Probabilistic analysis of braking performance in railways

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Volumn 217, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 149-166

  Malvezzi, M ^a   Presciani, P ^b   Allotta, B ^a   Toni, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Unita Tecnologie Materiale Rotabile   (Italy)

Author keywords

Braking model; Probabilistic analysis; Safety margins; Speed supervision system

Indexed keywords

BRAKING; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; DECELERATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SPEED CONTROL; VELOCITY CONTROL;

RAILWAY TRAFFIC; RAILWAYS; SPEED SUPERVISION SYSTEMS; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

RAILROAD CARS;

EID: 0142054864     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095440903769012867     Document Type: Article

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