Stray current control in DC mass transit systems

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 722-730

  Cotton, Ian ^a   Charalambous, Charalambos ^a   Aylott, Pete ^b   Ernst, Petra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CAPCIS Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corrosion; Heavy rail; Light rail; Rail transportation; Stray current; Transit

Indexed keywords

CORROSION PREVENTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT COLLECTION; ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL; ELECTRIC GROUNDING; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; ELECTRIC RAILROADS; ELECTRIC TRACTION; MASS TRANSPORTATION; RAILINGS;

CORROSION RISK; GROUNDED SYSTEM; HEAVY RAIL; LIGHT RAIL; MASS TRANSIT SYSTEMS; RAIL TRANSPORTATION; STRAY CURRENT COLLECTION SYSTEM; STRAY CURRENT CONTROL; TRACTION SYSTEM;

RAPID TRANSIT;

EID: 17644413205     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2004.842462     Document Type: Article

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