REDUCING THE STRESS STATE OF THE RAILWAY

The Transportation Technology Center Inc (TTCI) is accelerating the development and deployment of wayside defect detection and condition monitoring system. Wayside technologies under evaluation and development include wheel profile monitoring, cracked wheel and axle detection, and hunting detection, while those that have been deployed include bogie curving performance monitoring, wheel impact load detection, hot bearing detection, and acoustic-based bearing defect detection.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  345 Hudson Street
  New York, NY  United States  10014
• Authors:
  • Hawthorne, K
  • IRANI, F
• Publication Date: 2003-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 46-50
• Serial:
  • INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY JOURNAL AND RAPID TRANSIT REVIEW
  • Volume: 43
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0744-5326

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Defects; Detection and identification; Load factor; Maintenance management; Preventive maintenance; Railroad tracks; Rolling stock; Safety; Stress relieving
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00964007
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 6 2003 12:00AM