Intelligent & Integrated asset management

The Flagship Project stemming from this topic shall develop under the following capabilities the enablers and any other which may contribute to deliver the aforementioned expected outcome:

Capability for Information sharing across the supply chain and TMS

Enabler 1: Scalable information platform to integrate and exchange information (e.g. asset health, maintenance planning, fleet operation, etc.) across the supply chain and TMS, requiring necessary management and sharing agreements between the involved actors at TRL6 in 2025, amongst others:

• secure standardised interfaces, methods, and processes for different data exchange (e.g. inspection devices to Asset Management Platform, etc.) at TRL6 in 2025, and
• high performance and/or edge computing solutions coupled with secure, wired, and wireless communication networks for information sharing at TRL6 in 2025.

Developments on all those enablers should also cover important preparatory works with higher TRL for the future set of demonstration foreseen in the Multi- annual Work programme in view of the evolutions of the solutions.

Capability for Unmanned and non-invasive monitoring and inspections

Enabler 2: Improved (in terms of cost reduction and/or better accuracy) asset diagnostic and inspection systems, as well as advanced, context aware, unmanned automated monitoring and inspections solutions at TRL6 in 2025, amongst others:

• AI and ML solutions and data fusion algorithms respectively to analyse and combine information provided by different inspection techniques at TRL6 in 2025;
• Secure standardised interfaces for different data exchange with precise time-stamping, synchronisation and accurate positioning solutions for data integrity at TRL6 in 2025; and
• energy-efficient inspection solutions with harvesting techniques and specific embedded wired and wireless communication networks at TRL6 in 2025;

More specifically, one Use Case shall address:

Enabler 3: Development of CBM methodologies and algorithms to be potentially exploited by the DAC based digital applications on CBM (TRL7) in 2025.

Developments on all those enablers should also cover important preparatory works with higher TRL for the future set of demonstration foreseen in the Multi- annual Work programme in view of the evolutions of the solutions.

Capability for Advanced and holistic asset decisions

Enabler4: New methodologies and technologies to leverage advanced and holistic asset decisions during the span of their life cycle at TRL6 in 2025, based on:

• probabilistic models for standardised railway asset LCC determination and for component failure in the asset maintenance decision strategy, at TRL6 in 2025
• operational and IoT data with additional rail system information and knowledge integrated with technologies to enable cooperative diagnostic between assets at TRL8 in 2025
• AI-based hybrid Decision Support based on predictive and prescriptive data analytics and Machine Learning algorithms for anomaly detection and failure prediction with optimised human-AI interactions at TRL6 in 2025

Enabler 5: Digital Twins integrated with BIM, GIS tools, and Virtual and Augmented Reality to enable agile visualization for different stakeholders of asset health status (historical, current, and forecasted) in various use cases at TRL 7 in 2025.

Developments on all those enablers should also cover important preparatory works with higher TRL for the future set of demonstration foreseen in the Multi- annual Work programme in view of the evolutions of the solutions.

Capability for Advanced and holistic design and certification of assets

Enabler 6: Advanced and holistic design and certification of assets, at TRL 5 in 2025, based on new ethical-by-design materials with advanced LCC characteristics, automated certification techniques (including virtual certification), and advanced embedded sensors for self-diagnostic materials.

Capability for Remotely controlled, unmanned and metadata-assisted interventions

Enabler 7: Development of remotely controlled, unmanned and metadata-assisted interventions in construction, maintenance, and renewal operations, based on:

• • non-invasive or collaborative unmanned robotic actuators and wearables at TRL5 as well as vehicles based on AI and ML at TRL6 in 2025, and
  • additive manufacturing techniques and validation standards for manufacturing and repairing assets at TRL 6 in 2025.

Developments on all those enablers should also cover important preparatory works with higher TRL for the future set of demonstration foreseen in the Multi- annual Work programme in view of the evolutions of the solutions.

The action shall actively contribute to measure and monitor the specific quantitative KPIs defined in the Destination description above, including its contribution to the Europe’s Rail Master Plan impacts.

The action shall actively contribute to the EU-Rail standardisation rolling development plans wherever relevant. Similarly, the action shall contribute to the development and implementation of EU policy and legislation including Technical Specifications for Interoperability and Common Safety Methods, as well as to publications of the System Pillar.

Collaboration work required with other FAs

The action to be funded under Destination 3 shall foresee a common activity/task related to capturing specific requirements and review of specifications relevant to the actions to be funded under Destination 1 and 5.

Interaction with the System Pillar

The System Pillar aims to guide, support and secure the work of the Innovation Pillar (i.e. to ensure that research is targeted on commonly agreed and shared customer requirements and operational needs, compatible and aligned to the system architecture), and the Innovation Pillar will impact the scope of the System Pillar where new technologies or processes mean that innovations can drive a change in approach, as well as delivering detailed specifications and requirements.

In this respect, the necessary resources would have to be dedicated to areas linked to System Pillar conceptual and architecture works – particularly addressing specification development (the interaction is illustrated in the System Pillar – Innovation Pillar interaction note (Annex VI of this Work Programme). The alignment of the activities will primarily take place during the Grant Preparation Phase and ramp up phase of the awarded proposal, and there will be continued interaction through the life of the project.

Gender dimension

In this topic the integration of the gender dimension (sex and gender analysis) in research and innovation content is not a mandatory requirement.