Indirect assessment of railway infrastructure anomalies based on passenger comfort criteria [PDF]
, 2023 Railways are among the most efficient and widely used mass transportation systems for mid-range distances. To enhance the attractiveness of this type of transport, it is necessary to improve the level of comfort, which is much influenced by the vibration
Mendes, Joaquim +4 more
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Railway Engineering Science, 2023 AbstractLow-frequency carbody swaying phenomenon often occurs to railway vehicles due to hunting instability, which seriously deteriorates the ride comfort of passengers. This paper investigates low-frequency carbody swaying through experimental analysis and numerical simulation.
Yixiao Li +3 more
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A Comprehensive Approach for Rolling Stock Planning: Combining Train Performance Simulation and Life-Cycle Cost Analysis [PDF]
, 2010 Rolling stock has a limited life span during which it can provide efficient service. Faced with today's budget constraints and economic slowdown, all railroad or transit operators will eventually face the following questions: What is the most suitable ...
Liu, Rongfang (Rachel) +2 more
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Advances in Civil Engineering, Volume 2020, Issue 1, 2020., 2020 The aim of the research is the design of prefabricated steel‐spring floating‐slab track to be applied in urban express rail transit systems. Using a developed vehicle‐track dynamic‐coupling equation for steel‐spring floating‐slab track, the effects of length, thickness, vertical damping, and use of side‐mounted isolators on the floating‐slab track were
Xudong Huang +6 more
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Field Measurements of Vibration on the Car Body‐Suspended Equipment for High‐Speed Rail Vehicles
Shock and Vibration, Volume 2020, Issue 1, 2020., 2020 The vibrations in the flexible car bodies of the high‐speed electric multiple units (EMUs) and their coupling effects with the bogies and other types of equipment vibrating have lead issues for railway operators and gained interest for researchers. Other than a numerical investigation, field measurements on the vibrating characteristics of the car body
Jinying Guo +4 more
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Rolling stock doorways compatibility with platforms at Serbian Railways [PDF]
, 2017 Rad prikazuje neke poteškoće koje imaju putnici pri ulasku u voz. Prikazane su i razmotrene visine perona prema međunarodnim železničkim propisima.
Golubović, Snežana D. +3 more
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Punctuality development and delay explanation factors on Norwegian railways in the period 2005–2014 [PDF]
, 2021 The paper revisits an investigation of delays and punctuality on Norwegian railroads from 2010, re-evaluating its findings and studying the effects of later measures put in place between 2010 and 2014.
Olsson, Nils, Økland, Andreas
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Identification of signal characteristics in the analysis of free-field vibration caused by trains [PDF]
, 2017 The paper deals with a selection of free-field vibration measurement results. The study is based on the vibration measurements. Vibration acceleration records and their dependence on the position of the accelerometer are shown.
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An accurate fatigue damage model for welded joints subjected to variable amplitude loading [PDF]
, 2017 Researchers in the past have proposed several fatigue damage models to overcome the shortcomings of the commonly used Miner's rule. However, requirements of material parameters or S-N curve modifications restricts their practical applications.
Aeran, Ashish +3 more
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Path selection and mechanism innovation of improving railway energy efficiency – from foreign experience and Chinese practice [PDF]
, 2022 Purpose – Under the dual pressure of resources and environment, many countries have focused on the role of railways in promoting low-carbon development of integrated transportation and of even the whole society. This paper aims to provide a comprehensive
Xinjun Zhou
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