Elastic elements such as rail pads, under sleeper pads and under ballast mats are railway components that allow for a reduction in track deterioration and vibrations. And they are furthermore commonly used to obtain an optimal vertical stiffness of the infrastructure. However, the use of elastomeric materials can increase construction costs and the consumption of raw materials. Thus, the utiliz...

Porto, the institutional repository of the Politecnico di Torino, is provided by the University Library and the IT-Services. The aim is to enable open access to all the world. Please share with us how this access benefits you. Your story matters. Abstract: Tamping is an important part of railway maintenance. Well tamped ballast reduces track irregularities and increases travel safety and comfor...

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2261, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C., 2011, pp. 178–185. DOI: 10.3141/2261-21 structure and operational conditions. Track-related and equipmentrelated accident causes collectively result in the majority of train derailments in the United States. Understanding how they may...

The geometry of a ballasted railway gradually deteriorates with trafficking, mainly as result the plastic settlement track-bed (ballast and sub-base). rate amount depend on number factors, for various reasons are difficult to predict or estimate analytically. As result, empirical equations estimating development track train passage have been proposed. A review these shows that they (i) do not r...

This research is part of the development system, which aims to detect damage railway tracks using CLAHE-KNN model. study CLAHE-K-NN method and determine effect CLAHE on K-Nearest Neighbor algorithm for detection. defined by Block Size (BS) Clip Limit (CL). The dataset used in this was imagery totaling 384 data. Based KNN method's experimental results, obtained an accuracy 65.62%. In addition, r...

In the United States, railways are the major means to trans-continentally move goods from ports to the various inland destinations. Due to mergers and abandonment of rail lines, there has been a reduction in the track capacity, concentrating rail traffic to fewer lines. In addition to this, booming trade with Pacific Rim nations has seen the annual trade in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Bea...