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Naples Line 1: the ex-post evaluations of European bodies
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Num. 1
Summary - This article aims to highlight the importance of the European Union in the construction of one of the most complex infrastructures in Italy: Line 1 of the Naples metro. Built since 1976,... leggi tutto
Laboratory compaction of unbound mixtures for road and rail uses and comparison of compaction procedures
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Num. 12
Summary - The service life of a road and rail superstructure is strongly affected by the bearing capacity of the subgrade. The action of thickening the soil is an operation of absolute importance,... leggi tutto
Automatic passenger counting on buses for local public transport: evaluation of the reliability of a system based on pressure sensors
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Num. 11
Summary - The period of the COVID-19 pandemic imposed interpersonal distancing in various places, first of all, for public transport: knowing automatically the passengers on board would have been... leggi tutto
The Tunnel Information Model for strategic infrastructure works
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Num. 11
Summary - In a modern world aimed at the digitisation of processes and information, Information Modelling represents an advanced way of representing the Information and Organisation Project in the... leggi tutto
Hydrogen-powered trains operation: normative constraints and assessment on a cases study
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Num. 10
Summary - The use of Hydrogen-powered propulsion in railways is very promising and already found relevant commercial applications. Some potential barriers emerged anyway as critical issues addressed... leggi tutto
Cosa si può fare affinché una misura sia sempre più utile?
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Num. 10
Summary - The evolution of electronics technology in the field of sensors has led to an incredible increase of data from measurements in all sectors. One problem that has arisen is that these... leggi tutto
SEMOR: Safety Enhancement of Maintenance Operators in Railway worksite
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Num. 9
Summary - Safety on railway working sites is a crucial issue in ensuring that sentinels are not put at risk during the construction and maintenance of railway infrastructure. The SEMOR system... leggi tutto
Aerodynamic analysis of a high-speed train using computational fluid dynamics technique
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Num. 9
Summary - A flow field analysis was conducted using CFD simulation to improve the aerodynamic performance and reduce drag coefficient of high-speed trains. A comparison of two different front shapes... leggi tutto
Study of the thermo-mechanical damage in steels for shoe-braked railway wheels using innovative small-scale tests
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Num. 8
Summary - The behavior of three railway wheel steels (HYPERLOS®, ER-TEN, and SUPERLOS®) coupled with two brake block materials (cast iron and organic composite) and R260 rail steel was studied by... leggi tutto
Analysis of a radio mobile communication network availability with reference to railway applications
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Num. 8
Summary - RFI and the University of Rome Tor Vergata launched in 2018 a research on the mobile radio system that could replace the GSM-R. At the start of the study, LTE was a strong candidate for... leggi tutto

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Alarm Firing Device by Scartazzi-Opessi
2022
Num. 4
Abstract - Little is known of how the Alarm Firing Device by Scartazzi-Opessi1 originated, developed and worked. Here, an attempt is made at supplementing the meagre news available. At the same time... read all
Multi-criteria selection of urban guided transport systems: a sustainable mobility approach
2022
Num. 3
Summary - Today, more than ever, decision-makers are at the lookout for solutions aimed at dissuading private car use and promoting public transportation; unsurprisingly, urban guided transport... read all
The importance of HMI interfacing in business processes – The RFI Application Case: a new way of testing the On-Board Subsystem ERTMS
2022
Num. 3
Summary - The Driver Interface System (DIS) is an automatic robotic system developed by RFI with the goal of automating the execution of test sequences aimed at demonstrating the compliance of ERTMS... read all
The stable crossing of the Strait of Messina. Elements of reflection for the design of the multi-span bridge
2022
Num. 2
Summary - On 27 August 2020 the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (MIT) appointed a Working Group (WG) composed of high-profile technical-institutional professionals to provide the elements... read all
Long and heavy freight trains in operation: analysis on the strength of couplings and test evidences on thermal effects during braking
2022
Num. 1
Summary - The so-called heavy freight trains (over 1600 t), sometimes even long (740-750 m), are now among the leaders of the future of rail transport of goods. The aim of this paper is to analyse,... read all
Horizontal Building Information Modeling: the Croatian railway Gradec-Sveti Ivan Žabno case study
2021
Num. 12
Summary - According to UNI 11337, Building Information Modeling (BIM) is the process of creating and managing information about a building throughout its life cycle. One of the fundamental results of... read all
An example of instability in processes of transport innovations: rise and fall of the Diesel car in Europe
2021
Num. 11
Summary - In a market, where two typologies of cars are competing with each other, it happens sometimes that one of them, which is innovative and growing, at a certain point undergoes a decline,... read all
The project of the new “Chiaia” station of Line 6 by Peter GREENAWAY and the impact of the “mandatory museum” of the Naples underground network
2021
Num. 10
Summary - Undergrounds and urban railways have become significant places from a cultural point of view, real distinctive signs of cities and their development. In this context, the Neapolitan capital... read all
COVID-19 containment measures and policies for sustainable transport: present changes and future directions
2021
Num. 9
Summary - The COVID-19 containment measures are parts of the key strategies is to reduce human mobility to slow down the spread, thus at a crossroad with transport policy and affecting travel... read all
A connectivity measure of the italian network: 1885-1905
2021
Num. 8
Summary - The article aims to expand the research already carried out for the twenty-year period from 1905 to 2005 - published in the past in Ingegneria Ferroviaria -concerning the study of the... read all

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