A track ballast maintenance and inspection model for a rail network

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

Volumn 227, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 251-266

  Prescott, Darren ^a   Andrews, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asset management; Life cycle analysis; Petri nets; Railway network

Indexed keywords

DETERIORATION PROCESS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTIONS; MANUAL INTERVENTION; OPPORTUNISTIC MAINTENANCE; OPTIMAL STRATEGIES; RAILWAY NETWORK; TRACK MAINTENANCE;

ASSET MANAGEMENT; DETERIORATION; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PETRI NETS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS;

MAINTENANCE;

EID: 84883412660     PISSN: 1748006X     EISSN: 17480078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1748006X13482848     Document Type: Conference Paper

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