Railway Sciences: Volume 3 Issue 1 , Open Access

The influence of reflections from the train body and the ground on the sound radiation from a railway rail

David J. Thompson, Dong Zhao, Evangelos Ntotsios, Giacomo Squicciarini, Ester Cierco, Erwin Jansen

The vibration of the rails is a significant source of railway rolling noise, often forming the dominant component of noise in the important frequency region between 400 and…

Research on motor rotation anomaly detection based on improved VMD algorithm

Fuzhao Chen, Zhilei Chen, Qian Chen, Tianyang Gao, Mingyan Dai, Xiang Zhang, Lin Sun

The electromechanical brake system is leading the latest development trend in railway braking technology. The tolerance stack-up generated during the assembly and production…

Multi-objective optimization design of anti-roll torsion bar using improved beluga whale optimization algorithm

Yonghua Li, Zhe Chen, Maorui Hou, Tao Guo

This study aims to reduce the redundant weight of the anti-roll torsion bar brought by the traditional empirical design and improving its strength and stiffness.

Low-temperature characteristics of rubbers and performance tests of type 120 emergency valve diaphragms

Ming Gao, Anhui Pan, Yi Huang, Jiaqi Wang, Yan Zhang, Xiao Xie, Huanre Han, Yinghua Jia

The type 120 emergency valve is an essential braking component of railway freight trains, but corresponding diaphragms consisting of natural rubber (NR) and chloroprene rubber…

Durability evaluation for existing railway engineering: a review

Jiahe Wang, Huajian Li, Chengxian Ma, Chaoxun Cai, Zhonglai Yi, Jiaxuan Wang

This study aims to analyze the factors, evaluation techniques of the durability of existing railway engineering.

Comparison study on measurement of rail weld joint between inertial reference method and multi-point chord reference method

Yifan Shi, Yuan Wang, Xiaozhou Liu, Ping Wang

Straightness measurement of rail weld joint is of essential importance to railway maintenance. Due to the lack of efficient measurement equipment, there has been limited in-depth…

Reflection on methodology of the correlation between electromagnetic interference and safety in high-speed railways

Chang Liu, Shiwu Yang, Yixuan Yang, Hefei Cao, Shanghe Liu

In the continuous development of high-speed railways, ensuring the safety of the operation control system is crucial. Electromagnetic interference (EMI) faults in signaling…

Human intrusion detection for high-speed railway perimeter under all-weather condition

Pengyue Guo, Tianyun Shi, Zhen Ma, Jing Wang

The paper aims to solve the problem of personnel intrusion identification within the limits of high-speed railways. It adopts the fusion method of millimeter wave radar and camera…