Overview

This book contains the 14th proceedings of the, very successful, International conference on Railway Engineering Design and Optimization (COMPRAIL 2014), which began in 1987. Encouraging the update and use of advanced systems, the book promotes their general awareness throughout the business management, design, manufacture and operation of railways and other emerging passenger, freight and transit systems. It particularly emphasises the use of computer systems in advanced railway engineering. Topics covered include: Train Control Systems; Communications and Signalling; Computer Techniques and Simulations; Monitoring and Maintenance; Operations Quality; Planning; Timetable Planning; Rescheduling; Energy Supply and Consumption; Safety; Railway Vehicle Dynamics.

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Author:   C. A. Brebbia (Wessex Institut of Technology) ,  N. Tomii ,  P. Tzieropoulos
Publisher:   WIT Press
Imprint:   WIT Press
Volume:   135
ISBN:  

9781845647667

ISBN 10:   1845647661
Pages:   940
Publication Date:   24 June 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents Section 1: Train control systems Taking effective delay reduction measures and using delay elements as indices for Tokyo's metropolitan railways; The hierarchical real-time control of high speed trains for automatic train operation; Simple on-line observation and compensation of dead-time effects Section 2: Communications and signalling Innovative train control systems based on ERTMS and satellite-public TLC networks; Performance testing for high-speed train tracing and an approach-alarming system; Railway track layout modelling and its application to an automatic route setting system; Standardization of logic for a constant warning time control at automatic level crossings; Black-box testing tool of railway signalling system software with a focus on user convenience; Research on train communication network based on switched Ethernet Section 3: Computer techniques and simulations A knowledge-based engineering approach for supporting railway manufacturers from the tender notice to the designing phase; Checking the European Railways Traffic Management System (ERTMS) operating rules using UML and the B method; A turn-back track constraint train scheduling algorithm on a multi-interval rail transit line; Real-time ATO reconfiguration for operational stability; The design of an optimal running curve for train operation based on a novel parameterization method aiming to minimize the total energy consumption; A tool to estimate the wheel/rail contact and temperature rising under dry, wet, oily conditions; The effect of high-speed Shinkansen train draughts in tunnels on current collection performance; Finite element analysis of wheel/rail squeal noise; Architecture description language for Cyber Physical Systems analysis: a railway control system case study; Simulation of freight train operations with departures ahead of schedule Section 4: Monitoring and maintenance Modelling a temperature regime of a railway track structure and its comparison with the results of experimental measurements; Some experience and preliminary conclusions from the experimental monitoring of the temperature regime of a subgrade structure; Reliability analysis and prediction of the failure process of some traction converters; Analysis of the influence of track quality for new and existing urban railway lines on train operation; The development of a Line-to-Ground Fault Detection System for a DC feeding system on a support pole; A study of the elastic vertical displacement of a roadbed and HSB with an increase in speed on a high speed concrete track (HEMU-430x); Monitoring of combustion locomotive state with the use of an on-board device Section 5: Operations quality Evaluation of robustness indicators using railway operation simulation; Cyclic timetable improvement with train traffic data analysis; Zonal Operations: a method to rationalise operations; Towards a versatile European Driver Advisory System; Optimization approaches of large rail-freight junctions; ComplexTrans: the global land transportation system; Evaluation of the potential improvements in freight rail transport: the case of a Swedish rail company Section 6: Planning Is it worth it? Sketch appraisal of the relevance of proposals for new rail lines; Rail vehicles recycling; A real option methodology to determine the optimal intervention windows for railway infrastructure; The building and implementation of a track unit selection model for a comprehensive track maintenance plan; The catchment area of high architectural railway stations: an application of the Graham scan algorithm; Digital Pattern Product Development: a pattern-driven approach for improving the bidding process in rail transport systems; The impact of different maximum speeds on journey times, energy use, headway times and the number of trains required for Phase One of Britain's High Speed Two line; The object-oriented design of overhead contact line systems for railway and tram systems; The use of microsimulation models for the planning and management of metro systems; Particulate Matter concentrations in a new section of metro line: a case study in Italy Section 7: Timetable planning Punctuality analysis by the microscopic simulation and visualization of web-based train information system data; Tuning delay-propagation models to meet practical planning procedure requirements; Supporting tools for automated timetable planning; Shortening average trip times by adjusting stopping and overtaking train stations; A case study of development of the transportation plan and the operation control system for a high-speed railway using a relational database; Dr.METRO: a demand-responsive metro-train operation planning program; The optimization of train timetable stop-skipping patterns in urban railway operations; A new optimization model for railway slot allocation Section 8: Rescheduling The prediction of passenger flow under transport disturbance using accumulated passenger data; An optimized, automatic TMS in operations in Roma Tiburtina and Monfalcone stations; Optimal rescheduling for the mixed passenger and freight line; The development of a rescheduling system for train traffic operation; Generating a train rescheduling timetable considering the train routes on tracks and car types Section 9: Energy supply and consumption Optimisation of the DC railway power feeding system using the embedded simulation technique; Minimizing energy consumption in railways by voltage control on substations; Impacts of energy saving strategies (ESSs) on rail services and related effects on travel demand; Towards a simulation-based framework for evaluating energy-efficient solutions in train operation; Strategy of speed restriction allowing extended running times to minimize energy consumption and passenger disutility; Analysing the business case for introducing a 3 kV traction power supply in Dutch railways; Optimizing the energy consumption and operational availability of point heaters using weather forecasts; Optimal train speed profiles by dynamic programming with parallel computing and the fine-tuning of mesh; An energy storage and rapid charge system using EDLC for the Solar Light Rail; A genetic algorithm based train speed regulation optimization; OPF for an HVDC feeder solution for railway power supply systems; An SOS2-based moving trains, fixed nodes, railway power system simulator Section 10: Safety An analysis of different sensors for turnout detection for train-borne localization systems; A fatigue limit diagram for plastic rail clips; A formal modeling methodology of the French railway interlocking system via HCPN Section 11: Railway vehicle dynamics Prediction of long-term subgrade deformation under cyclic loadings with the implicit-explicit transition method using finite elements; Dynamic analysis of railway bridges supported by a Winkler foundation under uniform partially distributed moving railway vehicles; Fuzzy logic creep control for a 2D locomotive dynamic model under transient wheel-rail contact conditions; A study of an active steering bogie system for the curve negotiation on a sharp curved track; Numerical simulation on wind pressure transients in high speed train tunnels

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