Handbook of Research on Emerging Innovations in Rail Transportation Engineering

Handbook of Research on Emerging Innovations in Rail Transportation Engineering
Author: Rai, B. Umesh
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 693
Release: 2016-05-31
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1522500855

The rail-based transit system is a popular public transportation option, not just with members of the public but also with policy makers looking to install a form of convenient and rapid travel. Even for moving bulk freight long distances, a rail-based system is the most sustainable transportation system currently available. The Handbook of Research on Emerging Innovations in Rail Transportation Engineering presents the latest research on next-generation public transportation infrastructures. Emphasizing a diverse set of topics related to rail-based transportation such as funding issues, policy design, traffic planning and forecasting, and engineering solutions, this comprehensive publication is an essential resource for transportation planners, engineers, policymakers, and graduate-level engineering students interested in uncovering research-based solutions, recommendations, and examples of modern rail transportation systems.

Railway Safety, Reliability, and Security: Technologies and Systems Engineering

Railway Safety, Reliability, and Security: Technologies and Systems Engineering
Author: Flammini, Francesco
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 487
Release: 2012-05-31
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 146661644X

Human errors, as well as deliberate sabotage, pose a considerable danger to passengers riding on the modern railways and have created disastrous consequences. To protect civilians against both intentional and unintentional threats, rail transportation has become increasingly automated. Railway Safety, Reliability, and Security: Technologies and Systems Engineering provides engineering students and professionals with a collection of state-of-the-art methodological and technological notions to support the development and certification of ‘real-time safety-critical’ railway control systems, as well as the protection of rail transportation infrastructures.

Sustainable Railway Engineering and Operations

Sustainable Railway Engineering and Operations
Author: Simon Blainey
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2022-08-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1839095903

Railways are frequently promoted as one of the most sustainable modes of transport. However, their impact will in practice be significantly affected by the ways in which they are designed, constructed, and used. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the issues involved in planning, engineering and operating sustainable railway systems.

Computers in Railways XVII

Computers in Railways XVII
Author: G. Passerini
Publisher: WIT Press
Total Pages: 426
Release: 2020-09-07
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1784664030

It is important to continue to update the use of advanced systems by promoting general awareness throughout the management, design, manufacture and operation of railways and other emerging passenger, freight and transit systems. Originating from presentations at the 17th International Conference on Railway Engineering Design and Operation, this volume contains selected research works on the topic. The included papers help to facilitate the use of advanced systems and place a key focus on the applications of computer systems in advanced railway engineering. These research studies will be of interest to all those involved in the development of railways, including managers, consultants, railway engineers, designers of advanced train control systems and computer specialists.

Reliability, Safety, and Security of Railway Systems. Modelling, Analysis, Verification, and Certification

Reliability, Safety, and Security of Railway Systems. Modelling, Analysis, Verification, and Certification
Author: Simon Collart-Dutilleul
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2022-05-19
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3031058143

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Reliability, Safety, and Security of Railway Systems, RSSRail 2022, held in Paris, France, in June 2022. The 16 full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. They cover a range of topics including railways system and infrastructure advance modelling; scheduling and track planning; safety process and validation; modelling; formal verification; and security.

Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering

Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
Author: The Organizing Committee of the 16th ICSMGE
Publisher: IOS Press
Total Pages: 3742
Release: 2005-09-12
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1614996563

The 16th ICSMGE responds to the needs of the engineering and construction community, promoting dialog and exchange between academia and practice in various aspects of soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering. This is reflected in the central theme of the conference 'Geotechnology in Harmony with the Global Environment'. The proceedings of the conference are of great interest for geo-engineers and researchers in soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering. Volume 1 contains 5 plenary session lectures, the Terzaghi Oration, Heritage Lecture, and 3 papers presented in the major project session. Volumes 2, 3, and 4 contain papers with the following topics: Soil mechanics in general; Infrastructure and mobility; Environmental issues of geotechnical engineering; Enhancing natural disaster reduction systems; Professional practice and education. Volume 5 contains the report of practitioner/academic forum, 20 general reports, a summary of the sessions and workshops held during the conference.

Dependability Engineering and Complex Systems

Dependability Engineering and Complex Systems
Author: Wojciech Zamojski
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 592
Release: 2016-06-17
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3319396390

These proceedings present the results of the Eleventh International Conference on Dependability and Complex Systems DepCoS-RELCOMEX which took place in a picturesque Brunów Palace in Poland from 27th June to 1st July, 2016. DepCoS-RELCOMEX is a series of international conferences organized annually by Department of Computer Engineering of Wrocław University of Science and Technology since 2006. The roots of the series go as far back as to the seventies of the previous century – the first RELCOMEX conference took place in 1977 – and now its main aim is to promote a multi-disciplinary approach to dependability problems in theory and engineering practice of complex systems. Complex systems, nowadays most often computer-based and distributed, are built upon a variety of technical, information, software and human resources. The challenges in their design, analysis and maintenance not only originate from the involved technical and organizational structures but also from the complexity of the information processes that must be efficiently executed in a diverse, often hostile operational environment. Traditional methods of reliability evaluation focused only on technical resources are usually insufficient in this context and more innovative, multidisciplinary methods of dependability analysis must be applied. The diversity of the topics which need to be considered is well illustrated by the selection of the submissions in these proceedings with their subjects ranging from mathematical models and design methodologies through software engineering and data security issues up to practical problems in technical, e.g. transportation, systems.

Bayesian Networks for Reliability Engineering

Bayesian Networks for Reliability Engineering
Author: Baoping Cai
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2019-02-28
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9811365164

This book presents a bibliographical review of the use of Bayesian networks in reliability over the last decade. Bayesian network (BN) is considered to be one of the most powerful models in probabilistic knowledge representation and inference, and it is increasingly used in the field of reliability. After focusing on the engineering systems, the book subsequently discusses twelve important issues in the BN-based reliability methodologies, such as BN structure modeling, BN parameter modeling, BN inference, validation, and verification. As such, it is a valuable resource for researchers and practitioners in the field of reliability engineering.