Evaluation of maintenance schedules on railway traction power systems

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

Volumn 220, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 91-102

  Ho, T K ^a   Chi, Y L ^a   Ferreira, L ^b   Leung, K K ^c   Siu, L K ^d  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c CLP Power Ltd   (Hong Kong)

^d Kowloon Canton Railway Corporation   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Electrical stress; Lifetime model; Maintenance scheduling; Monte Carlo simulation; Railway traction power

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC TRACTION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; MAINTENANCE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SCHEDULING; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

ELECTRICAL STRESSES; LIFETIME MODEL; MAINTENANCE SCHEDULING; RAILWAY TRACTION POWER;

ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34247169901     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544097F02004     Document Type: Article

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