Life Cycle Design of Railways Rolling Stock

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Gruebler, Gerhard, author.

Conference Name:

1995 Total Life Cycle Conference and Exposition (1995-10-16 : Vienna, Austria)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1995

Summary:

Rolling stock is an asset with a long life cycle which binds a lot of investment capital and brings about high operating costs.A procedure has now been developed which makes it possible to portray id est design" today's long-range effect on the entire life cycle of decisions which must be made today in regard to this investment capital. This Life Cycle Design" is worked out via a formal system consisting of models and predictions. Its measure is the so-called Life Cycle Cost".With the help of the Life Cycle Design various formal solutions can be found for current long-term problems. Based on this an optimal decision can then be made

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Publisher Number:

951869

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