International Journal of Rail Transportation

2013 - 2025

Current editor(s): Wanming Zhai and Kelvin C. P. Wang

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Volume 13, issue 2, 2025

New experimental evidences of corrugation formation due to rail longitudinal vibration mode pp. 209-230

Pan Zhang and Zili Li

Rail surface damage management through monitoring and modelling pp. 231-247

Pelin Boyacioglu and Adam Bevan

A method for predicting vibration characteristics of track structure based on rail acceleration and deep learning pp. 248-268

Xiaopei Cai, Yuqi Wang, Xueyang Tang and Zhipei Chen

A step-by-step experimental characterization of a low-height acoustic barrier for railway applications pp. 269-286

João Lázaro, Pedro Alves Costa and Luís Godinho

Interior sound quality evaluation of high- speed trains -a literature review pp. 287-312

Kun Qian, Zhenghua Shen, Jing Tan, Ke Liu, Yanfu Wang, Haoyang Li and Jian Zhao

Numerical study on the quadrupole sound source in aerodynamic noise of high-speed pantographs pp. 313-331

Deng Qin, Tian Li, Ning Zhou and Jiye Zhang

Multi-objective optimization of electro-pneumatic braking process with fuzzy logic control for heavy haul railway applications pp. 332-351

Jony Javorski Eckert, Ícaro Pavani Teodoro, Matheus Valente Lopes, Qing Wu and Auteliano A. Santos

A hybrid machine learning approach for train trajectory reconstruction under interruptions considering passenger demand pp. 352-380

Zishuai Pang, Liwen Wang and Li Li

Suspension parameter optimization for high-speed train with severe tread wear pp. 381-401

Hu Li, Yuan Yao and Xiangwang Chen

Field assessment of different tamping operations for newly constructed or renovated railway tracks pp. 402-424

Paulo Pereira, Rosângela Motta, Alfredo Gay Neto, Liedi Bernucci, Edson Moura, Ronaldo Silva and Luciano Oliveira

Volume 13, issue 1, 2025

Investigating effects of tire geo-scrap reinforcement on shear strength characteristics of railway ballast using large-scale direct shear test pp. 1-22

Morteza Esmaeili, Hamidreza Heydari, Sara Darvishi and Maziar Mokhtari

Serviceability of railway slab track foundations with retaining walls under train loading pp. 23-48

Pengju Lyu, Qiang Luo, Tengfei Wang, David P. Connolly and Qingzhi Ye

Reliability assessment of freight wagon passing through railway turnouts using adaptive Kriging surrogate model pp. 49-68

Jun Lai, Kai Wang, Yan Shi, Jingmang Xu, Jiayin Chen, Ping Wang and Michael Beer

Integration of brake block thermal equations within a railway vehicle multibody model: a multiphysics approach pp. 69-84

M. Magelli, N. Zampieri and Q. Wu

A two-step data-driven method for predicting the wear of train wheel treads using GA-BPNN and LSTM algorithms pp. 85-102

Saisai Liu, Qixin He, Wenjie Fu and Qibo Feng

Development of an optical sensing system for the detection of lubricity conditions on the rail gage face pp. 103-119

Yang Chen, S. Morteza H. Mirzaei, Carvel Holton and Mehdi Ahmadian

Field measurements of aerodynamic pressures induced by suburban rail transit train passing through double-track tunnel with mid-partition wall pp. 120-150

Kang Xiong, Miaocheng Weng, Zhenbo Zou, Xinyi Zhu and Fang Liu

Robust optimization modelling of passenger evacuation control in urban rail transit for uncertain and sudden passenger surge pp. 151-170

Sijia Hao, Rui Song and Shiwei He

Load-bearing capacity of composite honeycomb sandwich high-speed train floor pp. 171-188

Shanshan Shi, Hengyuan Shi, Hangyu Lv, Mengen Wang, Xin Zhou and Zhiting Zhao

Combining iterative modal strain energy method with BEM-SEA to predict structural noise from railway composite bridge damped with CLD pp. 189-207

Xihao Jiang, Haoqing Li, Xiaozhen Li, Di Wu, Yao Yuan and Lin Liang

Volume 12, issue 6, 2024

Railway transition zones: evaluation of existing transition structures and a newly proposed transition structure pp. 979-999

A. Jain, A.V. Metrikine, M.J.M.M. Steenbergen and K.N. van Dalen

Parameter optimization of multi-suspended equipment to suppress carbody vibration of high-speed railway vehicles: a comparative study pp. 1000-1019

Qunsheng Wang, Jing Zeng, Huailong Shi and Xuesong Jiang

Acoustic–vibration characteristics and low–structural–noise optimization design of upright sound barrier for rail transit pp. 1020-1038

Xiaoan Zhang, Xinxuan Ren, Li Yang, Gao Song, Duo Wen and Guangtian Shi

Characteristics of stiffness–damping relationships in ballasted tracks for health condition evaluation pp. 1039-1063

Jerikah Anne Vivar, Sung-Ho Joh and Yeong-Tae Choi

Response of prefabricated-polyurethane reinforced ballasted track to dislocation in tunnels through active fault zone pp. 1064-1084

Wei Chen, Pei Wu, Lei Xu, Jijun Wang, Weidong Wang and Ping Lou

Dynamic response of polymeric railway sleepers under harsh loading and environmental conditions pp. 1085-1103

P. B. Ataabadi, Renato Vargas and Marcilio Alves

Rail transit express and local train schedule optimization considering hybrid rolling stock composition pp. 1104-1130

Pengling Wang, Xiaofang Xiao, Fangsheng Wang, Yihui Wang and Wei Zhu

Research and practice on a new flexible quasi-static test platform for railway vehicle anti-collision posts pp. 1131-1155

Yanwen Liu, Bing Yang, Benhuai Li, Shou-Ne Xiao, Tao Zhu, Guangwu Yang, Ruixian Xiu, Jingke Zhang and Xiaorui Wang

Levitation performance evolution of high-temperature superconducting maglev vehicle under electromagnetism-heat-force strong coupling pp. 1156-1180

Wuyang Lei, Zigang Deng and Jun Zheng

Volume 12, issue 5, 2024

Rail wear rate on the Belgian railway network – a big-data analysis pp. 765-780

Tim Vernaillen, Li Wang, Alfredo Núñez, Rolf Dollevoet and Zili Li

Analysis of mechanical properties and deformation characteristics of debonding-repaired slab track pp. 781-802

Wei Du, Juanjuan Ren, Wengao Liu, Kaiyao Zhang, Shijie Deng and Guihong Xu

Investigating the effect of using softer rail-pads on ground-borne vibration from underground railways pp. 803-826

Anas Alsharo, Kais Douier, Mohammed F.M. Hussein and Jamil Renno

Effect of novel phononic crystals vibration isolator on vibration reduction for floating slab track considering the random dynamical load of the vehicle pp. 827-852

Xinwen Yang, Yingjie Zhang, Zhao Zhang and Yanyan Zhang

Reliability of super-slope bridge-rack system on rack railway pp. 853-874

Zhaowei Chen, Lang Wang, Shihui Li, Mi’ao Yuan, Qianhua Pu, Zhihui Chen and Jizhong Yang

Joint optimization of energy conservation and transfer passenger service quality in rail transit system pp. 875-908

Chao Wen, Wenxin Li, Qiang Ma, Guanming Wang and Baoquan Tao

Effect of bogie fairing on aerodynamic and aeroacoustic behaviour of a high-speed train nose car pp. 909-925

Jianyue Zhu, Guanda Cheng, Qiliang Li, Yu Chen and Qing Jia

Unsteady aerodynamic behaviour of high-speed maglev trains during plate braking in tailwind and headwind opening configurations pp. 926-943

Haixia Guo, Kunlun Zhang, Gang Xu and Jiqiang Niu

Numerical simulation and mechanism analysis of thermal fatigue crack for low-alloy steel brake disc of high-speed train pp. 944-957

Jinnan Wang, Muhammad Qasim Zafar, Yunbo Chen, Lingli Zuo, Xiangjun Zhang, Pu Xie and Haiyan Zhao

Probabilistic machine learning approach to reliability analysis of a bogie frame under dynamic loading pp. 958-978

Seyed Ahmad Sanikhani, Mehdi Soroush, Kourosh Alizadeh Kiani, Mohammad Ravandi and Mohsen Rezaeian Akbarzadeh

Volume 12, issue 4, 2024

Data-driven ballast layer degradation identification and maintenance decision based on track geometry irregularities pp. 581-603

Wenbo Zhao, Weile Qiang, Fei Yang, Guoqing Jing and Yunlong Guo

Leveraging machine learning to predict rail corrugation level from axle-box acceleration measurements on commercial vehicles pp. 604-625

Wael Hassanieh, Abdallah Chehade, Alan Facchinetti, Mark Carman, Marco Bocciolone and Claudio Somaschini

Full-scale model testing of a graded crushed stone sandwich structure within the ballastless track subgrade pp. 626-647

Junjie Huang, Xinyue Wang, Rongwei Fan, Zhichao Huang and Qian Su

Performance evaluation of a short-distance transition subgrade with pile-plank structures in high-speed railway pp. 648-668

Shuanglong Li, Limin Wei, Jingtai Niu, Zhiping Deng, Bangbin Wu, Wuwen Qian and Feifei He

Dynamic performance of sleeper-damping track with elastic side-supporting pad pp. 669-689

Yukui Wang, Kaiyun Wang and Zhenxing He

Influence of long-span bridge deformation on driving quality of high-speed trains pp. 690-708

Xiaozhen Li, Haonan He, Ming Wang and Ping Wang

A modified finite element dummy model of Chinese adult male used for train collision simulations pp. 709-732

Zhenhao Yu, Shaodong Zheng, Kai Liu, Zhipeng Gao, Longmao Zhao and Lin Jing

GSOANR-based multi-objective train trajectory optimization pp. 733-748

Wei Li, Sizhe Zhao, Kang Li, Yi Xing, Qian Li and Wenhua Yao

Orchestrator for ensuring interdependency between safety and cybersecurity in railway control systems pp. 749-764

Dionysia Varvarigou, David Espes and Giacomo Bersano

Volume 12, issue 3, 2024

Field assessment of a subgrade-culvert transition zone constructed with foamed concrete in the ballasted railway pp. 391-413

Zhichao Huang, Qian Su, Junjie Huang, Xuzhen He, Yanfei Pei and Chen Yang

Experimental and numerical analysis of the static‒dynamic characteristics and vibration fatigue failure mechanism of railway fastening clips pp. 414-436

Ziquan Yan, Jin Shi, Dengke Ma, Junheng Xiao and Linlin Sun

Robust early detection of hunting on railway vehicles: single-sensor based methods and critical comparisons pp. 437-457

K. Kritikakos, S.D. Fassois and J.S. Sakellariou

Friction and vibration behaviours of high-speed train brake system excited by wheel flats pp. 458-475

Zhiwei Wang, Liang Zhang, Zhiying Ren, Jiliang Mo, Linchuan Yang and Kaiyun Wang

Self-steering performance of a new bogie with four independently rotating wheels using caster angle pp. 476-491

Chao Yang, Ning Xu, Wenjing Wang, Wen Li and Zunsong Ren

Dynamic stray current evaluation model of metro system considering reversible DC traction power system pp. 492-513

Qi Zhou, Sheng Lin and Jiayu Wu

Thermoelectric energy harvesting for wireless onboard rail condition monitoring pp. 514-531

Heinrich Foltz, Constantine Tarawneh, Martin Amaro, Sebastian Thomas and Danna Capitanachi Avila

Influence of differential deterioration of random track irregularity at different wavelengths on high-speed train safety pp. 532-554

Fengzhuang Tong, Liang Gao, Bowen Hou, Shuaijie Miao, Xiaopei Cai and Tao Xin

Modelling the cascading effects of train delay patterns and inter-train control actions with Bayesian networks pp. 555-580

Xuekai Ge, Chaozhe Jiang, Yong Qin and Ping Huang

Volume 12, issue 2, 2024

Physical coupling and decoupling of railway trains at cruising speeds: train control and dynamics pp. 217-232

Qing Wu, Xiaohua Ge, Shengyang Zhu, Colin Cole and Maksym Spiryagin

Random vibration analysis of an uncertain vehicle-track coupled system based on a polynomial dimensional decomposition pp. 233-252

F. Liu, Y. Zhao, L.X. Li and J. Xiao

Elastic inclusions in ballasted tracks – a review and recommendations pp. 253-280

H. G. S. Mayuranga, S. K. Navaratnarajah, C. S. Bandara and J. A. S. C. Jayasinghe

Stochastic analysis of dynamic stress amplification factors for slab track foundations pp. 281-303

Hongwei Xie, Qiang Luo, Tengfei Wang, Liangwei Jiang and David P. Connolly

Aerodynamic effect analysis of high-speed train entering and leaving single and double track tunnels under crosswind pp. 304-326

Minggao Chen, Jun Mao and Yanhong Xi

Fretting wear characteristics of 60Si2MnA steel for high-speed railway rail fastener clips pp. 327-345

Zhangyue Qin, Yong Zeng, Chao Su, Mengxue Yi, Xinlu Yuan and Pingdi Ren

Effect of seat direction on sitting occupant injury risk and improving strategy in the commuter train frontal crash pp. 346-367

Shuguang Yao, Lingxiang Kong, Xianliang Xiao and Ping Xu

Improved design and performance analysis of vibration damping device for railway freight bogie pp. 368-389

Zhiqiang Li, Meiwei Jia, Guangcai Zhang, Hanjiang Luo and Yichao Huang

Volume 12, issue 1, 2024

Mechanism of short pitch rail corrugation: initial excitation and frequency selection for consistent initiation and growth pp. 1-36

Zili Li, Shaoguang Li, Pan Zhang, Alfredo Núñez and Rolf Dollevoet

Wheel wear and rolling contact fatigue evolution under interaction of abrasive block and wheel–rail contact: results from field test pp. 37-55

Peng Wang, Chenxi Xie, Xiaoxuan Yang, Gongquan Tao and Zefeng Wen

Analysis of the axial and transversal stiffness of an air spring suspension of a railway vehicle: mathematical modelling and experiments pp. 56-75

I. Mendia-Garcia, N. Gil-Negrete, F.J. Nieto, A. Facchinetti and S. Bruni

Metro train delay-recovery strategy considering passenger waiting time and energy consumption: a real-world case study pp. 76-101

Wenxin Li, Qingwei Zhong, Qiyuan Peng, Jing Liu and Chao Ma

Experimental validation of a non-linear train-track-bridge dynamic model of a stone arch railway bridge under freight traffic pp. 102-133

R. Silva, D. Ribeiro, C. Costa, A. Arêde and R. Calçada

Experimental and numerical study on vibration and structure-borne noise of composite box-girder railway bridges pp. 134-152

Xiao Liu, Nan Zhang, Qikai Sun and Zhaozhi Wu

An improved full Fourier series method approaching the stitched catenary in high-speed railway pp. 153-179

Jiangwen Wang, Guiming Mei and Liantao Lu

A novel local ellipse method for ellipse-based tangential contact model applied to wheel-rail contact pp. 180-199

Boyang An and Ping Wang

Framework for extracting rails and setting-out railway line axis based on UAV photogrammetric measurements pp. 200-216

Pawel Burdziakowski, Cezary Specht, Andrzej Stateczny, Mariusz Specht, Pawel S. Dabrowski and Oktawia Lewicka