Managing rail service life
Abstract
The service life Of tails depends especially on the operational loads and speeds on the railway lines; as well as on the rail maintenance policy. There are multiple aspects of rail maintenance optimization. The following article considers optimisation of rail maintenance activities relating to tail head surface condition in order to reduce Corrective work on track geometry, as well as to minimize the overall costs for track maintenance. The objects of this research are issues and challenges related to rail and track maintenance in curves on modern conventional railway lines for mixed traffic.
Keywords:
rail / life cycle / Management / track / maintenanceSource:
Metalurgija, 2014, 53, 4, 721-724Publisher:
- Croatian Metallurgical Society
Funding / projects:
- Research of technical-technological, staff and organizational capacity of Serbian Railways, from the viewpoint of current and future European Union requirements (RS-MESTD-Technological Development (TD or TR)-36012)