Long‐term performance of single‐lap joints: Review, challenges and prospects in civil engineering

Y Shu, X Qiang, X Jiang, Y Xiao… - Engineering Reports, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Compared with traditional technology, bonding technology is more suitable for civil structure
reinforcement because of its cost‐efficiency and superior mechanical properties. However …

A novel bagged tree ensemble regression method with multiple correlation coefficients to predict the train body vibrations using rail inspection data

L Peng, S Zheng, Q Zhong, X Chai, J Lin - Mechanical Systems and Signal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Prediction of the train body vibrations induced by the train running is desirable and useful to
ensure comfortable service, reliable, safe, and secure operation of railway systems. By using …

[HTML][HTML] Railway Track Deterioration Models: A Review of the State of the Art

G Rempelos, G Ognibene, L Le Pen, S Blainey… - Transportation …, 2024 - Elsevier
There has been a railway renaissance in Britain since the 1990 s, with passenger kilometres
approximately doubling between 1990 and 2019. Despite changing habits caused by the …

Railway transition zones: evaluation of existing transition structures and a newly proposed transition structure

A Jain, AV Metrikine, M Steenbergen… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This comprehensive study addresses the persistent issue of railway transition zone
degradation, evaluating the efficacy of the most commonly used mitigation measures and …

Acceleration-based condition monitoring of track longitudinal level using multiple regression models

I La Paglia, E Di Gialleonardo… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
In this paper, a condition monitoring system for railway track geometry is presented. The
methodology has been designed for high-speed application, where the train travels at the …

Multi-objective identification of critical distribution network assets in large interruption datasets

CG Marcelino, V Torres, L Carvalho, M Matos… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Performance indicators, such as the SAIFI and the SAIDI, are commonly used by regulatory
agencies to evaluate the performance of distribution companies (DisCos). Based on such …

[HTML][HTML] Railway Substructure Modeling Approach for Modal Analysis Using Multibody Simulation

J Morais, E Fortunato, D Ribeiro, J Mendes - Applied Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Featured Application The proposed modeling solution enables realistic multi-body
simulations of subgrade layers in the railway infrastructure context, for the purpose of modal …

Socio-technical systems integration and design: a multi-objective optimisation method based on integrative preference maximisation

HJ van Heukelum, R Binnekamp… - Structure and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Current systems design optimisation methodologies are one-sided, as these ignore the
socio-technical integration between stakeholder preferences ('what a human wants') and the …

Management of Aging Assets: Overview, Challenges, and Opportunities

J Lin, D Fan - Frontiers of Performability Engineering: In Honor of Prof …, 2024 - Springer
The aging of assets is inevitable, even if proper aging management techniques are utilized.
Over the past few decades, many assets around the world have exceeded their designed …

A System-of-Systems Approach for Enhancing Asset Management of Railways

J Kumari - 2024 - diva-portal.org
Purpose This paper proposes an approach for the development of a dynamic maintenance
policy for the railway rolling stock system considering the dynamic characteristics of the …