Track Compendium

Track Compendium
Author: Bernhard Lichtberger
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2011
Genre:
ISBN: 9783962452148

Long description: Published at the beginning of September the second edition of “Track Compendium” provides an essential guide for railway track engineers and practitioners. The book describes clearly and compactly the physical properties of individual track components and their interrelationships.This second edition contains several additional sections on the following topics:Installation and maintenance of overhead lineProcess control technology and safety technologyHead checks and the wear resistance of head-hardened railsEquivalent conicity and running behaviourInteraction of the vehicle with track geometry faultsDurability of wooden sleepersBallast bed cleaning and ballast propertiesThe author Bernhard Lichtberger has an experience of over more than 20 years of research in the field of track behaviour and the optimum methods of track maintenance. “Track Compendium” is for railway engineers a practical aid and an essential read for their daily business!

Track Data-Oriented Maintenance Intervention Limit Determination for Ballasted Light Rail Tracks through Multibody Simulations

Track Data-Oriented Maintenance Intervention Limit Determination for Ballasted Light Rail Tracks through Multibody Simulations
Author: David Camacho Alcocer
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2021-07-13
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 375346306X

Light rail trains (LRT) are an important part of public transport but due to perceived high life-cycle costs are not always considered suitable. Life cycle cost reduction might be achieved through a knowledge-based maintenance management rather than just on experience. This work develops limits of maintenance and renewal of LRT systems based on vehicle reactions to the current track quality through measured data, multibody simulations and track geometry indices. An approach based on knowledge would lead to a track condition which allows a safe, comfortable, and under an appropriate maintenance strategy, economically profitable operation.

Transport Infrastructure and Systems

Transport Infrastructure and Systems
Author: Gianluca Dell'Acqua
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 1134
Release: 2017-03-16
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1315281880

Transport Infrastructure Asset management in transport infrastructure, financial viability of transport engineering projects/ Life cycle Cost Analysis, Life-Cycle Assessment and Sustainability Assessment of transport infrastructure/ Infrastructures financing and pricing with equity appraisal, operation optimization and energy management/ Low-Volume roads: planning, maintenance, operations, environmental and social issues/ Public-Private Partnership (PPP) experience in transport infrastructure in different countries and economic conditions/ Airport Pavement Management Systems, runway design and maintenance/ Port maintenance and development issues, technology relating to cargo handling, landside access, cruise operations/ Infrastructure Building Information Modelling (I-BIM) / Pavement design and innovative bituminous materials/ Recycling and re-use in road pavements, environmentally sustainable technologies/ Stone pavements, ancient roads and historic railways/ Cementitious stabilization of materials used in the rehabilitation of transportation infrastructure. Transport Systems Sustainable transport and the environment protection including green vehicles/ Urban transport, land use development, spatial and transport planning/ Bicycling, bike, bike-sharing systems, cycling mobility/ Human factor in transport systems/ Intelligent Mobility: emerging technologies to enable the smarter movement of people and goods/Airport landside: access roads, parking facilities, terminal facilities, aircraft apron and the azdjacent taxiway/ Transportation policy, planning and design, modelling and decision making/ Transport economics, finance and pricing issues, optimization problems, equity appraisal/ Road safety impact assessments, road safety audits, the management of road network safety and safety inspections/ Tunnels and underground structures: preventing incidents-accidents mitigating their effects for both people and goods/ Traffic flow characteristics, traffic control devices, work zone traffic control, highway capacity and quality of service/ Track-vehicle interactions in railway systems, capacity analysis of railway networks/ Risk assessment and safety in air and railway transport, reliability aspects/ Maritime transport and inland waterways transport research/ Intermodal freight transport: terminals and logistics.

Materials and Infrastructures 2

Materials and Infrastructures 2
Author: Jean-Michel Torrenti
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2016-06-17
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1119318599

This volume presents the second half of a diverse collection of chapters in the field of materials and infrastructures in transport systems, which illustrate the technological and methodological innovations required to rise to the challenge of building more sustainable transport infrastructures for the future. The authors explore the potential of these sustainable solutions to improve the performance and efficiency of materials and infrastructures, with a reduced environmental impact and lower cost. Theoretical and practical case studies address a variety of topics including circular economy and sustainability, the impacts of climate change, durability, lifecycle, auscultation and the monitoring of infrastructures. This book provides transport researchers and professionals with a better understanding of the current and future trends in these innovative fields, enabling them to put into practice new technologies and methods of design and management, so that new solutions can become current practices to truly improve modern transport systems.

American English Compendium

American English Compendium
Author: Marv Rubinstein
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publications
Total Pages: 519
Release: 2011-12-01
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1589797264

A compendium of American proverbs, expressions, slang, colloquialisms; British-US glossary; abbreviations and acronyms; and other various odds and ends. Widely used by non-native speakers and translators.

Fundamentals of Railway Design

Fundamentals of Railway Design
Author: Marco Guerrieri
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2023-02-13
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3031240308

This textbook examines key railway engineering topics useful for railway design and control. Conventional railways are considered together with high-speed railways, tramways, metros, maglev and hyperloop systems, people movers, monorails and rack railways. Every system of transport is described in its basic technical characteristics, especially in terms of transportation system capacity, alignment design criteria and construction costs. It is an introductory book to specific topics of the railway engineering field, and thus, the mathematical treatment is purposely brief and simplified. The book is an ideal learning resource for students of civil engineering, as well as a valuable reference for practicing engineers involved with railway designs.

Railway Transportation Systems

Railway Transportation Systems
Author: Christos N. Pyrgidis
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 500
Release: 2016-04-21
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1482262169

Incorporates More Than 25 Years of Research and ExperienceRailway Transportation Systems: Design, Construction and Operation presents a comprehensive overview of railway passenger and freight transport systems, from design through to construction and operation. It covers the range of railway passenger systems, from conventional and high speed inter

Railway Management and Engineering

Railway Management and Engineering
Author: Professor V A Profillidis
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages: 553
Release: 2014-06-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1409464636

This book aims to cover the need for a new scientific approach for railways and is useful for railway managers, economists and engineers, consulting economists and engineers, students of schools of engineering, transportation, economics, and management. The book is divided into three parts, which deal successively with management, track, rolling stock, and environment and safety. Each chapter contains the necessary theoretical analysis of the phenomena studied, the recommended solutions, applications, charts and design of the specific railway component. In this way, both the requirement for a theoretical analysis is met, and the need of the railway manager and engineer for tables, nomographs, regulations, etc. is satisfied.

Billboard

Billboard
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 100
Release: 1997-02-01
Genre:
ISBN:

In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.

Computers in Railways XV

Computers in Railways XV
Author: C.A. Brebbia
Publisher: WIT Press
Total Pages: 499
Release: 2016-09-15
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1784661236

This title incorporates the 15th proceedings of the very successful International Conference on Railway Engineering Design and Operation (COMPRAIL) series, which began in Frankfurt 1987 and continued in Rome (1990); Washington (1992); Madrid (1994); Berlin (1996); Lisbon (1998); Bologna (2000); Lemnos (2002); Dresden (2004); Prague (2006); Toledo (2008); Beijing (2010); the New Forest, home of the Wessex Institute (2012) and, again in Rome in 2014. The papers presented at this conference aim to update the use of advanced systems, promoting their general awareness throughout the management, design, manufacture and operation of railways and other emerging passenger, freight and transit systems. With the conference attracting a variety of specialists, including railway engineers, designers of advanced train control systems and computer specialists, the book particularly emphasises the use of computer systems in advanced railway engineering. Topics include but are not restricted to: Advanced train control Operations quality; Risk management; Planning and policy; Energy supply and consumption; Communications and signalling; Operational planning; Interface management; Systems integration; Maglev; High speed technology; Interoperability; Passenger flow management; Computer simulations and Driverless and automatic train operation.