Human error assessment is essential work to guarantee the safety of the locomotive driving
process. Success Likelihood Index Method (SLIM) is a well-known approach applied to …

Reliable monitoring and assessment of wear evolutions are critical for performing effective
railway maintenance. Several characteristics and variables are used to quantify a worn …

Human reliability assessment is an essential work to guarantee the safety of locomotive
driving process. Human Error Assessment and Reduction Technique (HEART) is a well …

Wheelsets absorb a significant part of the maintenance budget of any train operating
company. Although wheel wear has been an extensively discussed topic in the literature …

As a key component of rail vehicle operation, the running condition of the wheelset
significantly affects the operational safety of track vehicles. The wheel diameter, flange …

Worldwide objectives for railway vehicles are increased capacity, faster travels and higher
levels of safety. In the vehicle-track complex system, assessing and controlling the …

This article models the decision problem of maintaining railway wheelsets as a Markov
decision process, with the aim to provide a way to support condition-based maintenance for …

Wheels are vital components on railway vehicles and may encounter various problems
during long-term operation, eg, wear and defects. The existing preventative reprofiling …

Maintenance of a large fleet in train operating companies requires careful planning and
efficient management of resources. This work presents a mixed-integer linear programming …

Data acquisition plays a significant role in determining and optimizing maintenance actions
for railway wheelsets, as small inaccuracies translate into decreasing useful life …