Methodology for the monitoring, control and warning of defects for preventive maintenance of rails

WIT Transactions on the Built Environment

Volumn 88, Issue , 2006, Pages 935-945

  Labropoulos, K C ^a   Moundoulas, P ^a   Moropoulou, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Preventive rail maintenance; Rail defect management; Risk indices

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; FRACTURE; MAINTENANCE; RISK ANALYSIS; ULTRASONICS;

PREVENTIVE RAIL MAINTENANCE; ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE (RCF); VISUAL INSPECTION;

RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

CONTROL SYSTEM; DATA MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; MAINTENANCE; MONITORING SYSTEM; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; WARNING SYSTEM;

EID: 36148939544     PISSN: 17433509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2495/CR060911     Document Type: Conference Paper

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