Preventing broken-rail-caused derailments is a high priority for the rail industry and government. The current practice is to periodically inspect rails using non-destructive technologies such as ultrasonic rail inspection. Determining the optimal inspection frequency is a critical decision in railway infrastructure management. The objective of this paper is to develop an analytical framework to address the trade-offs among various factors related to rail defect inspection frequency, in order to maximize rail transportation safety and efficiency.


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    Title :

    Optimizing Ultrasonic Rail Defect Inspection to Improve Transportation Safety and Efficiency


    Contributors:
    Liu, X. (author) / Dick, C. T. (author) / Saat, M. R. (author)

    Conference:

    Second Transportation & Development Congress 2014 ; 2014 ; Orlando, Florida


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2014-05-29




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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