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Experimental study on permanent deformation characteristics of coarse-grained soil under repeated dynamic loading Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2021-02-14 Huihao Mei, Sajjad Satvati, Wuming Leng
Practical assessment of subgrade settlement induced by train operation requires developing suitable models capable of describing permanent deformation characteristics of subgrade filling under repeated dynamic loading. In this paper, repeated load triaxial tests were performed on coarse-grained soil (CGS), and the axial permanent strain of CGS under different confining pressures and dynamic stress
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Defect detection in freight railcar tapered-roller bearings using vibration techniques Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2021-02-03 Constantine Tarawneh, Joseph Montalvo, Brent Wilson
Currently, there are two types of defect detection systems used to monitor the health of freight railcar bearings in service: wayside hot-box detection systems and trackside acoustic detection systems. These systems have proven to be inefficient in accurately determining bearing health, especially in the early stages of defect development. To that end, a prototype onboard bearing condition monitoring
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Comparative evaluation of concrete sand-control fences used for railway protection in strong wind areas Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2021-01-16 Long Shi, Dongyuan Wang, Kai Cui, Chunxiao Xue
Concrete-plate fences have been widely adopted for windblown sand control and mitigation along railways. However, the inclination angles of inserting the concrete plate with respect to the vertical direction, i.e., straight or obliquely inserted concrete plates (SIP or OIP), significantly influence the efficiency of sand-control. This study performs a comparative evaluation of the SIP and OIP sand-control
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Damage tolerance of fractured rails on continuous welded rail track for high-speed railways Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2020-12-14 Yuan Gao, Ping Wang, Kai Wang, Jingmang Xu, Zhiguo Dong
Broken gap is an extremely dangerous state in the service of high-speed rails, and the violent wheel–rail impact forces will be intensified when a vehicle passes the gap at high speeds, which may cause a secondary fracture to rail and threaten the running safety of the vehicle. To recognize the damage tolerance of rail fracture length, the implicit–explicit sequential approach is adopted to simulate
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Mechanical characteristic variation of ballastless track in high-speed railway: effect of train–track interaction and environment loads Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2020-11-30 Shengyang Zhu, Jun Luo, Mingze Wang, Chengbiao Cai
Due to the fact that ballastless tracks in high-speed railways are not only subjected to repeated train–track dynamic interaction loads, but also suffer from complex environmental loads, the fundamental understanding of mechanical performance of ballastless tracks under sophisticated service conditions is an increasingly demanding and challenging issue in high-speed railway networks. This work aims
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Delay recovery model for high-speed trains with compressed train dwell time and running time Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2020-11-24 Yafei Hou, Chao Wen, Ping Huang, Liping Fu, Chaozhe Jiang
Modeling the application of train operation adjustment actions to recover from delays is of great importance to supporting the decision-making of dispatchers. In this study, the effects of two train operation adjustment actions on train delay recovery were explored using train operation records from scheduled and actual train timetables. First, the modeling data were sorted to extract the possible
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A novel anti-slip control approach for railway vehicles with traction based on adhesion estimation with swarm intelligence Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2020-11-24 Abdulkadir Zirek, Altan Onat
Anti-slip control systems are essential for railway vehicle systems with traction. In order to propose an effective anti-slip control system, adhesion information between wheel and rail can be useful. However, direct measurement or observation of adhesion condition for a railway vehicle in operation is quite demanding. Therefore, a proportional–integral controller, which operates simultaneously with
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Experimental and numerical study on fretting wear and fatigue of full-scale railway axles Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2020-11-12 Lang Zou, Dongfang Zeng, Yabo Li, Kai Yang, Liantao Lu, Caiqin Yuan
This study investigated the fretting wear and fatigue of full-scale railway axles. Fatigue tests were conducted on full-scale railway axles, and the fretting wear and fretting fatigue in the fretted zone of the railway axles were analysed. Three-dimensional finite element models were established based on the experimental results. Then, multi-axial fatigue parameters and a linear elastic fracture mechanics-based
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Polygonisation of railway wheels: a critical review Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2020-09-29 Gongquan Tao, Zefeng Wen, Xuesong Jin, Xiaoxuan Yang
Polygonisation is a common nonuniform wear phenomenon occurring in railway vehicle wheels and has a severe impact on the vehicle–track system, ride comfort, and lineside residents. This paper first summarizes periodic defects of the wheels, including wheel polygonisation and wheel corrugation, occurring in railways worldwide. Thereafter, the effects of wheel polygonisation on the wheel–rail interaction
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Quantitative analysis on coupling of traction current into cab signaling in electrified railways Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2020-09-19 Chang Liu, Shiwu Yang, Yong Cui, Jiaqi Lv
Cab signaling apparatus is the critical equipment for ground-vehicle communication in electrified railways. With the rapid development of high-speed and heavy-haul railways, the immunity to unbalanced traction current interference for cab signaling apparatus in the onboard train control system is increasingly demanded. This paper analyzes the interference coupling mechanism of the ZPW-2000 track circuit
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Random dynamic analysis of vertical train–bridge systems under small probability by surrogate model and subset simulation with splitting Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2020-09-19 Huoyue Xiang, Ping Tang, Yuan Zhang, Yongle Li
The response of the train–bridge system has an obvious random behavior. A high traffic density and a long maintenance period of a track will result in a substantial increase in the number of trains running on a bridge, and there is small likelihood that the maximum responses of the train and bridge happen in the total maintenance period of the track. Firstly, the coupling model of train–bridge systems
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Full-scale multi-functional test platform for investigating mechanical performance of track–subgrade systems of high-speed railways Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2020-09-16 Wanming Zhai, Kaiyun Wang, Zhaowei Chen, Shengyang Zhu, Chengbiao Cai, Gang Liu
Motivated by the huge practical engineering demand for the fundamental understanding of mechanical characteristics of high-speed railway infrastructure, a full-scale multi-functional test platform for high-speed railway track–subgrade system is developed in this paper, and its main functions for investigating the mechanical performance of track–subgrade systems are elaborated with three typical experimental
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Simple and fast prediction of train-induced track forces, ground and building vibrations Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2020-09-06 Lutz Auersch
A simple and fast prediction scheme is presented for train-induced ground and building vibrations. Simple models such as (one-dimensional) transfer matrices are used for the vehicle–track–soil interaction and for the building–soil interaction. The wave propagation through layered soils is approximated by a frequency-dependent homogeneous half-space. The prediction is divided into the parts “emission”
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Discrete element modelling of railway ballast performance considering particle shape and rolling resistance Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2020-08-27 Yunlong Guo, Chunfa Zhao, Valeri Markine, Can Shi, Guoqing Jing, Wanming Zhai
To simulate ballast performance accurately and efficiently, the input in discrete element models should be carefully selected, including the contact model and applied particle shape. To study the effects of the contact model and applied particle shape on the ballast performance (shear strength and deformation), the direct shear test (DST) model and the large-scale process simulation test (LPST) model
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Experimental investigation of the dynamic behavior of railway track with sleeper voids Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2020-08-27 Mykola Sysyn, Olga Nabochenko, Vitalii Kovalchuk
The deterioration of the sleeper support on the ballasted track begins with the accumulation of sleeper voids. The increased dynamic loading in the voided zone and the ballast contact conditions cause the accelerated growth of the settlements in the voided zones, which results in the appearance of local instabilities like ballast breakdown, white spots, subgrade defects, etc. The recent detection and
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Accident and hazard prediction models for highway–rail grade crossings: a state-of-the-practice review for the USA Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2020-08-25 Olumide F. Abioye, Maxim A. Dulebenets, Junayed Pasha, Masoud Kavoosi, Ren Moses, John Sobanjo, Eren E. Ozguven
Highway–rail grade crossings (HRGCs) are one of the most dangerous segments of the transportation network. Every year numerous accidents are recorded at HRGCs between highway users and trains, between highway users and traffic control devices, and solely between highway users. These accidents cause fatalities, severe injuries, property damage, and release of hazardous materials. Researchers and state
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Rotary-scaling fine-tuning (RSFT) method for optimizing railway wheel profiles and its application to a locomotive Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2020-06-16 Yunguang Ye; Yayun Qi; Dachuan Shi; Yu Sun; Yichang Zhou; Markus Hecht
The existing multi-objective wheel profile optimization methods mainly consist of three sub-modules: (1) wheel profile generation, (2) multi-body dynamics simulation, and (3) an optimization algorithm. For the first module, a comparably conservative rotary-scaling fine-tuning (RSFT) method, which introduces two design variables and an empirical formula, is proposed to fine-tune the traditional wheel
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Real-time multibody modeling and simulation of a scaled bogie test rig Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2020-06-12 Sundar Shrestha; Maksym Spiryagin; Qing Wu
In wheel–rail adhesion studies, most of the test rigs used are simplified designs such as a single wheel or wheelset, but the results may not be accurate. Alternatively, representing the complex system by using a full vehicle model provides accurate results but may incur complexity in design. To trade off accuracy over complexity, a bogie model can be the optimum selection. Furthermore, only a real-time
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Review of research on high-speed railway subgrade settlement in soft soil area Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2020-06-05 Shunhua Zhou; Binglong Wang; Yao Shan
Construction issues of high-speed rail infrastructures have been increasingly concerned worldwide, of which the subgrade settlement in soft soil area becomes a particularly critical problem. Due to the high compressibility and low permeability of soft soil, the post-construction settlement of the subgrade is extremely difficult to control in these regions, which seriously threatens the operation safety
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A preventive opportunistic maintenance method for railway traction power supply system based on equipment reliability Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2020-06-03 Sheng Lin; Nan Li; Ding Feng; Xiaomin Guo; Weiguo Pan; Jun Wang; Chao Yang
Conventional maintenance mode for the traction power supply system (TPSS) is to perform scheduled regular maintenance activities for power supply equipment, while such maintenance mode may result in undue maintenance tasks and low efficiency due to different degradation processes of different sorts of equipment. To address this problem, this paper introduces a preventive opportunistic maintenance (POM)
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The mechanism and effects of subgrade fluidisation under ballasted railway tracks Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2020-05-28 Buddhima Indraratna; Mandeep Singh; Thanh Trung Nguyen
The rapid growth in railway infrastructure and the construction of high-speed heavy-haul rail network, especially on ground that is basically unsuitable, poses challenges for geotechnical engineers because a large part of the money invested in the development of railway lines is often spent on track maintenance. In fact around the world, the mud pumping of subgrade fines is one of the common reasons
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Running safety assessment of a train traversing a three-tower cable-stayed bridge under spatially varying ground motion Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2020-03-31 Wei Gong; Zhihui Zhu; Yu Liu; Ruitao Liu; Yongjiu Tang; Lizhong Jiang
To explore the influence of spatially varying ground motion on the dynamic behavior of a train passing through a three-tower cable-stayed bridge, a 3D train–track–bridge coupled model is established for accurately simulating the train–bridge interaction under earthquake excitation, which is made up of a vehicle model built by multi-body dynamics, a track–bridge finite element model, and a 3D rolling
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Active suspension in railway vehicles: a literature survey Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2020-03-09 Bin Fu; Rocco Libero Giossi; Rickard Persson; Sebastian Stichel; Stefano Bruni; Roger Goodall
Since the concept of active suspensions appeared, its large possible benefits has attracted continuous exploration in the field of railway engineering. With new demands of higher speed, better ride comfort and lower maintenance cost for railway vehicles, active suspensions are very promising technologies. Being the starting point of commercial application of active suspensions in rail vehicles, tilting
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Effect of cavity flow control on high-speed train pantograph and roof aerodynamic noise Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2020-03-05 Hogun Kim; Zhiwei Hu; David Thompson
The pantograph and its recess on the train roof are major aerodynamic noise sources on high-speed trains. Reducing this noise is particularly important because conventional noise barriers usually do not shield the pantograph. However, less attention has been paid to the pantograph recess compared with the pantograph. In this paper, the flow features and noise contribution of two types of noise reduction
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Power management in co-phase traction power supply system with super capacitor energy storage for electrified railways Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2020-02-28 Xiaohong Huang; Qinyu Liao; Qunzhan Li; Sida Tang; Ke Sun
Increasing railway traffic and energy utilization issues prompt electrified railway systems to be more economical, efficient and sustainable. As regenerative braking energy in railway systems has huge potential for optimized utilization, a lot of research has been focusing on how to use the energy efficiently and gain sustainable benefits. The energy storage system is an alternative because it not
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Train–track coupled dynamics analysis: system spatial variation on geometry, physics and mechanics Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2020-02-17 Lei Xu; Wanming Zhai
This paper aims to clarify the influence of system spatial variability on train–track interaction from perspectives of stochastic analysis and statistics. Considering the spatial randomness of system properties in geometry, physics and mechanics, the primary work is therefore simulating the uncertainties realistically, representatively and efficiently. With regard to the track irregularity simulation
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Computational fluid dynamics simulation of Hyperloop pod predicting laminar–turbulent transition Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2020-02-17 Nathalie Nick; Yohei Sato
Three-dimensional compressible flow simulations were conducted to develop a Hyperloop pod. The novelty is the usage of Gamma transition model, in which the transition from laminar to turbulent flow can be predicted. First, a mesh dependency study was undertaken, showing second-order convergence with respect to the mesh refinement. Second, an aerodynamic analysis for two designs, short and optimized
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Train energy simulation with locomotive adhesion model Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2020-02-08 Qing Wu; Maksym Spiryagin; Colin Cole
Railway train energy simulation is an important and popular research topic. Locomotive traction force simulations are a fundamental part of such research. Conventional energy calculation models are not able to consider locomotive wheel–rail adhesions, traction adhesion control, and locomotive dynamics. This paper has developed two models to fill this research gap. The first model uses a 2D locomotive
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A neural network algorithm for queue length estimation based on the concept of k -leader connected vehicles Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2019-11-24 Azadeh Emami; Majid Sarvi; Saeed Asadi Bagloee
This paper presents a novel method to estimate queue length at signalised intersections using connected vehicle (CV) data. The proposed queue length estimation method does not depend on any conventional information such as arrival flow rate and parameters pertaining to traffic signal controllers. The model is applicable for real-time applications when there are sufficient training data available to
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Influence of tire-derived aggregates mixed with ballast on ground-borne vibrations Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2019-11-23 Masoud Fathali; Morteza Esmaeili; Fereidoon Moghadas Nejad
In this paper, the use of recycled tire-derived aggregates (TDA) mixed with ballast material is evaluated in order to reduce the train-induced ground-borne vibrations. For this purpose, a series of field vibration measurements has been carried out at an executed pilot track. The prepared ballast layer was mixed with different percentages of TDA in three sections. Moreover, another test section with
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Model tests for surge height of rock avalanche–debris flows based on momentum balance Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2019-10-25 Haixin Zhao; Lingkan Yao
Rock avalanche–debris flows triggered by earthquakes commonly take place in mountainous areas. When entering a body of water, due to good fluidity they can move for some time instead of halting in water. In this study, we proposed a method for calculating the surge height of rock avalanche–debris flows based on momentum balance and designed a series of model tests to validate this method. The experimental
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An application of Bayesian multilevel model to evaluate variations in stochastic and dynamic transition of traffic conditions Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2019-10-19 Emmanuel Kidando; Ren Moses; Thobias Sando; Eren Erman Ozguven
This study seeks to investigate the variations associated with lane lateral locations and days of the week in the stochastic and dynamic transition of traffic regimes (DTTR). In the proposed analysis, hierarchical regression models fitted using Bayesian frameworks were used to calibrate the transition probabilities that describe the DTTR. Datasets of two sites on a freeway facility located in Jacksonville
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Influence of adverse weather on drivers’ perceived risk during car following based on driving simulations Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2019-09-19 Chen Chen; Xiaohua Zhao; Hao Liu; Guichao Ren; Xiaoming Liu
Adverse weather has a considerable impact on the behavior of drivers, which puts vehicles and drivers in hazardous situations that can easily cause traffic accidents. This research examines how drivers’ perceived risk changes during car following under different adverse weather conditions by using driving simulation experiment. An expressway road scenario was built in a driving simulator. Eleven types
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Pedestrian perception-based level-of-service model at signalized intersection crosswalks Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2019-09-13 S. Marisamynathan; P. Vedagiri
Pedestrian level of service (PLOS) is an important measure of performance in the analysis of existing pedestrian crosswalk conditions. Many researchers have developed PLOS models based on pedestrian delay, turning vehicle effect, etc., using the conventional regression method. However, these factors may not effectively reflect the pedestrians’ perception of safety while crossing the crosswalk. The
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Data analytics approach for travel time reliability pattern analysis and prediction Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2019-09-12 Zhen Chen; Wei Fan
Travel time reliability (TTR) is an important measure which has been widely used to represent the traffic conditions on freeways. The objective of this study is to develop a systematic approach to analyzing TTR on roadway segments along a corridor. A case study is conducted to illustrate the TTR patterns using vehicle probe data collected on a freeway corridor in Charlotte, North Carolina. A number
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Calibrating HCM model for roundabout entry capacity under heterogeneous traffic Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2019-08-14 Abdullah Ahmad; Rajat Rastogi
Roundabout is a channelized intersection where traffic moves around a central island, clockwise for left-side driving and anti-clockwise for right-side driving. Efficiently designed roundabouts can handle traffic very smoothly without causing any delay. The capacity of roundabouts used to be calculated by the weaving theory in India. However, calculation of the entry capacity in the recent literature
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Using Kalman filter algorithm for short-term traffic flow prediction in a connected vehicle environment Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2019-07-12 Azadeh Emami; Majid Sarvi; Saeed Asadi Bagloee
We develop a Kalman filter for predicting traffic flow at urban arterials based on data obtained from connected vehicles. The proposed algorithm is computationally efficient and offers a real-time prediction since it invokes the connected vehicle data just before the prediction period. Moreover, it can predict the traffic flow for various penetration rates of connected vehicles (the ratio of the number
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A fault prediction method for catenary of high-speed rails based on meteorological conditions Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2019-06-29 Sheng Lin; Qinyang Yu; Zhen Wang; Ding Feng; Shibin Gao
Fault frequency of catenary is related to meteorological conditions. In this work, based on the historical data, catenary fault frequency and weather-related fault rate are introduced to analyse the correlation between catenary faults and meteorological conditions, and further the effect of meteorological conditions on catenary operation. Moreover, machine learning is used for catenary fault prediction
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Correction to: Can a polycentric structure affect travel behaviour? A comparison of Melbourne, Australia and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2019-06-25 M. Alqhatani,S. Setunge,S. Mirodpour
In the original publication the first sentence starting with “The model calibration process…” in Sect. 3.2.3 Model calibration and validation should be amended as,
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Statistical delay distribution analysis on high-speed railway trains Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2019-06-13 Yuxiang Yang; Ping Huang; Qiyuan Peng; Jie LI; Chao Wen
The focus of this study is to explore the statistical distribution models of high-speed railway (HSR) train delays. Based on actual HSR operational data, the delay causes and their classification, delay frequency, number of affected trains, and space–time delay distributions are discussed. Eleven types of delay events are classified, and a detailed analysis of delay distribution for each classification
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Does driving-day-based tradable credit scheme outperform license plate rationing? Examination considering transaction cost Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2019-06-08 Zhen Lian; Xiaobo Liu; Wenbo Fan
This article models a novel driving-day-based tradable credit scheme (DD-TCS) to alleviate urban traffic congestion. In this model, car-using allowances (in terms of the number of days in a month, termed as “credit”) are freely and uniformly allocated to all travellers, who are also allowed to trade them in a market according to his/her travel needs (e.g. driving more or fewer days than the free endowment)
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Case study scenarios in site selection of hazardous material facilities based on transportation preferences Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2019-06-08 Babak Mehran; Musharraf Ahmad Khan; Mina Mehran; Hyukjae Roh; Satish Sharma
A methodology is proposed to evaluate and rank potential sites for facilities dealing with hazardous materials (HAZMAT). The proposed methodology incorporates HAZMAT route planning into facility siting while considering transportation preferences and challenges. The area of interest is divided into smaller zones representing potential sites for a HAZMAT facility. A multimodal transportation network
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Event management architecture for the monitoring and diagnosis of a fleet of trains: a case study Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2019-04-19 Adoum Fadil; Damien Trentesaux; Guillaume Branger
In recent years, more and more manufacturers and operators of fleets of mobile systems have been focusing their efforts on studying and developing conditional maintenance, monitoring, and diagnostic strategies to cope with an increasingly competitive, unstable, costly, and unpredictable environment. This paper proposes a case study concerning the application of a novel event management architecture
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Modeling traffic barriers crash severity by considering the effect of traffic barrier dimensions Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2019-04-10 Amirarsalan Mehrara Molan; Mahdi Rezapour; Khaled Ksaibati
Traffic barriers are in widespread all around the USA as safety countermeasures for reducing the severity of run-off-road crashes. The effect of traffic barriers’ dimension had been ignored in past real-world crash studies due to the considerable cost and time needed for collecting field data. This paper presented two new analytical models to investigate the effect of different variables on the severity
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New shakedown criterion and permanent deformation properties of unbound granular materials Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2019-04-02 Ali Alnedawi; Kali Prasad Nepal; Riyadh Al-Ameri
Unbound granular material specifications for road pavements in Australia are primarily based on physical material specification rather than mechanical characterisation. This simplified approach does not reflect the actual material performance under repeated dynamic traffic loads. There is a little information available on the influence of the local crushed rock properties and compacted layer properties
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Vibration and acoustic radiation of bogie area under random excitation in high-speed trains Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2019-03-19 Dongzhen Wang; Jianmin Ge
Based on the experiments on a platform with real vehicle structure and finite element simulation, the vibration and interior acoustic radiation under random excitations of high-speed trains’ bogie area were studied. Firstly, combined with line tests, a vehicle body with a length of 7 m was used as the research object. By comparing the results of experiment and simulation, the accuracy of the finite
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A comprehensive review on hybrid electric vehicles: architectures and components Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2019-03-08 Krishna Veer Singh; Hari Om Bansal; Dheerendra Singh
The rapid consumption of fossil fuel and increased environmental damage caused by it have given a strong impetus to the growth and development of fuel-efficient vehicles. Hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) have evolved from their inchoate state and are proving to be a promising solution to the serious existential problem posed to the planet earth. Not only do HEVs provide better fuel economy and lower
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Influence of work zone signage on driver speeding behavior Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2019-02-01 Snehanshu Banerjee; Mansoureh Jeihani; Nashid K. Khadem
Speeding in a work zone needs to be tackled effectively to enhance work zone safety. This study evaluates the influence of three different work zone signs—speed photo enforced signs, dynamic speed display signs and reduced speed limit signs—on driver speeding behavior using a medium-fidelity driving simulator. The speed photo enforced and reduced speed limit signs were placed at intervals before the
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Speed profile optimization of catenary-free electric trains with lithium-ion batteries Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2019-01-18 Nima Ghaviha; Markus Bohlin; Christer Holmberg; Erik Dahlquist
Catenary-free operated electric trains, as one of the recent technologies in railway transportation, has opened a new field of research: speed profile optimization and energy optimal operation of catenary-free operated electric trains. A well-formulated solution for this problem should consider the characteristics of the energy storage device using validated models and methods. This paper discusses
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Correction to: Speed–density functional relationship for heterogeneous traffic data: a statistical and theoretical investigation Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2018-12-29 Hari Krishna Gaddam,K. Ramachandra Rao
In the original publication, the unit of variable k j in Tables 4 and 7 has been incorrectly published as km/h. The correct unit of variable k j should be veh/h.
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Traffic prediction using a self-adjusted evolutionary neural network Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2018-12-22 Shiva Rahimipour; Rayehe Moeinfar; S. Mehdi Hashemi
Short-term prediction of traffic flow is one of the most essential elements of all proactive traffic control systems. The aim of this paper is to provide a model based on neural networks (NNs) for multi-step-ahead traffic prediction. NNs’ dependency on parameter setting is the major challenge in using them as a predictor. Given the fact that the best combination of NN parameters results in the minimum
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Complementary parametric probit regression and nonparametric classification tree modeling approaches to analyze factors affecting severity of work zone weather-related crashes Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2018-12-21 Ali Ghasemzadeh; Mohamed M. Ahmed
Identifying risk factors for road traffic injuries can be considered one of the main priorities of transportation agencies. More than 12,000 fatal work zone crashes were reported between 2000 and 2013. Despite recent efforts to improve work zone safety, the frequency and severity of work zone crashes are still a big concern for transportation agencies. Although many studies have been conducted on different
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Analysis of a joint entry- and distance-based cordon pricing scheme: a dynamic modeling approach Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2018-12-14 Mehrdad Gholami Shahbandi; Abbas Babazadeh
Transportation demand management (TDM) covers strategies for reducing traffic congestion within the affected urban areas. Congestion pricing includes a branch of TDM strategies; among them, the entry-based cordon pricing, i.e., applying charge on entry, is the most popular because of practicality and social acceptance. Many researchers have investigated different second-best approaches for evaluations
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Speed–density functional relationship for heterogeneous traffic data: a statistical and theoretical investigation Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2018-12-05 Hari Krishna Gaddam; K. Ramachandra Rao
This study is an attempt to establish a suitable speed–density functional relationship for heterogeneous traffic on urban arterials. The model must reproduce the traffic behaviour on traffic stream and satisfy all static and dynamic properties of speed–flow–density relationships. As a first attempt for Indian traffic condition, two behavioural parameters, namely the kinematic wave speed at jam (Cj)
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Multiobjective car relocation problem in one-way carsharing system Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2018-11-27 Rabih Zakaria; Mohammad Dib; Laurent Moalic
In this paper, we present a multiobjective approach for solving the one-way car relocation problem. We fix three objectives that include the number of remaining rejected demands, the number of jockeys used for the relocation operations, and the total time used by these jockeys. For this sake, we propose to apply two algorithms namely NSGA-II and an adapted memetic algorithm (MA) that we call MARPOCS
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Numerical optimisation and experimental validation of divided rail freight brake disc crown Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2018-11-16 Uroš Grivc; David Deržič; Simon Muhič
In this study, numerical optimisation and experimental validation of a divided rail freight brake disc crown made of grey cast iron EN-GJL-250 is presented. The analysed brake disc is used in rail freight wagons and possesses a load capacity of 22.5 tons per axle. Two of the divided rail freight brake discs are mounted on each axle. With the aid of numerical analysis, the thermal dissipation properties
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Modified criterion for prediction of tunnel deformation in non-squeezing ground conditions Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2018-10-30 Ako Daraei; Shokrollah Zare
The strength factor-based criterion for tunnel deformation prediction proposed by Hoek in 2000 is reckoned to be the most practical criterion among the tunnel deformation criteria since 1980s. In view of the fact that Hoek’s criterion was obtained based on case studies under squeezing ground conditions, it has a limited range of applications, applicable mainly in squeezing tunnels. In this work, this
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Analysis of high-speed rail and airline transport cooperation in presence of non-purchase option Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2018-09-06 Kimitoshi Sato; Yihsu Chen
We study cooperation between the airline and high-speed rail (HSR) sectors by formulating their joint profit as a maximization problem using a multinomial logit choice model in a three-node setting. We allow the non-purchase option as an outside option available to consumers. The demand for each choice is not only a function of the price but also the service quality, such as the total trip time, frequency
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Evaluation of the maintenance window scheme using fuzzy soft set theory Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2018-08-27 Changan Xu; Shaoquan Ni; Dingjun Chen
The maintenance window scheme (MWS) is one of the most important railway transportation organizational plans and plays an important role in ensuring railway operational safety. However, MWS setting is a very complicated process, and most countries currently do so with the help of a computer-aided decision system. In general, a decision system can generate multiple alternatives for MWS within an acceptable
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Consistency evaluation of the current distribution of short-circuit tests in AT feeding systems for high-speed railways Rail. Eng. Sci. Pub Date : 2018-07-04 Qing-an Ma; Wei Liu
To improve the accuracy of fault location system, several short-circuit tests need to be conducted before being brought into service in autotransformer (AT) feeding systems for high-speed railways in China. However, no systematic algorithm yet exists to evaluate the consistency of the current distribution of short-circuit tests. A methodology is proposed in this paper to address this problem. Based
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