Title The railway track and its long term behaviour : a handbook for a railway track of high quality / Konstantinos Tzanakakis

Published Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©2013

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Description 1 online resource Series Springer tracts on transportation and traffic, 2194-8119 ; 2 Springer tracts on transportation and traffic ; 2. Contents Part A: The Past -- Earliest Traces -- Early Wagonways -- Horse-Drawn Railway -- Steam Power Introduced -- Diesel and Electric Engines -- High-Speed Railway -- History of the Track Gauge -- Part B: The External Environment of the Infrastructure Manager -- The "Stakeholders" of the Railway System -- The Changing External Environment for the Infrastructure Manager -- Multi-Annual Contracts -- Part C: Functional Knowledge Of The Railway Track System -- Introduction -- Forces on the Track -- The Track Subsystem -- The Vehicle Subsystem -- Modelling the Track -- The Effect of Track Stiffness on Track Performance -- The Wheel-Rail Interface -- The Mechanism of Track Faults Creation -- The Deterioration of the Track Components -- Track Settlements -- Discrete Track Defects as Cause of Track Deterioration -- Track Problems, Causes, Mechanisms, Solutions -- Track Drainage -- The Track Deterioration Model -- The System "Railway Infrastructure" -- What Is Quality? -- Factors Affecting the Track Quality Behaviour -- Assessment of Track Geometry Quality -- Track Design -- The Track Construction (Aiming at High Performance) -- Track Condition Monitoring -- Track Maintenance Part D: Tools and Methods for an Effective, High Performance Railway Track -- Introduction to LCC and RAMS -- The RAMS Analysis -- RAMS in Operation and Maintenance -- The LCC Concept -- Maintenance Planning Using LCC KAI RAMS -- Integration of RAMS and LCC in the Project Design Process -- A Case Study of Applications of RAMS and LCC in the Design Process -- LCC and WLC (Whole Life Costing) -- Investment and Budgeting Decisions for High Track Quality -- Introduction -- From Tactical to Strategic Outsourcing -- Cost and Benefit of Outsourcing -- Measuring Contractor's Performance -- Types of Contracts and Its Characteristics -- What Kind of Contracting Is Suitable for Track Maintenance? -- Common Risks Associated with Contracting -- Maintenance Outsourcing Scenarios -- Modelling Costs of Service Contract -- Infrastructure Data Management in Case of Outsourcing of M & R Activities -- Cases of Outsourcing Applied -- Lessons Learned -- Advices for Outsourcing -- Cost Factors of Track Construction and Maintenance -- Guiding Principles for an Effective Track -- Measuring the Performance -- Benchmarking -- Management of Infrastructure Data -- Maintenance Cost Modeling -- PART E: The Future -- Technological Developments and Tendencies for the Railways -- The Future Railway as a System Summary This book provides readers with the necessary functional knowledge of track behavior and comprehensively covers the function of the various track components, their interaction as elements of the track system, as well as the interaction of the track with railway vehicles Analysis Engineering Engineering design Engineering economy Civil engineering Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Railroad tracks. Railroad tracks -- Maintenance and repair tracks (transit system elements) TRANSPORTATION -- Railroads -- Pictorial. Ingénierie. Railroad tracks Railroad tracks -- Maintenance and repair Form Electronic book ISBN 9783642360510 3642360513 3642360505 9783642360503

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