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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
Analysing London Gateway using event-based simulation modelling
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Num. 6
Summary – The scope of this paper is to give an insight into one of the main deep-sea ports in the United Kingdom, the London Gateway, which is a part of the Thames Gateway project and to indicate... leggi tutto
Advanced constitutive laws for nonlinear static analyses of a railway masonry bridge
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Num. 6
Summary - In recent years, the use of static non-linear analysis, the so-called pushover analysis, is increasingly common when dealing with seismic vulnerability assessment and mitigation of existing... leggi tutto
Assessing the speed of an electric multiple-unit freight train on high-speed lines
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Num. 5
Summary - This paper aims at establishing the most appropriate maximum cruising speed for a freight electric multiple unit (F-EMU), i.e., a concept of a new-generation freight train with distributed... leggi tutto
The tram in Oslo: renewal and modernization
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Num. 5
Summary - Oslo will be the first world capital with a fully electric public transport system by 2030. In this context, the so-called “Tram program” was started in 2013, which includes:– supply of 87... leggi tutto
Pantograph-rigid overhead interaction: a simplified method of analysis
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Num. 4
Summary - The study defines a simplified method of kinematic and dynamic analysis of the interaction between a pantograph and a rigid overhead contact line. The difficulty in finding specific... leggi tutto
Rail higher education in Europe: current situation analysis for future developments
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Num. 4
Summary - The paper aims at describing the activities developed within the project ASTONRAIL (Advanced approaches and practices for rail training and education to innovate rail study programmes... leggi tutto
Consequences of the ban on sale of internal combustion engine cars in Europe
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Num. 3
Summary - This paper studies the consequences of the imposition of the ban on sale of internal combustion engine cars (ICE) decided by the Parliament of the European Union. By using a dynamical model... leggi tutto
A multimodal model for the simulation of medium and long-distance mobility of people in Italy
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Num. 3
Summary - To overcome the limitations of stationary mobility models highlighted by the recent pandemic and geopolitical crises, with the support of ISFORT, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS) has... leggi tutto
A Multi-Criteria based Approach for Safety Assessment and Improvement of Railway Level Crossings (RLCs)
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Num. 2
Summary - The present paper develops a “decision tool” that helps railway infrastructure managers decide the interventions to make at a given railway level crossing of the network in order to improve... leggi tutto

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Train derailment verification using analytical relations and empirical formula
2021
Num. 10
Summary - The derailment of a railway vehicle may be attributed to different causes and may occur through the overturning of a vehicle, the lateral displacement of a track, wheel climb, or gauge... read all
Hydraulic checks in railway crossings: the bridge over the Esino river
2021
Num. 5
Summary - In a general context in which the effects of terrestrial overheating are increasingly evident, involving meteorological phenomena characterised by intense rain concentrated in increasingly... read all
Evaluation of the robustness of a railway measurement system by means of “Design of Computer Experiments” techniques
2021
Num. 3
Summary - In railway operations, data provided by wayside measuring systems could be useful for many reasons as ensuring safety and facilitating maintenance of the tracks. For example, measuring... read all
Vibrations mitigation of the track equipment on ballast
2020
Num. 12
Summary - The paper proposes a method for identifying the elastic characteristics of the track in order to mitigate the actions produced by the transit of vehicles. The study is based on the use of... read all
Unplanned rail service disruptions: Recovery Index for the station analysis where to set up a bus bridging
2020
Num. 11
Summary - The work proposes a quantitative model for the analysis of the resilience of railway lines with particular reference to the recovery activity through the setting up of a bus service. For... read all
Intelligent wheelsets for the trains of the future: the role of in-service wheel-rail force measurement
2020
Num. 10
Summary - The European rail sector has a strong interest in innovations for monitoring the operational condition of a running vehicle. Many high technology systems can lead up to future rail systems... read all
Validation of data analytics and optimization algorithms within an Intelligent Asset Management System for rail signalling
2020
Num. 8
Summary - This paper describes the implementation phase of the Intelligent Asset Management System (IAMS), developed within the Shift2Rail IN2SMART project, under test and validation within its... read all
Calibration and development of a multi-axis roller bench for monitoring the braking system of a railway vehicle
2020
Num. 8
Summary - The installation of on-board monitoring systems is a fundamental aspect to increase the safety of railway vehicles and to obtain rational and efficient programming of maintenance... read all
Integrazione di impianti merci, rete e modelli di ottimizzazione per l’esercizio in tempo reale degli impianti
2020
Num. 6
Summary - This paper describes the state of advancement achieved in the OptiYard research project in the use of optimisation algorithms in interaction with microsimulation of the rail-yard and... read all
Experimental investigation on stability and equivalent conicity of a rolling stock
2020
Num. 5
Summary - The EN-14363 standard states the possibility of verifying the rail vehicles stability by means of an accelerometric simplified method, based on kinematic measurements. In this work this... read all

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