Holistic procedure for rail maintenance in Sweden

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

Volumn 222, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 331-344

  Kumar, S ^a   Espling, U ^b   Kumar, U ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH TRANSPORT ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Data reporting; Failure; Influencing factors; Rail defects; Rail degradation; Rail maintenance procedure; Vehicle track interaction

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DEGRADATION; FORECASTING; IRON ORES; MAINTENANCE; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ORES;

DATA REPORTING; FAILURE; INFLUENCING FACTORS; RAIL DEFECTS; RAIL MAINTENANCE PROCEDURE;

RAILS;

EID: 55149119920     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544097JRRT177     Document Type: Article

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