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ISSN 1759-3433
CCP: 110
PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RAILWAY TECHNOLOGY: RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE
Edited by: J. Pombo
Paper 214

A Method for Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of a Train Accident Scene using Photographs

Z. Tang1, Y.Y. Nie1, J. Chang2 and J.J. Zhang1,2

1State Key Laboratory of Traction Power, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China
2National Centre for Computer Animation, Bournemouth University, Poole, United Kingdom

Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper
Z. Tang, Y.Y. Nie, J. Chang, J.J. Zhang, "A Method for Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of a Train Accident Scene using Photographs", in J. Pombo, (Editor), "Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Railway Technology: Research, Development and Maintenance", Civil-Comp Press, Stirlingshire, UK, Paper 214, 2016. doi:10.4203/ccp.110.214
Keywords: train accident reconstruction, accident rescue, photo-based modelling. .

Summary
Railway accidents that usually cause numerous property and life losses occurred in recent years all around the world. In general, resources such as financial supports and incident rescue programs are required to minimize the losses after an accident. Due to lack of comprehensive information collected from accident sites, most railway emergency management departments face a predicament in setting up rescue schemes. To tackle the issue, realistic three-dimensional virtual accident scene reconstruction technology is developed, which provides and visualises supplementary materials and information about a train accident and can offer assistance to emergency crews when making decisions. We propose a photo-based three-dimensional reconstruction framework of vehicles for measuring the positions and poses of carriages involved in an accident. We implement and examine two case studies to validate this reconstruction method, which performs well in the assigned tasks.

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