Computers in Railways
Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computer-aided Design, Manufacture and Operation in the Railway and Other Advanced Mass Transit Systems
Published on 7. September 1994
Book
Hardback
1000 pages
978-1-85312-266-8 (ISBN)
Description
This title updates the use of computer based techniques in the design, manufacture, and operation of railways and other advanced passenger and freight transit systems. It contains edited versions of papers presented at the Fourth International Conference on Computer Aided Design, Manufacture and operation in the Railway and Other Advance Mass Transit Systems, held in September 1994. Topics covered include: railway planning - forecasting studies; management and information systems - maintenance of track, alignment and bridge design; reliability and punctuality of train service; design - software for safety systems; manufacture and testing - robotics; train operations - computer-aided traffic control; inspection and manitenance systems; signalling and train control - computer software for command and control; and computer simulation of systems - total electric railway network system simulation.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Southampton
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Ill.ch.
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85312-266-8 (9781853122668)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Volume 1: common research on transport; computer applications in Toronto's rapid transit expansion program; computer-based planning techniques and the appraisal of an underground railway extension; integration of power feeding and train dispatching subsystems to increase railway service capability; validation of software for railway applications; modelling and simulation of electric railway traction, track signalling and power systems. Volume 2: 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 microprocessor 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.