Improving serviceability of concrete railroad ties using prestressed AFRP strands
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DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2021.122396
Abstract: Abstract Prestressing with steel strands has been a key aspect in providing the required strength and durability for railroad ties (sleepers) needed to resist the loads on heavy haul lines in many countries. In spite… read more here.
Keywords: railroad; concrete railroad; railroad ties; afrp strands ... See more keywords
Unsaturated numerical analysis of a railroad track substructure considering climate data
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DOI: 10.1016/j.trgeo.2021.100662
Abstract: Abstract Track substructure materials are mostly in a compacted condition or unsaturated, mainly in tropical regions, characterized by high precipitation and evaporation events. Thus, it is crucial to understand the real impact of climate on… read more here.
Keywords: railroad track; railroad; track; climate ... See more keywords
Signal Feature Extraction and Combination to Enhance the Detection and Localization of Railroad Track Irregularities
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DOI: 10.1109/jsen.2020.3041652
Abstract: Tracks are critical and expensive railroad asset, requiring frequent maintenance. The stress from heavy car axle loads increases the risk of deviations from uniform track geometry. Irregularities in track geometry, such as track warping, can… read more here.
Keywords: track geometry; feature extraction; geometry; track ... See more keywords
Automatic Railroad Track Components Inspection Using Hybrid Deep Learning Framework
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DOI: 10.1109/tim.2023.3265636
Abstract: Regular inspections on track components, such as the clip, spike, and rail, are essential to maintain track quality and ensure railroad operating safety. Unfortunately, traditional image processing (IP)-based systems have limited accuracy. Existing convolutional neural… read more here.
Keywords: track components; components inspection; detection; track ... See more keywords
1767b Follow-up mortality study of certain u.s. craft railroad workers, ages 18–64
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DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2018-icohabstracts.1127
Abstract: Introduction Certain U.S. railroad workers have exposures to diesel exhaust, welding fumes, herbicides, ballast (silica) and asbestos dust, creosote, solvents and fuels, heavy equipment vibration, and weather extremes. We hypothesize that these workers are at… read more here.
Keywords: railroad; disease; mortality; smr ... See more keywords
Pandora’s Box: A spatiotemporal assessment of elephant-train casualties in Assam, India
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0271416
Abstract: Railways are an indispensable component of sustainable transportation systems, but also exact a toll on wildlife. Wild Asian elephants are often killed by trains in Assam, India, where we assess temporal variations in the occurrences… read more here.
Keywords: elephant train; train; assam india; pandora box ... See more keywords
Domestic Systems of Railroad Automation and Telemechanics and Tasks for Ensuring Their Competitiveness
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DOI: 10.3103/s1068371219060105
Abstract: According to the analysis of domestic railroad automation and telemechanics (RRATM) systems, they are in no way inferior to their foreign counterparts in terms of such basic criteria as safety, reliability, functional capabilities, service life,… read more here.
Keywords: railroad; railroad automation; domestic systems; automation telemechanics ... See more keywords
Railroad Infrastructure Investments and Economic Development in the Antebellum United States
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DOI: 10.35866/caujed.2017.42.3.001
Abstract: We measure the overall impact of railroad investment on economic development in the antebellum period in the United States using a vector autoregressive approach. Our results can be summarized as follows. First, we find bidirectional… read more here.
Keywords: railroad; united states; development antebellum; railroad infrastructure ... See more keywords