Novel ‘Closed’-System Approach for Monitoring the Technical Condition of Railway Tracks

Iryna Bondarenko, Vaidas Lukoševičius () and Larysa Neduzha
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Iryna Bondarenko: Institute of Mechanical Engineering and Transport, Lviv Polytechnic National University, 79000 Lviv, Ukraine
Vaidas Lukoševičius: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Design, Kaunas University of Technology, Studentų Str. 56, 44249 Kaunas, Lithuania
Larysa Neduzha: Department of Technical Mechanics, Ukrainian State University of Science and Technologies, 49010 Dnipro, Ukraine

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 8, 1-23

Abstract: Assessing the technical condition of a railway track throughout its service life is crucial to ensuring functional safety. However, it is important to note that current approaches have theoretical and practical gaps that require attention. The purpose of this study is to discuss the reconceptualization of an integrated approach to assess changes in the technical condition of railway tracks caused by rolling stock over their service life. Improving existing systems for assessing the condition of the track can be achieved by modifying the model concept and, subsequently, the measurement and assessment procedures. This paper presents an alternative method for addressing technical issues related to the monitoring and diagnosis of railway tracks, with a particular focus on natural phenomena: energy transfer by elastic waves. The primary aim of this work is to propose an approach for designing a ‘closed’ measurement system that enables tracking of the cause-and-effect relationship. This system takes into account both the elastic dissipative characteristics of the track–rolling stock interaction and the influence of the dynamics of various components in the ‘train-track’ system.

Keywords: condition monitoring; measurement system; railway track; rolling stock; sustainable transport (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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