Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Bogie Hunting Instability for Railway Vehicles Based on Multiple Sensors [PDF]
SensorsBogie hunting instability is one of the common faults in railway vehicles. It not only affects ride comfort but also threatens operational safety. Due to the lower operating speed of metro vehicles, their bogie hunting stability is often overlooked ...
Biao Zheng +3 more
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Dynamic modeling of a metro vehicle considering the motor–gearbox transmission system under traction conditions [PDF]
Mechanical Sciences, 2022 As a vital means of transportation to alleviate urban traffic congestion, the metro vehicle has been developing rapidly in China during recent years. For the violent vibration and shock under the frequent switches between traction and braking conditions,
T. Zhang +5 more
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A Fault Diagnosis Method for Out-of-Round Faults of Metro Vehicle Wheels with Strong Noise
Shock and Vibration, 2021 Detection of out-of round (OOR) faults of metro vehicle wheels is very important to improve stationarity and stability in metro vehicles and avoid accidents caused by OOR faults.
Haifeng Huang +3 more
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Energy efficiency and integration of urban electrical transport systems: EVS and metro-trains of two real European lines [PDF]
, 2019 Transport is a main source of pollutants in cities, where air quality is a major concern. New transport technologies, such as electric vehicles, and public transport modalities, such as urban railways, have arisen as solutions to this important problem ...
Cucala, Asunción P. +3 more
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Wear rates in urban rail systems [PDF]
, 2017 A significant part of maintenance costs in urban rail systems (metro, tram, light rapid transit/light metro) is due to wheel-rail wear. Wear rates - measured for example as depth of wear per kilometre run (rolling stock) or per train passage (rails ...
Licciardello, R. +3 more
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The demand for public transport: The effects of fares, quality of service, income and car ownership [PDF]
, 2006 This paper reports on key findings from a collaborative study whose objective was to produce an up-to-date guidance manual on the factors affecting the demand for public transport for use by public transport operators and planning authorities, and for ...
Association of Train Operating Companies +18 more
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Urban fiscal austerity, infrastructure provision and the struggle for regional transit in 'Motor City' [PDF]
, 2014 Studies suggest that urban fiscal crises trigger the institutional separation of strategic services from general purpose municipal functions. Traditional reformists have highlighted the economic benefits of regional approaches.
Hall, Stephen, Jonas, Andrew E. G.
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Dynamic analysis and improvement of grounding return performance of metro vehicles
机车电传动, 2022 The return performance of metro vehicles in the traction power supply system was analyzed, and an improved design for vehicle grounding was proposed.
LU Qing +5 more
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Design of the Control Device for Metro Train Traction Energy Consumption Test
Kongzhi Yu Xinxi Jishu, 2022 Excessive total traction power consumption of metro train is a major problem faced by metro operation companies. In order to quantitatively evaluate traction energy consumption of subway trains, promote manufacturers to continuously optimize the design ...
SUN Zeyong, ZHOU Yuan, YIN Yuan
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Optimal Alignments for Designing Urban Transport Systems: Application to Seville [PDF]
, 2019 The achievement of some of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from the recent 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has drawn the attention of many countries towards urban transport networks. Mathematical modeling constitutes an analytical tool
Marseglia, Guido +3 more
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