire Irish railway network, bridges and track, avoiding the disruption created by traditional monitoring.

An instrumented train that operates for a long period of time over the entire network can collect a large amount of data at less expense and maintenance of the monitoring system.

This large amount of data can be used by the Irish Rail management to plan more efficient maintenance schedule and budget solutions. Moreover, this project could be scaled to any other railway network worldwide.