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PROCEEDINGS OF THE SIXTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RAILWAY TECHNOLOGY: RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE
Edited by: J. Pombo
Paper 8.1

Maintenance Applications of a Machine Learning Model of Rail Defects

O. Vo Van1 and V. Laurent2

1Direction Technologies, Innovation et Projets Groupe, SNCF, France
2Centre Borelli, ENS Paris-Saclay, Université Paris-Saclay, France

Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper
O. Vo Van, V. Laurent, "Maintenance Applications of a Machine Learning Model of Rail Defects", in J. Pombo, (Editor), "Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Railway Technology: Research, Development and Maintenance", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, Online volume: CCC 7, Paper 8.1, 2024, doi:10.4203/ccc.7.8.1
Keywords: machine learning, rail, random forest, prescriptive maintenance, predictive maintenance, rolling contact fatigue.

Abstract
Rolling contact fatigue is the first cause of rail degradation. The phenomenon is deemed random yet depending on many exogenous parameters. Numerical physical modeling has shown its limits and data modeling had to be introduced. In this paper, one proposes to show diverse applications of a hybrid model using data and physics in an industrial context. The data architecture linking physical model, random forest classification model and survival forest model is quickly exposed. Then some indicators are proposed to eval the model performance. Three applications are then developed based on this mixed-model, phenomenon understanding - closely linked with model validation by expert knowledge -, predictive maintenance scheduling by rail grinding, and prescriptive maintenance illustrated by fixing the time delay before the first visit by ultrasound engines.

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