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A brief history of high-speed rail / Qizhou Hu and Siyuan Qu.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hu, Qizhou, author.
- Qu, Siyuan, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- High speed ground transportation.
- High speed trains.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (181 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Cham, Switzerland ; Mainland, China : Springer : Southwest Jiaotong University Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- This book introduces the basic knowledge, concepts, terms and development process of high-speed rail (HSR) and summarizes its main achievements at this stage. It mainly expounds the connotation of high-speed rail to readers from two different aspects of theory and technology. The book explains the development process of high-speed rail in terms of time: yesterday's wheel rail high-speed rail, today's maglev high-speed rail and tomorrow's super high-speed rail; and also spatially, making a comparative analysis of the development around the world. This book can be used as a reading material for scientific researchers, engineering technicians, management workers, teachers and students of colleges and universities as well as high-speed railfans.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Hu, Qizhou A Brief History of High-Speed Rail
- ISBN:
- 981-19-3635-8
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