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Author International Conference on Railway Engineering Design and Operation (14th : 2014 : Rome, Italy)

Title Computers in railways XIV : Railway engineering design and optimization : special contributions / editors, C.A. Brebbia, N. Tomii, P. Tzieropoulos, J.M. Mera
Published Southampton : WIT Press, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource (256 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
Series WIT transactions on the built environment ; volume 155
WIT transactions on the built environment ; v. 155.
Contents Cover; Computers in Railways XIV: Special Contributions; Copyright Page; Preface; Contents; Section 1: Planning; Estimating railway infrastructure project cost from transferring nominal price to real price by considering the working time possessions; The role of railway transport in designing a proecological transport system; The influence of the external costs of modal split in the transport network, with particular reference to rail transport; Estimating the market areas of railway stations: a case study of containers in Korea; The impact of differing door widths on passenger movement rates
Optimization of the layout of neutral sections based on a differential evolution algorithmSection 2: Computer techniques and simulations; The design and implementation of a simulation platform for the running of high-speed trains based on High Level Architecture; Web application for an occupancy plan in a passenger railway station; The simulation of an installation position of wayside signals using video sequences from the train cab; A developed SW tool for a LCC model evaluation of a stage Pre-IIIB to stage IIIB NRMM-compliant vehicle
High-speed railway pantograph and catenary dynamic simulation system modelling and verificationSection 3: Energy supply and consumption; An integrated platform for energy-saving operation in urban rail transit; The systematic energy management of transport facilities for a holistic reduction of greenhouse emissions; Multi-machine transient stability for railways; Section 4: Monitoring and control; The radio-based train control system ATACS; The development of a simple turnout conversion force check meter; Section 5: Safety and security
Reliability analysis and testing methods of the CTCS-3 train control system with DFTA in a simulation environmentA safety evaluation of high-speed trains by investigating the effects of mine blasting; Author index; A; B; C; D; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; U; W; X; Y; Ż
Summary This volume contains special contributions presented at the 14th International Conference on Railway Engineering Design and Operation (COMPRAIL/14) held in Rome. It is a companion to the Volume containing most of the contributions (Vol 135 of WIT Transactions on the Built Environment) and comprises papers presented orally during the Conference
Notes Conference proceedings
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Railroad engineering -- Data processing -- Congresses
TRANSPORTATION -- Railroads -- Pictorial.
Railroad engineering -- Data processing
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
Form Electronic book
Author Brebbia, C. A., editor.
Tomii, N. (Norio), editor.
Tzieropoulos, P. (Panos), editor.
Mera, J. M. (Jose Manuel), editor.
LC no. 2015451202
ISBN 9781784660260
1784660264