PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART F-JOURNAL OF RAIL AND RAPID TRANSIT

eMaintenance in railways: Issues and challenges in cybersecurity

Small-amplitude hunting diagnosis method for high-speed trains based on the bogie frame’s lateral–longitudinal–vertical data fusion, independent mode function reconstruction and linear local tangent space alignment

Effect of the inter-car gap length on the aerodynamic characteristics of a high-speed train

Field investigation and full-scale model testing of mud pumping and its effect on the dynamic properties of the slab track–subgrade interface

Comparison of the curve negotiation properties of two different articulated monorail vehicles

Experimental study of the vibration characteristics of the floating slab track in metro turnout zones

Use of railway wheel wear and damage prediction tools to improve maintenance efficiency through the use of economic tyre turning

Numerical and experimental analysis of single tie push tests on different shapes of concrete sleepers in ballasted tracks

Effect of the turning characteristics of underfloor wheel lathes on the evolution of wheel polygonisation

Stone blowing as a remedial measure to mitigate differential movement problems at railroad bridge approaches

Energy absorption design study of subway vehicles based on a scaled equivalent model test

Experimental investigation of the quasi-static and impact tests on the energy absorption characteristics of coupler rubber buffers used in railway vehicles

A novel method for detecting the pantograph–catenary arc based on the arc sound characteristics

A temperature-compensated fiber Bragg grating sensor system based on digital filtering for monitoring the pantograph–catenary contact force

Composite action of the track slab and the self-compacting concrete filling layer subjected to train-induced fatigue load: An experimental investigation

Investigation of coupled dynamics of a railway tank car and liquid cargo subject to a switch-passing maneuver

Traction modelling in train dynamics

A spatial dynamics model for heavy-haul electric locomotives considering the dynamic coupling effect of gear transmissions

Improved nonlinear model of a yaw damper for simulating the dynamics of a high-speed train

Equivalence study involving rail vehicle collision test conditions

Analysis of the initiation and propagation of fatigue cracks in the CRTS II slab track inter-layer using FE-SAFE and XFEM

An anisotropic heat diffusion model for enhancing the extraction of underground rail track fasteners under extremely low and uneven illumination conditions

Experimental investigation of the aerodynamics of a freight train passing through a tunnel using a moving model

Railway smart grids: Drivers, benefits and challenges

Dynamics observer for the longitudinal behavior of a wheelset on a roller rig

Contribution of variable gauge freight wheelsets to interoperability

Static form-finding of normal and defective catenaries based on the analytical exact solution of the tensile Euler–Bernoulli beam

Longitudinal vibration of a resilient wheel under the adhesion limit

Modelling and evaluation of the hunting behaviour of a high-speed railway vehicle on curved track

Coupled finite element and multibody systems dynamics modelling for the investigation of the bridge approach problem

Analysis of freight train collision risk in the United States

Track damage comparison between conventional and articulated trains operating on a Great Britain railways ‘classic’ mainline route and a high-speed route

Analysis of the aerodynamic pressure effect on the fatigue strength of the carbody of high-speed trains passing by each other in a tunnel

Analysis of a new strategy for emergency ventilation and escape scenario in long railway tunnels in the fire mode

Thermal and load rate-dependent interaction between embedded rail system and bridge

Natural Frequency Region – Fluid-Structural-Interaction approach for dynamic impact predictions and experimental verification of rubber–metal bonded systems with fluid

Dynamically substructured testing of railway pantograph/catenary systems

Analysis of the influence of magnetic stiffness on running stability in a high-speed train propelled by a superconducting linear synchronous motor

A Petri Net-based life cycle cost analysis approach

Design and testing of fibre Bragg grating force transducers for the measurement of pantograph–catenary contact force

A comparison of friction modifier performance using two laboratory test scales

Using the AR–SVR–CPSO hybrid model to forecast vibration signals in a high-speed train transmission system

Corrosion failure analysis of a railway tanker containing concentrated sulfuric acid

Nonlinear stability analysis of motor bogies for high-speed trains

Finite element model for predicting the initiation of subsurface damage in railway crossings—A parametric study

Evaluation of railway trackbed moduli using the rail falling weight test method and its backcalculation model

New control approaches to improve contact quality in the conventional spans and overlap section in a high-speed catenary system