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Analysis and Design of a 50-kW Two Stage Converters for EV Fast Charger With High Efficiency and Wide Output Voltage of 150–1000 V

open access: yesIEEE Access
Generally, the DC-DC converters used in DC fast chargers must cover a wide output voltage with a fixed input voltage, and a single module needs to supply 30-50 kW of power.
Ha-Min Park   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

John Frank Stevens: Panama Canal Mastermind and Pioneering Railroad Pathfinder [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
John Frank Stevens began his civil engineering career as a rodman on a survey crew in Maine in 1872. He soon moved to Minneapolis, where he apprenticed himself, eventually becoming Assistant City Engineer.
Lawrence M. Magura   +3 more
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Durability of operated reinforced concrete superstructures of railroad bridges

open access: yes, 2018
The paper describes method to evaluate residual service life of reinforced concrete structures of railroad bridges, enabling to consider the presence of defects, operation history, and climatic factor to calculate probabilities of the structural state at
Sergey Pribytkov   +5 more
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ANALYSIS OF STRENGTH CHARACTERISTICS IN RAILROAD DOWELS PRODUCED BY VARIOUS MANUFACTURERS [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The article describes operating conditions of the railroad dowel used in ZhBR 65 resilient rail fasteners. Requirements for railroad dowel tests in terms of their expediency, possibility to perform such tests and conformity with the actual operating ...
Dmitrii Nikitin   +3 more
core   +1 more source

A Feasibility Study on the Integration of Human Performance Data From Diverse Sources Based on the Complexity of a Proceduralized Task

open access: yesIEEE Access
Securing the safety of socio-technical systems including nuclear facilities is the utmost goal to ensure their sustainability, with historical records demonstrating that the performance degradation of human operators (e.g., human errors) is one of the ...
Jinkyun Park, Jooyoung Park, Taewon Yang
doaj   +1 more source

Role of human factor for the implementation of the “Vision Zero” concept in railway transport: An overview [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
The railway is an essential mode of transportation. Despite advances in railway safety over the past few decades, train accidents and incidents continue to be prevalent.
Jaganathapillai, T.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

A Synthesis of Modern Rail Transportation Engineering Practices [PDF]

open access: yes, 1977
The 1970’s will go down in history as the decade in which the University of Nebraska – Civil Engineering Department expanded its academic interest to include the field of transportation.
Cook, Donald D.
core  

Systems engineering approach to risk assessment of automated mobile work machine applications

open access: yes, 2014
Mobile work machines are today equipped with automatic functionalities. There are fully autonomous mobile work machines operating in factories, mines and harbor terminals.
Risto Tiusanen, Tiusanen, Risto
core   +1 more source

Dynamic modeling of water level in water transfer tunnels on railroad tunnel forces [PDF]

open access: yes
This study centers on the impact of water level fluctuations in water transfer tunnels regarding the mechanical response characteristics of railroad tunnels.
Zhang, Hui   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Prospects of High Technologies in the Remote Diagnosis of the Track

open access: yes, 2015
The article assesses trends of development of devices for control and diagnostics of railway tracks, highlights the growing importance of advanced technologies that make use of more sophisticated methods of remote monitoring of the technical condition ...
Boris A. Lievin, Boris L. Nedorchuk
core   +2 more sources

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