Monte Carlo simulation of railway track geometry deterioration and restoration

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability

Volumn 226, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 274-282

  Quiroga, L M ^a   Schnieder, E ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

high speed railways; maintenance; simulation; tamping

Indexed keywords

AGEING PROCESS; BEST FIT; CRITICAL ISSUES; GEOMETRICAL CHARACTERISTICS; GREY-BOX MODELS; HIGH - SPEED RAILWAYS; ITERATIVE TECHNIQUE; LARGE AMOUNTS; LEVENBERG-MARQUARDT ALGORITHM; LOCAL MINIMUMS; MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY; MAINTENANCE PROCESS; MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NONLINEAR FUNCTIONS; PARAMETER VALUES; PLANNING AND SCHEDULING; RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE; RAILWAY OPERATORS; RAILWAY TRACK; SIGNAL MEASUREMENT; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL DESCRIPTIONS; STATISTICAL MODELS; SUM OF SQUARES; SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION METHODS; TAMPING; TECHNICAL RESOURCES;

DETERIORATION; FUNCTIONS; MAINTENANCE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RAILROAD ENGINEERING; RAILROAD TRACKS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84873917541     PISSN: 1748006X     EISSN: 17480078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1748006X11418422     Document Type: Article

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