
Fatigue in Railway Infrastructure
Woodhead Publishing Ltd
Published on 20. August 2009
Book
Hardback
128 pages
978-1-85573-740-2 (ISBN)
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Description
Fatigue is a major issue affecting safety and quality of service in the railway industry. This book reviews key aspects of this important subject. It begins by providing an overview of the subject, discussing fatigue at the wheel-rail interface and in other aspects of infrastructure. It then considers fatigue in railway and tramway track, looking at causes of potential failure in such areas as rails and fixings as well as sleepers. It also reviews failure points in structures such as embankments and cuttings. The book analyses fatigue in railway bridges, looking in particular at masonry arch bridges as well as metal and concrete bridges. Two final chapters review safety and reliability issues affecting escalators and lifts.
Fatigue in railway infrastructure is a helpful reference for those in the railway industry responsible for infrastructure maintenance as well as those researching this important subject.
Fatigue in railway infrastructure is a helpful reference for those in the railway industry responsible for infrastructure maintenance as well as those researching this important subject.
Reviews / Votes
"The book almost exclusively tackles the subject of failures in railway infrastructure." --Materials World"The book has plenty of detail about embankments, cuttings and bridges." --Materials World
"The text is particularly useful to up-and-coming railway civil engineers and designers aware of failure modes that are not taught in many university courses." --Materials World
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
330 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85573-740-2 (9781855737402)
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Mark Robinson | Ajay Kapoor
Fatigue in Railway Infrastructure
E-Book
08/2009
Woodhead Publishing
€165.00
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Persons
Dr Mark Robinson is Professor of Rail Systems Engineering in the School of Mechanical and Systems Engineering at Newcastle University, UK. Professor Robinson is also Director of NewRail, the University's centre of railway and transport research. Dr Ajay Kapoor is Professor of Engineering Design in the Faculty of Engineering at Swinburne University of Technology, Australia.
Editor
Newcastle University, UK
Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Content
Fatigue in railways: An overview; Fatigue in railway and tramway track; Fatigue in railway bridges; Safety and reliability issues affecting escalators and moving walks in railway stations; Design, safety and reliability of lifts in railway stations.