Fatigue in Railway Infrastructure (ePub)
(Sprache: Englisch)
Fatigue is a major issue affecting safety and quality of service in the railway industry. This book reviews key aspects of this important subject. It begins by providing an overview of the subject, discussing fatigue at the wheel-rail interface and in other...
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Fatigue is a major issue affecting safety and quality of service in the railway industry. This book reviews key aspects of this important subject. It begins by providing an overview of the subject, discussing fatigue at the wheel-rail interface and in other aspects of infrastructure. It then considers fatigue in railway and tramway track, looking at causes of potential failure in such areas as rails and fixings as well as sleepers. It also reviews failure points in structures such as embankments and cuttings. The book analyses fatigue in railway bridges, looking in particular at masonry arch bridges as well as metal and concrete bridges. Two final chapters review safety and reliability issues affecting escalators and lifts.
Fatigue in railway infrastructure is a helpful reference for those in the railway industry responsible for infrastructure maintenance as well as those researching this important subject.
Fatigue in railway infrastructure is a helpful reference for those in the railway industry responsible for infrastructure maintenance as well as those researching this important subject.
- Provides a concise review of fatigue in the railway infrastructure
- Examines the causes of potential failure in rails, fixings and sleepers
- Analyses fatigue in railway bridges including masonry arch, metal and concrete structures
Autoren-Porträt
Dr Mark Robinson is Professor of Rail Systems Engineering in the School of Mechanical and Systems Engineering at Newcastle University, UK. Professor Robinson is also Director of NewRail, the University’s centre of railway and transport research.Dr Ajay Kapoor is Professor of Engineering Design in the Faculty of Engineering at Swinburne University of Technology, Australia.
Bibliographische Angaben
- 2009, 128 Seiten, Englisch
- Herausgegeben: Mark Robinson, Ajay Kapoor
- Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
- ISBN-10: 1845697022
- ISBN-13: 9781845697020
- Erscheinungsdatum: 20.08.2009
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Pressezitat
The book almost exclusively tackles the subject of failures in railway infrastructure., Materials WorldThe book has plenty of detail about embankments, cuttings and bridges., Materials World
The text is particularly useful to up-and-coming railway civil engineers and designers aware of failure modes that are not taught in many university courses., Materials World
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