Computers in Railways: Railway Operations v. 2
Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computer-aided Design, Manufacture and Operation in the Railway and Other Advanced Mass Transit Systems
Published in August 1994
Book
Hardback
512 pages
978-1-85312-359-7 (ISBN)
Description
This is the second volume of a title that deals with the use of computer based techniques in the design, manufacture, and operation of railways and other advanced passenger and freight transit systems. Topics covered include: Train operations - computer aided traffic control; inspection and maintenance systems; signalling and train control - computer software for command and control; and computer simulation of systems - total electric railway network system simulation.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Southampton
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Ill.ch.
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85312-359-7 (9781853123597)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Improvement in railway safety and train density by using continuous train control system; high-speed, high-density train allocation; timetable data communication to signal control systems; the problems of assessing the safety of ATP systems which have been developed under different national standards; a new train overspeed protection system based on multi-microprocessors and distributed configuration; integrated railway traffic management and control; a microporcessor implementation of a stochastic anti-skidding device oriented to electrical traction drives; 3D analysis of losses in the shields of SC coils in EDS-MAGLEV transport systems; train control method for high-speed and high-density railway systems.