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Functional adaptation of the Rome-Ciampino railway line with BIM tools
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Summary - In 2013, the EU introduced TEN-T corridors for an integrated and sustainable transport network. The work analysed falls within the Scandinavian-Mediterranean Corridor, which connects... leggi tutto
RFI laboratories supporting maintenance: monitoring of four turnouts on a section of a high-speed line
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Summary - Technological innovation and constant monitoring of the “conditions of health” of the network are two essential pillars to guarantee the safety and sustainability of modern railway... leggi tutto
Quantum computing in the railway sector
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Summary - The rail sector, which is essential to global transport, faces technical and management challenges of increasing complexity. Quantum computing, a technology based on the principles of... leggi tutto
Night rail transport and motorail service in Italy: feasibility and development prospects
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Summary- The expansion of night train services in Italy present an opportunity for long-distance travel, both domestic and international. This study examines the feasibility of a national overnight... leggi tutto
Development and testing of URV: prototype of unmanned railway vehicle for infrastructure monitoring
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Summary - URV (Unmanned Railway Vehicle) is the first prototype of unmanned railway vehicle equipped to travel on High Speed (HS) lines and created to carry out inspection activities in a safety... leggi tutto
Applying transient modes when diagnosing major components of rolling stock with the use of reference models
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Abstract - The article substantiates the importance of diagnosing critical components of rolling stock in order to improve traffic safety and reduce operating and repair costs. Such units include: ... leggi tutto
Estimation of the reduction of CO2 emissions in cargo trans-portation trough the implementation of the Pacific railroad network in Colombia
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Summary - This article estimates the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation of cargo between the port of Buenaventura and the Bogotá-Cundinamarca region in Colombia, through the... leggi tutto
Urban mobility by ropeways: their climate footprint
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Summary -The article presents an attempt to evaluate the carbon footprint of urban cable cars on the example of the established urban cable car transport system in the city of La Paz, Bolivia, using... leggi tutto
Models for estimating the cost of road public transit: a state of the art
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Summary - The estimate of the local public transport (LPT) standard cost is a topic of great interest in countries that subsidise these services with public resources, as it is essential to regulate... leggi tutto
Next-generation mobile networks for the future railway
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Summary - To date, more than 100,000 km of railroads (11,000 km in Italy) are equipped with GSM-Railway (GSM-R) radio coverage. This network infrastructure ensures the fundamental track-to-train... leggi tutto

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Automatic passenger counting on buses for local public transport: evaluation of the reliability of a system based on pressure sensors
2023
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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... read all
Hydrogen-powered trains operation: normative constraints and assessment on a cases study
2023
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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... read all
Study of the thermo-mechanical damage in steels for shoe-braked railway wheels using innovative small-scale tests
2023
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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... read all
Pantograph-rigid overhead interaction: a simplified method of analysis
2023
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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... read all
Consequences of the ban on sale of internal combustion engine cars in Europe
2023
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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... read all
Innovation in railway bogie maintenance using a portable weighing system
2023
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Summary - The distribution of the vertical forces exerted by the wheels on a track is a very important parameter for the safe running and operating economy of a railway vehicle. Under static... read all
Study of dynamic buckling in droppers of high-speed railway line catenary during pantograph passage
2022
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Summary - The dynamical actions to which the catenary dropper is subjected during the pantograph passage can become very relevant for high speeds of railway vehicle. In some very rare and isolated... read all
Innovative materials in the bogie frame design
2022
Num. 11
The aim of this paper is focused on the materials used for the manufacturing of the railway bogie frames. The paper will highlight the allowable and innovative materials after discussing the... read all
Check rail of turnouts
2022
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Summary - The check rails of rail turnouts are responsible for protecting the integrity of the crossing nose. The relative action on the axes in transit – whose frequency of occurrence is analysed –... read all
Method for analysis and identification of adhesion coefficient through on-board sensors
2022
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Summary - The digitalization of data and the technological development of systems in the railway field offer countless advantages, including the ease of reading, processing and transmission of the... read all

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