Detection of high-speed railway subsidence and geometry irregularity using terrestrial laser scanning [PDF]
Subsidence and geometry deformation monitoring are essential for safe transportation on a high-speed railway. Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) is able to collect dense three-dimensional point data from the survey scene and achieve highly accurate ...
Li, Nan +3 more
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A new CAE procedure for railway wheel tribological design [PDF]
New demands are being imposed on railway wheel wear and reliability to increase the time between wheel reprofiling, improve safety and reduce total wheelset lifecycle costs.
Bel Knani, K. +5 more
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Virtual testing environment tools for railway vehicle certification [PDF]
This paper describes the work performed in Work Package 6 of the European project DynoTRAIN. Its task was to investigate the effects that uncertainties present within the track and running conditions have on the simulated behaviour of a railway vehicle ...
Bezin, Yann +3 more
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Bludov - Hanusovice Railway Track Reconstruction (section between km 56.165 - km 59.105) Including Track Laying Technology [PDF]
Bakalářská práce se zabývá úpravou geometrických parametrů koleje a návrhem vhodné skladby železničního svršku v úseku železniční tratě Bludov – Hanušovice.
Hlavová, Vendula
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High speed train communications systems using free space optics [PDF]
In this work, we propose a broad-band free space optical (FSO) wireless communications system for high-speed trains. The system consists of optical transceivers positioned outside the train and along the railway track.
Ghassemlooy, Zabih +4 more
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Reinforced Subbases and Application of Other Chosen Parameters in Sleeper Subgrade Dimensioning
The paper focuses on reinforced subbases which are frequently applied to modernised railway tracks of Slovak Railways (ZSR) despite certain theoretical and normative deficiencies.
Libor Izvolt, Jan Kardos, Martin Mecar
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Privatisation and Franchising of British Train Operations: the decline and derailment of the Great North Eastern Railway [PDF]
As a result of the 1993 Railways Act, the British railways industry was privatised which resulted in the separation of ownership and control of the railway infrastructure (track, signals and stations) from that of passenger train operations.
Li, CA, Stittle, J
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The requirements for the quality of the railway track with emphasis on its long service life, low maintenance costs and the required parameters of the track geometry have led railway infrastructure manager on the territory of the Slovak Republic ...
Izvolt Libor +2 more
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Elimination of seasonality temperature trends in a structural health monitoring of bridges is considered in the article. On example of a beam bridge, eigenfrequencies are plotted against seasonal fluctuations of environmental temperature.
Taisiya V. Shepitko +2 more
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The reform process of the railway sector in Europe: A disaggregated regulatory approach [PDF]
The railroad package of 2001 focusing on access regulation is in the process of a reform. Particularly, the European Commission intends to remove the obstacles to fair competition that have been identified since 2001.
Knieps, Günter, Zenhäusern, Patrick
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