Distributing the train traction power over cars: Effects on dependability analyzed based on daily duty-cycle

COMPEL - The International Journal for Computation and Mathematics in Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 209-224

  Bifulco, Giovanni ^a   Capozzi, Sebastiano ^b   Fortuna, Sergio ^c   Mormile, Tiziana ^d   Testa, Alfredo ^e  

^a Ansaldobreda   (Italy)

^b IT Telecom   (Italy)

^c TRENITALIA SpA   (Italy)

^d Ansaldo Trasporti Sistemi FSpA   (Denmark)

^e SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Markov processes; Reliability management; Trains

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC TRACTION; LOCOMOTIVE CRANES; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RELIABILITY; TRANSPORTATION;

CONCENTRATED POWER TRAIN (CPT); DISTRIBUTED POWER TRAIN (DPT); RELIABILITY MANAGEMENT; TRAINS;

RAILROAD CARS;

EID: 1442288667     PISSN: 03321649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03321640410507653     Document Type: Conference Paper

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