The Railway Track and Its Long Term Behaviour A Handbook for a Railway Track of High Quality /

• Main Author: Tzanakakis, Konstantinos. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Springer Tracts on Transportation and Traffic, 2
• Subjects: Engineering.; Engineering design.; Engineering economy.; Civil engineering.; Civil Engineering.; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.; Engineering Design.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36051-0

A proper quality of a track and other infrastructure objects represents a basic requirement for train safety and punctuality. Most of the physical systems and their components deteriorate over time. This affects performance and may lead to failures. Albert Einstein said, You have to learn the rules...

Table of Contents:

• History of Railways  A Quick View
• The External Environment of the Infrastructure
• The Railway Track as a System
• The Track Degradation
• Track Quality
• Design  Construction  Maintenance Aiming at High Performance
• Tools for Rational Maintenance (RAMS and LCC)
• Outsourcing Track Maintenance.