Innovative digital twins (DTs) that allow engineers to visualise, share information, and
monitor the condition during operation is necessary to optimise railway construction and …

Railways are considered to be an environmentally friendly and efficient means of transport
for people and goods with increasing importance in the transport policies of many countries …

The rolling stock might function at an optimum level in reliability, availability, maintainability,
and safety with comprehensive maintenance. The past decade has seen rapid development …

This article proposes a model for the risk-based scheduling of predictive maintenance
activities on a railway line to intervene when a track segment has reached a certain state of …

In this work, different methods are proposed and compared for autonomous inspection of
railway bolts and clips. A prototype of an autonomous data acquisition system was …

The application of artificial intelligence (AI) techniques may lead to significant improvements
in different aspects of rail sector. Considering asset management and maintenance, AI can …

In the Netherlands, it is expected that passenger activities on railway networks will double by
2050. To manage the passenger demand, railway capacity planning needs to be adapted …

Friction between yarns is a crucial phenomenon in fabric manufacturing processes, and it
becomes more complex when using lubrication agents to improve processing. This work …

In a railway system, maintenance activities need to be continuously performed to ensure
safety and continued rail operations. In this framework, while on one hand unplanned …

This study has been dedicated to the optimization of opportunistic tamping scheduling. The
aim of this study has been to schedule tamping activities in such a way that the total …