Railway infrastructure asset management, track quality analysis and M&R decision making
Railways must establish explicit processes for making decisions on various activities to be undertaken to keep these key objects within desirable (required) condition/operational limits. These activities usually represent M&R works, but could also represent other activities like additional/extraordinary expectations. This paper describes how such a condition-based process can be designed. The process consists of identifying key infra-objects and their necessary information, finding ways for collecting this data and understanding relationships between these data (revealing the key objects' behavior in time); certain threshholds are applied for certain condition parameters, and deterioration models are utilized to determine when these limits will be reached; they signify needs for certain M&R works/inspections. Finally the entire process must be governed through a well structured Asset Management System. However, every Railway represents a unique environment requiring a thoughfully tailored approach.
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Authors:
- Jovanovic S
- Bozovic D
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- Publication Date: 2005
Media Info
- Pagination: 13p.
- Monograph Title: AusRAIL PLUS 2005, 22-24 November 2005, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Asset management; Maintenance management; Railroad transportation
- ATRI Terms: Asset management; Maintenance planning; Rail transport
- Subject Areas: Finance; Maintenance and Preservation; Railroads;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01516894
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: ARRB
- Files: ATRI
- Created Date: Mar 4 2014 7:57PM