Computers in railways XVI : railway engineering design and operation / editors, G. Passerini [and three others].

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Passerini, G., editor.

Conference Name:

International Conference on Railway Engineering Design and Operation (16th : 2018 : Lisbon, Portugal)

Series:

WIT transactions on the built environment ; 1746-4498 Volume 181.

WIT Transactions on the Built Environment ; Volume 181

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Railroad engineering--Data processing--Congresses.

Railroad engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (589 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Southampton ; Boston : WIT Press, [2019]

Summary:

Forming the 16th volume from this successful series, this book contains papers from the 16th International Conference on Railway Engineering Design and Operation. The included papers are a collection of works from researchers, academics and practitioners involved in railway engineering.

Contents:

Cover

Computers in Railways XVI: Railway Engineering Design and Operation

Copyright Page

Preface

Contents

Section 1: Energy supply and consumption

Enhanced efficiency in railway driving: development of ECOS (Energy Consumption Optimization Software) tool

Transient stability of a rotary frequency converter fed railway interconnected with a parallel low frequency High Voltage Transmission system

Current estimation method at the time of a contact-wire breakage during standstill below insulated overlap based on contact-wire necking length

An improved power supply system for neutral sections in railway electric power systems

Adjustment of the charge-discharge parameters of a stationary energy storage system for DC electric railways using PI control

Research on underground tunnel intelligent lighting control technology for energy saving railway system

Section 2: Advanced train control

Multiple PR controller-based method for suppressing the resonance oscillation of traction networks using the auxiliary converter of an electric locomotive

A novel control method to prevent regenerative braking failure and minimize loss of system based on supercapacitor series connected to the traction inverter

The clamp force control of train electro-mechanical brake device on self-adaptation control

Common mode voltage suppression method based on model predictive control for a permanent magnet synchronous motor considering current error limit

Collaborative optimization of management strategy with energy interaction and sizing for the tram's hybrid storage system

Ultra-high frequency train operation using the soft coupling technique: headway evaluations

Section 3: Computer simulations

A design strategy on the Talbot Type Articulation of a freight wagon

Proposal for a railway layer model.

Validation of numerical simulation using 3D-discrete element ballasted track model

Rule-directed safety validation of SSI-based interlocking application data models

Passenger flow analysis in railway transit station by potential pathline method

TRENISSIMO: improving the microscopic simulation of railway networks

Section 4: Intelligent railway systems

Use of ontology for data integration in a degraded mode signalling system

Reservation-compulsory commuting railways: innovation that will be made possible by UCRT/IPASS

Operational scenario of CoBoT for escort of the mobility handicapped at railway stations

Section 5: Monitoring and maintenance

Contribution to the modification of input data of subgrade structure dimensioning for non-traffic load according to the ŽSR methodology

Development of a dynamic track measuring device for gauge and twist to reduce derailment accidents

Restoration of actual track geometry using data measured by an inertial trolley

Section 6: Operational planning

Recent restoration of skip-stop operation in the Korean urban railway

Train traffic simulation algorithm based on historical train traffic records

Section 7: Operations quality

Optimization of speed changes and its effects on running time and capacity

The impact of buffer time distributions on the nominal capacity of railway lines

Section 8: Railway vehicle dynamics

Curving performance simulation of bogie angle linked steering truck

Suppression of vertical vibration in railway vehicle carbodies through control of damping force in primary suspension: presentation of results from running tests with meter-gauge car on a secondary line

Section 9: Risk management

The weakest link of a chain determines its strength: valuing the passenger risk of missed transfers.

The concept of "Risk Ranking - Prioritisation Matrix" method and its application for prioritisation of the non-compliance rail ultrasonic testing tracks

Section 10: Safety and security

A new interactive railway virtual simulator for testing preventive safety

Experimental study on the effect of cross-sectional area ratio between tunnel and shaft on plug-holing phenomena in shallow underground tunnels

Measures for ensuring the safety and security of automated operation of public transportation in Japan

Improving safety by integrating dysfunctional analysis into the design of railway systems

Introducing automatic ultrasonic inspection technology to welded rails on a flexible floating railway bridge

Section 11: Timetable planning and rescheduling

Train rescheduling generation considering rolling stock types and closed-off areas

Random delays forming in the dense train flow

Analysis of temporal factors influencing minimum dwell time distributions

Section 12: Track design and maintenance

Noise reduction for ballasted tracks: a socio-economic assessment

Optimisation of concrete sleeper design for heavy haul operated railway track by non-linear finite element and empirical studies

Development of metal rubber pads for high speed railways

Comparison of conventional and acoustic impact echo tests for detecting a cavity underneath a concrete slab track

Non-linear soil behavior on freight vs passenger lines

Section 13: Train control systems

Methods for introducing a new interlocking system in Omiya station, Japan

Formal modeling and data validation of general railway interlocking system

Section 14: Freight transport

An investigation into the benefits and constraints of shifting freight traffic from roads onto high-speed railways

Section 15: Rail freight transport and logistics.

NGT CARGO - concept for a high-speed freight train in Europe

Author index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78466-286-0

OCLC:

1065022491