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Why CBTC at Metro?: A Technical Case Study

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John Hofbauer, Narayana Sundaram
Proc. ASME. JRC2024, 2024 Joint Rail Conference, V001T03A003, May 13–15, 2024
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: JRC2024-125798
https://doi.org/10.1115/JRC2024-125798
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Topics: Communications based train control, Doors, Rails, Reliability, Safety, Trains
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Challenges and Solutions of Track Circuits in Rail Transit Systems

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John Hofbauer, Ephinos Asfaw
Proc. ASME. JRC2024, 2024 Joint Rail Conference, V001T03A005, May 13–15, 2024
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: JRC2024-130095
https://doi.org/10.1115/JRC2024-130095
View Paper titled, Challenges and Solutions of Track Circuits in Rail Transit Systems
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Topics: Circuits, Rail transportation, Rails, Trains, Signals, Maintenance, Engineers, Failure, Flow (Dynamics), Inspection
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Power Over CTC, A Novel Way to Control Signal Power Supplies

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David F. Thurston
Proc. ASME. JRC2022, 2022 Joint Rail Conference, V001T03A001, April 20–21, 2022
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: JRC2022-77801
https://doi.org/10.1115/JRC2022-77801
View Paper titled, Power Over CTC, A Novel Way to Control Signal Power Supplies
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Topics: Signals, Railroads, Transmission lines, Power systems (Machinery), Traffic, Computer software, Generators, Redundancy (Engineering), Reliability, Safety
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Development and Verification of a Moment-Curvature Based Railroad Tie Analysis Program

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Yu-Szu Chen, Christopher A. Jones, Robert J. Peterman
Proc. ASME. JRC2022, 2022 Joint Rail Conference, V001T01A008, April 20–21, 2022
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: JRC2022-79590
https://doi.org/10.1115/JRC2022-79590
View Paper titled, Development and Verification of a Moment-Curvature Based Railroad Tie Analysis Program
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Topics: Concretes, Crack propagation, Cracking (Materials), Deflection, Design, Dimensions, Finite element analysis, Flexural behavior, Fracture (Process), Geometry
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Advanced Enterprise Asset Management Systems: Improve Predictive Maintenance and Asset Performance by Leveraging Industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things (IoT)

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Sandeep Bhanji, Howard Shotz, Sravani Tadanki, Youssef Miloudi, Patrick Warren
Proc. ASME. JRC2021, 2021 Joint Rail Conference, V001T12A002, April 20–21, 2021
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: JRC2021-58346
https://doi.org/10.1115/JRC2021-58346
View Paper titled, Advanced Enterprise Asset Management Systems: Improve Predictive Maintenance and Asset Performance by Leveraging Industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things (IoT)
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Topics: Internet of things, Maintenance, Rails, Artificial intelligence, Augmented reality, Machine learning, Mechanical admittance, Railroads, Reliability, Sensors
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Monorail Technology Review - a Medium Capacity Transit Solution for Space Constrained Urban Environments - a Technical and Operational Review

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Fábio C. Barbosa
Proc. ASME. JRC2021, 2021 Joint Rail Conference, V001T08A002, April 20–21, 2021
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: JRC2021-58382
https://doi.org/10.1115/JRC2021-58382
View Paper titled, Monorail Technology Review - a Medium Capacity Transit Solution for Space Constrained Urban Environments - a Technical and Operational Review
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Topics: Cities, Reliability, Rail transportation, Vehicles, Concretes, Density, Mechanical admittance, Poles (Building), Pressing, Public utilities
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A Systems Approach for the Evaluation and Rebuilding of the Rogers Pass Systems on Canadian Pacific

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David F. Thurston
Proc. ASME. JRC2021, 2021 Joint Rail Conference, V001T01A004, April 20–21, 2021
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: JRC2021-58468
https://doi.org/10.1115/JRC2021-58468
View Paper titled, A Systems Approach for the Evaluation and Rebuilding of the Rogers Pass Systems on Canadian Pacific
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Topics: Pacific Ocean, Construction, Tunnels, Ventilation, Combustion, Control equipment, Locomotives, Maintenance, Railroads, Reliability
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New Locomotives & Technologies: Reducing Operating & Market Failures Through Aggressive Use of Reliability Growth Testing (RGT)

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Michael E. Iden, Thomas Kennedy
Proc. ASME. JRC2021, 2021 Joint Rail Conference, V001T02A001, April 20–21, 2021
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: JRC2021-58360
https://doi.org/10.1115/JRC2021-58360
View Paper titled, New Locomotives & Technologies: Reducing Operating & Market Failures Through Aggressive Use of Reliability Growth Testing (RGT)
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Topics: Failure, Locomotives, Railroads, Reliability, Testing
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Reliability and Maintainability Strategies for Repairable Systems in a Mass Transit Rolling Stock Subway

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Aercio Regis Alencar
Proc. ASME. JRC2021, 2021 Joint Rail Conference, V001T04A001, April 20–21, 2021
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: JRC2021-57999
https://doi.org/10.1115/JRC2021-57999
View Paper titled, Reliability and Maintainability Strategies for Repairable Systems in a Mass Transit Rolling Stock Subway
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Topics: Maintainability, Public transportation, Rails, Reliability, Subways
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A Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) System for Electromechanical Braking (EMB) Systems in Trains

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Jingjing Weng, Chun Tian, Mengling Wu, Tianhe Ma
Proc. ASME. JRC2021, 2021 Joint Rail Conference, V001T12A004, April 20–21, 2021
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: JRC2021-58473
https://doi.org/10.1115/JRC2021-58473
View Paper titled, A Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) System for Electromechanical Braking (EMB) Systems in Trains
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Topics: Braking, Trains, Batteries, Failure mechanisms, Railroads, Reliability, Safety, Brakes, Fracture (Materials), Algorithms
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A North American Historical Review of Three-Axle Freight Trucks

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William Shust, Michael M. Palmieri
Proc. ASME. JRC2020, 2020 Joint Rail Conference, V001T07A004, April 20–22, 2020
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: JRC2020-8109
https://doi.org/10.1115/JRC2020-8109
View Paper titled, A North American Historical Review of Three-Axle Freight Trucks
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Topics: Trucks, Automobiles, Design theory, Locomotives, Railroad passenger cars, Railroads, Reliability, Steam, Weight (Mass), Wheelsets
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Detecting Dark Cars Using a Novel Multi-Antenna AEI Tag Reader Design for Increased Read Distance and Reliability

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Pejman Ghasemzadeh, Subharthi Banerjee, Michael Hempel, Andrew Harms, Hamid Sharif
Proc. ASME. JRC2020, 2020 Joint Rail Conference, V001T11A006, April 20–22, 2020
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: JRC2020-8089
https://doi.org/10.1115/JRC2020-8089
View Paper titled, Detecting Dark Cars Using a Novel Multi-Antenna AEI Tag Reader Design for Increased Read Distance and Reliability
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Topics: Automobiles, Backscattering, Design, Reliability, Rails, Electromagnetic fields, Flaw detection, Locomotives, Performance evaluation, Reflection
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Hyperloop Concept Technological and Operational Review: The Potential to Fill Rail Niche Markets

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Fábio C. Barbosa
Proc. ASME. JRC2020, 2020 Joint Rail Conference, V001T03A004, April 20–22, 2020
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: JRC2020-8033
https://doi.org/10.1115/JRC2020-8033
View Paper titled, Hyperloop Concept Technological and Operational Review: The Potential to Fill Rail Niche Markets
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Topics: Rails, Commercial air transport, Engineering prototypes, Safety, Vacuum, Air pollution control, Cooling, Electricity (Physics), Entrepreneurs, High speed rail
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MIMO Channel Capacity for Rail Transportation Applications: The Impact of Tunnel Curvatures

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Arash Aziminejad, Yan He
Proc. ASME. JRC2019, 2019 Joint Rail Conference, V001T03A002, April 9–12, 2019
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: JRC2019-1217
https://doi.org/10.1115/JRC2019-1217
View Paper titled, MIMO Channel Capacity for Rail Transportation Applications: The Impact of Tunnel Curvatures
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Topics: Rail transportation, Tunnels, Subways, Reliability, Safety
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Probabilistic Structural Analysis of Railroad Subgrade Using Finite Element Analysis

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Asif Arshid, Ying Huang, Denver Tolliver
Proc. ASME. JRC2019, 2019 Joint Rail Conference, V001T01A004, April 9–12, 2019
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: JRC2019-1255
https://doi.org/10.1115/JRC2019-1255
View Paper titled, Probabilistic Structural Analysis of Railroad Subgrade Using Finite Element Analysis
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Topics: Finite element analysis, Railroads, Structural analysis, Construction, Deformation, Failure, Rails, Reliability, Shear (Mechanics)
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Big Data Analytics for Proactively Optimizing Rolling Stock Maintenance

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Naji Albakay, Michael Hempel, Hamid Sharif
Proc. ASME. JRC2019, 2019 Joint Rail Conference, V001T06A005, April 9–12, 2019
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: JRC2019-1253
https://doi.org/10.1115/JRC2019-1253
View Paper titled, Big Data Analytics for Proactively Optimizing Rolling Stock Maintenance
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Topics: Maintenance, Trains, Failure, Reliability, Wear, Algorithms, Bearings, Brakes, Cycles, Inspection
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Effects of Cover, Compressive Strength, and Wire Type on Bond Performance in Prismatic Prestressed Concrete Members

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Adrijana Savic, B. Terry Beck, Aaron A. Robertson, Robert J. Peterman, Jeremiah Clark, Chih-Hang (John) Wu
Proc. ASME. JRC2018, 2018 Joint Rail Conference, V001T01A007, April 18–20, 2018
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: JRC2018-6153
https://doi.org/10.1115/JRC2018-6153
View Paper titled, Effects of Cover, Compressive Strength, and Wire Type on Bond Performance in Prismatic Prestressed Concrete Members
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Topics: Compressive strength, Prestressed concrete, Wire, Concretes, Prisms (Optics), Cracking (Materials), Fracture (Process), Fracture (Materials), Railroads, Cross section (Physics)
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Reliable Detection of Security Camera Misalignment in Urban Rail Environments

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Johannes Hoentsch, Sven Scholz
Proc. ASME. JRC2018, 2018 Joint Rail Conference, V001T06A007, April 18–20, 2018
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: JRC2018-6178
https://doi.org/10.1115/JRC2018-6178
View Paper titled, Reliable Detection of Security Camera Misalignment in Urban Rail Environments
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Topics: Cities, Rails, Security, Algorithms, Subways, Computer software, Image processing, Railroads, Reliability, Robustness
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Competition Into Brazilian and North American Freight Rail Systems: A Comparative Regulatory Assessment

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Fábio C. Barbosa
Proc. ASME. JRC2018, 2018 Joint Rail Conference, V001T05A001, April 18–20, 2018
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: JRC2018-6138
https://doi.org/10.1115/JRC2018-6138
View Paper titled, Competition Into Brazilian and North American Freight Rail Systems: A Comparative Regulatory Assessment
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Topics: Rails, Boundary-value problems, Chain, Equilibrium (Physics), Industrial minerals, Maintenance, Reliability, Safety, Sustainability
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Efficient Reliability-Based Design Tool for Reinforced Earth Retaining Walls of Heavy Haul Railway Considering Internal Failure Modes

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Biao Hu, Zhe Luo, Carlton L. Ho, Youwen Wang
Proc. ASME. JRC2018, 2018 Joint Rail Conference, V001T01A001, April 18–20, 2018
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Paper No: JRC2018-6110
https://doi.org/10.1115/JRC2018-6110
View Paper titled, Efficient Reliability-Based Design Tool for Reinforced Earth Retaining Walls of Heavy Haul Railway Considering Internal Failure Modes
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Topics: Design, Failure mechanisms, Railroads, Reliability, Retaining walls, Failure, Probability, Steel, Strips, Event history analysis