Fundamentals of Railway Design
This textbook examines key railway engineering topics useful for railway design and control. Conventional railways are considered together with high-speed railways, tramways, metros, maglev and hyperloop systems, people movers, monorails and rack railways. Every system of transport is described in i...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Nature Switzerland
2023, 2023
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2023 |
| Series: | Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Train resistance and braking distance
- The alignment design of ordinary and high-speed railways
- The railway track
- Wheel-rail interaction and derailment analysis
- Introduction to railway track design
- Railway track deterioration and monitoring
- Basics of switches and crossings
- Railway lines and stations
- The railway bridges
- Railway tunnels
- Traffic management systems and railway capacity
- High-speed railways, maglev and hyperloop systems
- Metro rail systems
- Tramway systems
- People movers, monorails and rack railways