[ QT-PRI ]
WORK PACKAGES
Work Packages
Work Package 1 - Identify physical measurement parameters critical to infrastructure resilience
a. Establish the physical parameters, distribution and geometry critical to the factors affecting the performance and resilience of rail infrastructure assets.
b. Identify which can be detected by existing sensing technologies and which, in theory, might be detected by a QT gravity sensor.
Work Package 2 - Benchmarking current geophysical technologies and field trials
a. Review of existing techniques and approaches.
b. Baseline capabilities based on existing best practice acquisition and processing workflows.
c. Trial optimised geophysical technologies on rail test sites and establish best strategy to detect features of interest.
d. Identify limitations.
Work Package 3 - Development of technical quantum technology sensor specifications
a. Determine the technical requirements for QT applications in the rail environment.
b. Determine the required sensitivity and speed of collection for QT gravity sensors based on Work Packages 1 to 3.
c. Quantify the business case for QT gravity sensors based on Work Packages 2 and 4.
Work Package 4 - Commercial feasibility study and evaluation of business models
a. Review existing workflows within the rail sector.
b. Quantify the costs of reactive interventions.
c. Quantify the ROI for mapping of buried assets and condition assessment.
Work Package 5 - Exploitation and Dissemination
a. Assess the potential for commercialisation of the findings and disseminate the results, subject to confidentiality issues.
