Crack Identification and Flaw Detection Eva-luation of Bolster Hanger Based on Machine Vision

[Objective] The bolster hanger, as a critical component of the bolster spring suspension system, is highly susceptible to fatigue cracks due to excessive dynamic loads and prolonged service life, significantly impacting railway operational safety. To meet the intelligent magnetic particle flaw detec...

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Main Authors: YANG Fan, ZHAO Mengjiao, CHEN Ying, JIANG Xue
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Published: Urban Mass Transit Magazine Press 2025-02-01
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Online Access:https://umt1998.tongji.edu.cn/journal/paper/doi/10.16037/j.1007-869x.2025.02.027.html
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description [Objective] The bolster hanger, as a critical component of the bolster spring suspension system, is highly susceptible to fatigue cracks due to excessive dynamic loads and prolonged service life, significantly impacting railway operational safety. To meet the intelligent magnetic particle flaw detection requirements for bolster hangers and assist inspection personnel in the flaw detection work, special research on crack identification and flaw detection evaluation of bolster hangers is conducted based on machine vision. [Method] To address the limitations of the YOLOv5 algorithm backbone network in capturing crack information, it is proposed to integrate the SimAM (similarity-aware attention module) mechanism into the backbone network to enhance the model′s sensitivity to crack information and its resistance to background noise interference synchronously. In addition, to overcome the potential information loss during the feature fusion stage of the Neck network, an enhanced BiFPN (bidirectional feature pyramid network) structure is introduced for efficient fusion of multi-scale feature maps. By implementing a weighted fusion strategy and bidirectional connection mechanism, the loss of critical bottom-level information is effectively reduced. [Result & Conclusion] The performance of the YOLOv5-SA-BF model is tested using an image acquisition system for bolster hangers. Experimental results demonstrate that the improved algorithm achieved a MAP (mean average precision) of 98.08%, representing a 2.91% increase over the original model, and a Recall increase of 4.13%. The model effectively addresses background false positives and low detection accuracy issues, meeting the requirements in actual inspection.
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spelling doaj-art-de2bc3b981fa445cbc084f80c287c0a72025-08-20T03:00:50ZzhoUrban Mass Transit Magazine PressChengshi guidao jiaotong yanjiu1007-869X2025-02-0128213013310.16037/j.1007-869x.2025.02.027Crack Identification and Flaw Detection Eva-luation of Bolster Hanger Based on Machine VisionYANG Fan0ZHAO Mengjiao1CHEN Ying2JIANG Xue3Changchun CRRC Rail Vehicles Facilities Co., Ltd., 130062, Changchun, ChinaZhan Tianyou College, Dalian Jiaotong University, 116028, Dalian, ChinaChangchun CRRC Rail Vehicles Facilities Co., Ltd., 130062, Changchun, ChinaShenyang Dafang Electric Co., Ltd., 110003, Shenyang, China[Objective] The bolster hanger, as a critical component of the bolster spring suspension system, is highly susceptible to fatigue cracks due to excessive dynamic loads and prolonged service life, significantly impacting railway operational safety. To meet the intelligent magnetic particle flaw detection requirements for bolster hangers and assist inspection personnel in the flaw detection work, special research on crack identification and flaw detection evaluation of bolster hangers is conducted based on machine vision. [Method] To address the limitations of the YOLOv5 algorithm backbone network in capturing crack information, it is proposed to integrate the SimAM (similarity-aware attention module) mechanism into the backbone network to enhance the model′s sensitivity to crack information and its resistance to background noise interference synchronously. In addition, to overcome the potential information loss during the feature fusion stage of the Neck network, an enhanced BiFPN (bidirectional feature pyramid network) structure is introduced for efficient fusion of multi-scale feature maps. By implementing a weighted fusion strategy and bidirectional connection mechanism, the loss of critical bottom-level information is effectively reduced. [Result & Conclusion] The performance of the YOLOv5-SA-BF model is tested using an image acquisition system for bolster hangers. Experimental results demonstrate that the improved algorithm achieved a MAP (mean average precision) of 98.08%, representing a 2.91% increase over the original model, and a Recall increase of 4.13%. The model effectively addresses background false positives and low detection accuracy issues, meeting the requirements in actual inspection.https://umt1998.tongji.edu.cn/journal/paper/doi/10.16037/j.1007-869x.2025.02.027.htmlrailway passenger vehiclebolster hangercrack identificationmagnetic particle flaw detectionflaw detection evaluationyolov5-sa-bf model
spellingShingle YANG Fan
ZHAO Mengjiao
CHEN Ying
JIANG Xue
Crack Identification and Flaw Detection Eva-luation of Bolster Hanger Based on Machine Vision
Chengshi guidao jiaotong yanjiu
railway passenger vehicle
bolster hanger
crack identification
magnetic particle flaw detection
flaw detection evaluation
yolov5-sa-bf model
title Crack Identification and Flaw Detection Eva-luation of Bolster Hanger Based on Machine Vision
title_full Crack Identification and Flaw Detection Eva-luation of Bolster Hanger Based on Machine Vision
title_fullStr Crack Identification and Flaw Detection Eva-luation of Bolster Hanger Based on Machine Vision
title_full_unstemmed Crack Identification and Flaw Detection Eva-luation of Bolster Hanger Based on Machine Vision
title_short Crack Identification and Flaw Detection Eva-luation of Bolster Hanger Based on Machine Vision
title_sort crack identification and flaw detection eva luation of bolster hanger based on machine vision
topic railway passenger vehicle
bolster hanger
crack identification
magnetic particle flaw detection
flaw detection evaluation
yolov5-sa-bf model
url https://umt1998.tongji.edu.cn/journal/paper/doi/10.16037/j.1007-869x.2025.02.027.html
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