RIMcomb: Rail Information Modeling for Railway Equipment Design

 

Description

The current practice in designing railway equipment technology is mainly based on exchanging 2D plans, which results in error-prone and inefficient processes. RIMcomb's goal is, therefore, to develop a holistic IT approach to support the collaborative, multi-discipline planning processes of railway infrastructure equipment technology.

The core of the approach pursued is the development of a vendor-neutral data model. This model allows the description of track systems and railway equipment with specific properties and object classes. Design processes in railway engineering require various representations from 2D representations of the track topology to highly detailed 3D representations for complex geometric situations. For this purpose, Building Information Modeling (BIM) methods are transferred and applied in the context of railway engineering. New deployment methods for model changes ("patching") are considered. Besides, procedures for semi-automated code compliance checking will play an increasing role in future collaboration processes. Since a lot of railway projects have to deal with refurbishment issues of existing tracks, another important objective is the correct inventory recording. Thus, an additional important research goal is the further development of model generation mechanisms. Point clouds obtained by laser scanning or photogrammetry are used to generate semantically enriched 3D models.

Publications

  • Elshani, G.: Connecting Future Predictions of Railway Assets to BIM. , 2023 more… BibTeX Full text (mediaTUM)
  • Esser, S.; Vilgertshofer, S.; Borrmann, A.: Version control for asynchronous BIM collaboration: Model merging through graph analysis and transformation. Automation in Construction 155, 2023, 105063 more… BibTeX Full text ( DOI ) Full text (mediaTUM)
  • Esser, S.; Vilgertshofer, S.; Borrmann, A.: Graph-based version control for asynchronous BIM collaboration. Advanced Engineering Informatics 53, 2022, 101664 more… BibTeX Full text ( DOI ) Full text (mediaTUM)
  • Giehl, A.: Validierung von BIM-Modellen auf Basis graphenbasierter Repräsentationen. Bachelor's thesis, 2022 more… BibTeX Full text (mediaTUM)
  • Esser, S.; Abualdenien, J.; Vilgertshofer, S.; Borrmann, A.: Requirements for event-driven architectures in open BIM collaboration. Proceedings of the 29th EG-ICE International Workshop on Intelligent Computing in Engineering, 2022 more… BibTeX Full text ( DOI ) Full text (mediaTUM)
  • Esser, S.: Graphenbasiertes Änderungsmanagement von BIM-Modellen. Proc. of the 32nd Forum Bauinformatik, 2021 more… BibTeX Full text (mediaTUM)
  • Esser, S.; Borrmann, A.: A system architecture ensuring consistency among distributed, heterogeneous information models for civil infrastructure projects. Proc. of the 13th European Conference on Product and Process Modeling, 2021 more… BibTeX Full text (mediaTUM)
  • Jaud, S.; Esser, S.; Wikstroem, L.; Muhic, S.; Mirtschin, J.; Borrmann, A.: A critical analysis of linear placement in IFC models. Proceedings of the 13th European Conference on Product and Process Modelling (ECPPM 2020 - 2021), 2021 more… BibTeX Full text (mediaTUM)
  • Esser, S.; Vilgertshofer, S.; Borrmann, A.: Graph-based version control for asynchronous BIM level 3 collaboration. Proc. of the 28th EG-ICE International Workshop on Intelligent Computing in Engineering, 2021 more… BibTeX Full text (mediaTUM)
  • Vilgertshofer, S.; Stoitchkov, D.; Borrmann, A.; Menter, A.; Genc, C.: Recognising Railway Infrastructure Elements in Videos and Drawings Using Neural Networks. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Smart Infrastructure and Construction 172 (1), 2020, 19-33 more… BibTeX Full text ( DOI )
  • Borrmann, A.; Esser, S.; Jaud, Š.; König, M.; Liebich, T.: Begleitung der internationalen Standardisierungsprojekte IFC-Road & IFC-Rail: Abschlussbericht AP4 Validierung des Datenmodells. Technische Universität München, 2020, more… BibTeX Full text (mediaTUM)
  • Borrmann, A.; Esser, S.; Jaud, Š.; König, M.; Liebich, T.: Begleitung der internationalen Standardisierungsprojekte IFC-Road & IFC-Rail: Abschlussbericht Gesamtprojekt. Technische Universität München, 2020, more… BibTeX Full text (mediaTUM)
  • Wolf, N.: Webbasierte Integration von Sensordaten in digitale Brückenbauwerke. Bachelor's thesis, 2020 more… BibTeX Full text (mediaTUM)
  • Bollig, YC.: Geometrical and Topological Linking of Railway Systems. , 2020 more… BibTeX Full text (mediaTUM)
  • Schlenger, J.: Integration getrackter Eisenbahnausrüstung in eine Fachmodellumgebung. , 2020 more… BibTeX Full text (mediaTUM)
  • Winkelbauer, T.; Hiebenthal, T.; Esser, S.; Barutcu, B.; Vilgertshofer, S.; Borrmann, A.: Projekt RIMcomb: Entwicklung neuer digitaler Methoden im Bereich BIM für die Ausrüstungstechnik. Signal+Draht 111 (09/2019), 2019, 12-18 more… BibTeX Full text (mediaTUM)
  • Selimovic, E.: Untersuchung und Implementierung von bahnspezifischen Regelsätzen zur Modellüberprüfung. Bachelor's thesis, 2019 more… BibTeX Full text (mediaTUM)
  • Stoitchkov, D.; Breier, P.; Slepicka, M.; Genc, C.; Harmsen, F.; Köhler, T.; Vilgertshofer, S.; Borrmann, A.: Automatic detection of plan symbols in railway equipment engineering using a machine learning approach. Proc. of the 2019 European Conference on Computing in Construction, 2019 more… BibTeX Full text (mediaTUM)
  • Esser, S.; Borrmann, A.: Integrating Railway Subdomain-Specific Data Standards into a common IFC-based Data Model. Proc. of the 26th International Workshop on Intelligent Computing in Engineering, 2019 more… BibTeX Full text (mediaTUM)
  • Stoitchkov, D.: Analysis of Methods for Automated Symbol Recognition in Technical Drawings. Bachelor thesis, 2018 more… BibTeX
  • Esser, S.: Implementierung einer Datenschnittstelle zur Unterstützung der modellbasierten Planung von Bahnausrüstungstechnik. Master thesis, 2018 more… BibTeX Full text (mediaTUM)
  • Hüthwohl, P.; Brilakis, I.; Borrmann, A.; Sacks, R.: Integrating RC Bridge Defect Information into BIM Models. Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering 32 (3), 2018, 04018013 more… BibTeX Full text ( DOI )
  • Holzinger, R.: 3D-Modellierung von Bahninfrastruktur. Bachelor's thesis, 2018 more… BibTeX
  • Vilgertshofer, S.; Stoitchkov, D.; Esser, S.; Borrmann, A.; Muhič, S.; Winkelbauer, T.: The RIMcomb Research Project: Towards the Application of Building Information Modeling in Railway Equipment Engineering. 12th European Conference on Product and Process Modelling, 2018 more… BibTeX Full text (mediaTUM)