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Record Nr.

UNINA9910659488403321

Autore

Guerrieri Marco

Titolo

Fundamentals of Railway Design / / by Marco Guerrieri

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023

ISBN

9783031240300

9783031240294

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (270 pages)

Collana

Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering, , 2366-2603

Disciplina

625.1

Soggetti

Transportation engineering

Traffic engineering

Railroad engineering

Security systems

Transportation Technology and Traffic Engineering

Rail Vehicles

Security Science and Technology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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 its basic technical characteristics, especially in terms of transportation system capacity, alignment design criteria and construction costs. It is an introductory book to specific



topics of the railway engineering field, and thus, the mathematical treatment is purposely brief and simplified. The book is an ideal learning resource for students of civil engineering, as well as a valuable reference for practicing engineers involved with railway designs.