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Railroad switch

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Fatigue safety verification of a steel railway bridge using short term monitoring data

Eugen Brühwiler, Bartlomiej Wojciech Sawicki

The case study of the fatigue safety examination of the 120 years old steel riveted bridge carrying a single railway track on two main girders is presented. The overall assessment according to the Swiss Standard SIA 269 for existing structures indicated su ...

CRC PRESS-TAYLOR & FRANCIS GROUP2019

Short Range Remote Powering of Implanted Electronics for Freely Moving Animals

Catherine Dehollain, Enver Gürhan Kilinç, Franco Maloberti

An implantable system for monitoring vital parameters via bio-sensors inside freely moving laboratory animals and its powering system are presented. The required 2 mW are harvested by the magnetic coupling with an external coil placed under the living spac ...

Ieee2013

Hydro-Mechanical Modelling of a Natural Slope Affected by a Multiple Slip Surface Failure Mechanism

Lyesse Laloui, Alessio Ferrari

A coupled hydro-mechanical formulation is presented for the analysis of landslide motion during crisis episodes. The mathematical formulation is used to model a natural slope affected by a multiple slip surface failure mechanism, in which pore water pressu ...

Tech Science Press2010

Modelling degradation processes of switches & crossings for maintenance & renewal planning on the Swiss railway network

Approximately 25 percent of the budget for the maintenance and renewal of railway tracks –in Switzerland more than a billion Swiss Francs– is used for the switches (points) and crossings (S&C). While in the mean time the budget expenditure for the maintena ...

EPFL2009

Hydro-mechanical modelling of a natural slope affected by a multiple slip surface failure mechanism

Lyesse Laloui, Alessio Ferrari

2009

Defining Degradation Processes of Switches Crossings for Maintenance Renewal Planning

Approximately 25 percent of the budget for the maintenance and renewal of railway tracks is used for the switches (points) and crossings (S&C). While in the mean time the budget expenditure for the maintenance and renewal of plain track is optimized with e ...

2008

Diffuse release of environmental hazards by railways

Luca Rossi

There is increasing concern about environmental pollution by diffuse emissions of various environmental hazards emitted by transportation activities. For the first time substances released by railways to the environment were investigated. We considered the ...

2008

A model for the life expectancy of railway switches and crossings for maintenance and renewal planning in asset management systems

With the help of databases of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), statistical analyses are carried out on the lifetime of railway switches (points) and crossings. The expected lifetimes are attributed to different parameters which influence the speed ...

Wit Press, Ashurst Lodge, Southampton So40 7Aa, Ashurst, England2008

The Swiss experience on the wear of railway switches & crossings

Using databases of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), statistical analyses are carried out on the expected lifetime of railway switches (points) & crossings and their respective components. The expected lifetimes are attributed to different paramete ...

2007

Modeling degradation processes of switches and crossings for maintenance and renewal planning on the Swiss railway network

Switches and crossings (S&C) form an important asset of modern day railways. Current Decision Support Systems for track maintenance and renewal however do not provide help on maintenance and renewal management of S&C, due to the lack of understanding of th ...

2006