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- Chattopadhyay, G., et al.
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Decision on economical rail grinding interval for controlling rolling contact fatigue
- 2005
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Ingår i: International Transactions in Operational Research. - : Wiley. - 0969-6016 .- 1475-3995. ; 12:6, s. 545-558
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Rail players around the world have been increasing axle loads to improve the productivity of freight and heavy haul operations. This has increased the risk of surface cracks at curves because of rolling contact fatigue. Rail grinding has been considered an effective process for controlling these cracks and reducing risks of rail breaks. The complexity of deciding the optimal rail grinding intervals for improving the reliability and safety of rails is because of insufficient understanding of the various factors involved in the crack initiation and propagation process. This paper focuses on identifying the factors influencing rail degradation, developing models for rail failures and analyzing the costs of various grinding intervals for economic decision making. Various costs involved in rail maintenance, such as rail grinding, downtime, inspection, rail failures and derailment, and replacement of worn-out rails, are incorporated into the total cost model developed in this paper. Field data from the rail industry have been used for illustration.
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- Chattopadhyay, G., et al.
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Modelling and analysis of rail maintenance cost
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Ingår i: International Journal of Production Economics. - : Elsevier BV. - 0925-5273 .- 1873-7579. ; 105:2, s. 475-482
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Lubrication at wheel flange and rails on sharp curves is considered as an effective solution for reducing wear loss of material from effective cross-section of rail and wheels. Rail administrations around the world have been increasing axle loads and traffic densities in rail networks. This has led to traffic initiated wear, fatigue initiated surface cracks and rail breaks. Limited research has been carried out on the overall impact of combining lubrication strategies and rail grinding. This paper presents a model for lubrication strategy and rail-grinding interval to reduce wear and rolling contact fatigue (RCF). Data from rail industry is collected and used for numerical illustration.
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- Chattopadhyay, G., et al.
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Rail-wheel lubrication : A conceptual decision model
- 2005
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Ingår i: International Conference on Operations Research Applications in Infrastructure Development in conjunction with the 2005 Annual Convention of Operational Research Society of India (ICORAID-2005-ORSI).
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- Kumar, Saurabh, et al.
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Issues and challenges with logistics of rail maintenance
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Ingår i: Proceedings of Abstracts and Papers of The Second International Intelligent Logistics Systems Conference 2006. - : Australian Society for Operations Research. - 095962919X ; , s. 16.1-16.9
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Detection and rectification of rail defects are major issues for all rail players around the world. Some of the defects include worn out rails, weld problems, internal defects, corrugations and rolling contact fatigue (RCF) intiated problems such as surface cracks, head checks, squats spalling and shelling. There are challenges to the infrastructure maintenance people with logistics for effective inspection and cost effective recitification decisions. If these issues are addressed properly then inspection and rectification decisions can reduce potential risk of rail breaks and derailments. Inspite of continous efforts by all rail operators around the world to reduce costs, a substantial amount of railway budget is spent on inspection and maintenance of rails. These costs are further increased by inaccurate logistics decisions related to maintenance and inspection personnel, equipment and planning. This paper addresses the issues and challenges related to logistics of rail maintenance with an aim to reduce costs and risk related to rail operations.
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