Stray current effects mitigation in subway tunnels

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2304-2311

  Dolara, Alberto ^a   Foiadelli, Federica ^a   Leva, Sonia ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Equipotential connection; finite element method (FEM) analysis; stray current; tramway and subway transportation

Indexed keywords

DESIGN PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENTAL COMPATIBILITY; EQUIPOTENTIAL CONNECTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES; REINFORCEMENT BAR; STRAY CURRENT; SUBWAY TUNNELS; TRANSIT SYSTEMS; TRANSPORTATION SERVICES;

LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT; MASS TRANSPORTATION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 84866733212     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2012.2203829     Document Type: Article

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