Intelligent Integration of Railway Systems (INTEGRATED RESEARCH PROJECT - Sustainable Surface Transport)
Objective: To develop a coherent information system for the integration of railways systems in EU countries
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European Optimised Pantograph Catenary Interface (SPECIFIC TARGETED RESEARCH PROJECT Sustainable Surface Transport)
Objective: An on-board monitoring system and a track-side monitoring station are designed to detect and evaluate in real-time defects respectively in the catenary and the pantograph.
VERA
Vehicle Rail Interaction Modelling
Objective: Study of the dynamic performance of vehicles and tracks and their interactions through the wheel-rail interface (Marie Curie Host Fellowships for the Transfer of Knowledge ToK Development Host Scheme)
Nationals Projects
HYPERTRACK
Inertial System for Track Geometry Measure
Objective: Realization of a novel system for the measure of the track geometry parameters
VIDEOHEAD
Video inspection system of railway overhead line.
Objective: Development of videoinspection systems of catenary and support structure.
RAILSAFE
Safety Management of Railways Traffic: Methodologies and Innovative Technologies for the Monitoring and Diagnostic of Lines and Rolling Stocks
Objectives:
- Development of opto-electronic systems for the monitoring and the diagnostics of the permanent way
- Definition and implementation of methods for the ride quality and the wheel-rail interaction
- Implementation of an asset management system for on-condition maintenance
RISS
Laser Techniques for the 3D Reconstruction of a Robotic Cell on the International Space Station (Technological research project for Small-Medium Enterprises)
Objective: Development of two opto-electronic systems for the automatic recognition of tridimensional objects inside a robotic cell.