International Journal of Rail Transportation

2013 - 2025

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

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Volume 11, issue 6, 2023

Prediction of rail profile evolution on metro curved tracks: wear model and validation pp. 811-832

Bingguang Wen, Shenghua Wang, Gongquan Tao, Jiaxin Li, Dexiang Ren and Zefeng Wen

Rational hyperelastic modelling of elastic poured compound for the failure analysis of embedded rail system pp. 833-854

Li Wang, Shaoguang Li, Ping Wang, Rong Chen and Zili Li

Experimental evaluation of amount and repeated applications of top of rail friction modifiers on wear and adhesion pp. 855-871

Yu Pan, Ahmad Radmehr and Mehdi Ahmadian

Loop track: an infinite long track model pp. 872-885

Qing Wu, Colin Cole, Maksym Spiryagin, Esteban Bernal and Pengfei Liu

Macro–meso mechanical properties of ballast bed during three-sleeper tamping operation pp. 886-911

Zhihai Zhang, Hong Xiao, Yajie Zhu, Tiancheng Gan, Mahantesh M Nadakatti and Hufei

A hybrid framework for synchronized passenger and train traffic simulation in an urban rail transit network pp. 912-941

Hongxiang Zhang, Gongyuan Lu, Yuanzheng Lei, Guangyuan Zhang and Irene Niyitanga

A novel measurement approach based on wideband excitation for frequency-coupling admittances of train converter pp. 942-960

Haidong Tao, Xiaojuan Zhu, Haitao Hu, Jiameng Yu and Zhengyou He

Structure clearance design in wind tunnel tests with implications for aerodynamic drag of high-speed trains pp. 961-972

Zhixiang Huang, Hanjie Huang, Weiping Zeng, Li Chen and Renyu Zhu

Volume 11, issue 5, 2023

Automatic clustering-based approach for train wheels condition monitoring pp. 639-664

Araliya Mosleh, Andreia Meixedo, Diogo Ribeiro, Pedro Montenegro and Rui Calçada

Slab track-bridge interaction subjected to a moving train: an improved matrix formulation and truncation method pp. 665-684

Qiang Zhang, Xuehui Zhang and Lei Xu

Comparison of the dynamic response and environmental impact between traditional and innovative railway track systems pp. 685-704

Emil Aggestam

A multi-output deep learning model based on Bayesian optimization for sequential train delays prediction pp. 705-731

Jie Luo, Ping Huang and Qiyuan Peng

The sleeper group influences on lateral resistance and stability of ballast bed pp. 732-747

Yi Xu, Jieling Xiao, Tianheng Jiang, Liyuan Zhuang, Pu Jing, Ping Wang and Tianyou Qi

Monitoring the dynamic response of track formation with retaining wall to heavy-haul train passage pp. 748-766

Guishuai Feng, Liang Zhang, Qiang Luo, Tengfei Wang and Hongwei Xie

Laboratory study on degradation of ballast mixed with crumb rubber under impact loads pp. 767-789

Fuguang Zhang, Jianmei Chang and Huaiping Feng

Characteristic analysis of the VCB operational overvoltage for high-speed trains considering arc reignition phenomenon pp. 790-810

Song Xiao, Hao Hou, Yaoyao Jin, Guoqiang Gao, Yujun Guo, Jie Zhou, Changlei Ju, Yixiang Shen, Jie Liu, Siyan Chen and Guangning Wu

Volume 11, issue 4, 2023

Physiological responses and stress levels of high-speed rail train drivers under various operating conditions - a simulator study in China pp. 449-464

Yubo Jiao, Zhiqiang Sun, Liping Fu, Xiaozhuo Yu, Chaozhe Jiang, Xiaoming Zhang, Kun Liu and Xiaoyu Chen

Numerical investigation of snow accumulation on a high-speed train by snow saltation pp. 465-489

Jinkyu Bae, Soonho Shon, Hyeokbin Kwon and Kwanjung Yee

Numerical investigation on application of train body airflow diversion device to suppress pressure waves in railway high-speed train/tunnel system pp. 490-507

Jiqiang Niu, Yueming Wang, Huadong Yao and Yan Huang

Ductility and energy absorbing behaviour of coal wash – rubber crumb mixtures pp. 508-528

Haydn Hunt, Buddhima Indraratna and Yujie Qi

Analysis of the pantograph’s mass distribution affecting the contact quality in high-speed railway pp. 529-551

Jiangwen Wang, Guiming Mei and Liantao Lu

The effect of rail shields on railway rolling noise pp. 552-572

Xianying Zhang, David Thompson, Jungsoo Ryue, Hongseok Jeong and Giacomo Squicciarini

Influence of wheelset rotational motion on train collision response and wheelset lift mechanism pp. 573-597

Jingke Zhang, Tao Zhu, Bing Yang, Xiaorui Wang, Shoune Xiao, Guangwu Yang, Yanwen Liu and Benhuai Li

Integrated train routing and timetabling problem in a multi-station high-speed railway hub pp. 598-637

Yidong Wang, Rui Song, Shiwei He, Zilong Song and Jushang Chi

Volume 11, issue 3, 2023

Mechanism of high-speed train carbody shaking due to degradation of wheel-rail contact geometry pp. 289-316

Chao Chang, Xin Ding, Liang Ling, Fansong Li, Tao Liu, Kaiyun Wang and Wanming Zhai

Coupling effects of strain rate and fatigue damage on wheel-rail rolling contact behaviour: a dynamic finite element simulation pp. 317-338

Xiongfei Zhou, Jinneng Wang and Lin Jing

2D and 3D soil finite/infinite element models: modelling, comparison and application in vehicle-track dynamic interaction pp. 339-363

Zheng Li, Lei Xu, Dongli Wang, Zengjian Niu, Yongsheng Zhao, Wei Liu and Xinsheng Zhan

Condition assessment of high-speed railway track structure based on sparse Bayesian extreme learning machine and Bayesian hypothesis testing pp. 364-388

Senrong Wang, Jingze Gao, Chao Lin, Hui Li and Yong Huang

Numerical and experimental investigation of reduced temperature effect on asphalt concrete waterproofing layer in high-speed railway pp. 389-405

Xin Xiao, Jin Li, Chenyu Wang, Degou Cai, Liangwei Lou, Yuefeng Shi and Feipeng Xiao

Assessment of visual comfort in the lighting environments of subway cabins in China pp. 406-427

Jian Xu, Ze-Rui Xiang, Jin-Yi Zhi, Yao-Dong Chen and Xiao-Fei Xu

Modelling and optimization of constrained alignments for existing railway reconstruction pp. 428-447

Hao Pu, Huidan Fu, Paul Schonfeld, Taoran Song, Lu Zhao and Xianbao Peng

Volume 11, issue 2, 2023

Ballast fouling inspection and quantification with ground penetrating radar (GPR) pp. 151-168

Yunlong Guo, Guixian Liu, Guoqing Jing, Jianjun Qu, Shilei Wang and Weile Qiang

Random simulation method of track irregularities and its application in vehicle-track dynamic analysis pp. 169-187

Li Song, Hubing Liu, Lei Xu and Zhiwu Yu

Train operation conflict detection for high-speed railways: a naïve Bayes approach pp. 188-206

Jie Li, Zhongcan Li, Chao Wen, Qiyuan Peng and Ping Huang

Data-driven stochastic model for train delay analysis and prediction pp. 207-226

İsmail Şahin

Selection of at-grade highway-rail crossings for grade separation pp. 227-247

Xue Yang, Joshua Q. Li, Wenyao Liu, Kelvin C. P. Wang, Jim Hatt and Jared Schwennesen

Improved control strategy of zero-resistance converter system for rail potential and stray current mitigation pp. 248-266

Maolu Chen, Xiaofeng Yang, Trillion Q Zheng, Zhijun Zhao, Xue Xia and Jingda Gu

Investigating the re-adhesion performance of locomotives with bogie frame suspension driving system pp. 267-288

Guosong Wu, Longjiang Shen and Yuan Yao

Volume 11, issue 1, 2023

Freight train air brake models pp. 1-49

Qing Wu, Colin Cole, Maksym Spiryagin, Chongyi Chang, Wei Wei, Lyudmila Ursulyak, Angela Shvets, Mirza Ahsan Murtaza, Ikram Murtaza Mirza, Кostiantyn Zhelieznov, Saeed Mohammadi, Hossein Serajian, Bastian Schick, Mats Berg, Rakesh Chandmal Sharma, Ahmed Aboubakr, Sunil Kumar Sharma, Stefano Melzi, Egidio Di Gialleonardo, Nicola Bosso, Nicolò Zampieri, Matteo Magelli, Crăciun Camil Ion, Ian Routcliffe, Oleg Pudovikov, Grigory Menaker, Jiliang Mo, Shihui Luo, Amin Ghafourian, Reza Serajian, Auteliano A. Santos, Ícaro Pavani Teodoro, Jony Javorski Eckert, Luca Pugi, Ahmed Shabana and Luciano Cantone

On the modelling of the friction characteristics of railway vehicle brakes pp. 50-68

Marc Ehret, Ernst Hohmann and Andreas Heckmann

Monitoring of an instrumented geosynthetic-reinforced piled embankment with a triangular pile configuration pp. 69-91

Van Duc Nguyen, Qiang Luo, Tengfei Wang, Liang Zhang, You Zhan and Tri Phuong Nguyen

A comparison of beam models for the dynamics of railway sleepers pp. 92-110

L.-H. Tran, K. Le-Nguyen and T. Hoang

Fluctuating wind pressure on vertical sound barrier during two high-speed trains passing each other pp. 111-128

Xiaowei Qiu, Xiaozhen Li, Jing Zheng and Ming Wang

Vibration absorption performance of resilient wheel in metro train running on long-span cable-stayed bridge pp. 129-149

Zhaowei Chen and Qianhua Pu

Volume 10, issue 6, 2022

A method for in-field railhead crack detection using digital image correlation pp. 675-694

Knut Andreas Meyer, Daniel Gren, Johan Ahlström and Anders Ekberg

On the modelling of normal wheel-rail contact for high-frequency vehicle–track dynamics analyses pp. 695-716

Xin Zhao, Shuangchao Huang, Peng Zhang, Liang Ling, Jizhong Yang and Zefeng Wen

A statistical evaluation of multiple regression models for contact dynamics in rail vehicles using roller rig data pp. 717-729

Sayed Mohammad Hosseini, Ahmad Radmehr, Arash Hosseinian Ahangarnejad, Robert B. Gramacy and Mehdi Ahmadian

A semi-online spatial wheel-rail contact detection method pp. 730-748

Yuanjun Chen, Lizhong Jiang, Changqing Li, Jing Li, Ping Shao, Weikun He and Lili Liu

Coupled dynamic behaviours of the brake system considering wheel–rail interactions pp. 749-771

Quan Wang, Zhiwei Wang, Jiliang Mo, Liang Zhang, Liqing Du and Qingbing Gou

Experimental and numerical investigation of the design strategy of new anticollision posts for a typical railway vehicle pp. 772-799

Yanwen Liu, Bing Yang, Benhuai Li, Shou-ne Xiao, Tao Zhu, Guangwu Yang and Ruixian Xiu

Volume 10, issue 5, 2022

Importance of examining particle movements in modelling ballast bed via discrete element method pp. 547-561

Longlong Fu, Yuexiao Zheng, Zhekan Tian, Shihao Huang and Shunhua Zhou

Simultaneous schedule of trains and track maintenance according to stochastic blockage time pp. 562-580

Mostafa Bababeik, Mohammad Farjadamin, Navid Khademi and Amir-Hossein Fani

Dynamic derailment behaviour of urban tram subjected to lateral collision pp. 581-605

Tao Zhang, Xinru Guo, Taimu Jin, Yunfang Yang, Liang Ling, Kaiyun Wang and Wanming Zhai

A modelling approach to the train timetabling problem using adaptive headways for dynamic passenger demand pp. 606-630

Lale Özbakır, Pınar Tapkan, Sinem Kulluk, Fatih Bahar and Burak Gülmez

Development of a simplified design approach for shallow ballasted track forms with geocells reinforced sub-ballast pp. 631-654

Mohamed Wehbi and Levente Nogy

Ensemble decision approach with dislocated time–frequency representation and pre-trained CNN for fault diagnosis of railway vehicle gearboxes under variable conditions pp. 655-673

Jinhai Wang, Jianwei Yang, Yuzhu Wang, Yongliang Bai, Tieling Zhang and Dechen Yao

Volume 10, issue 4, 2022

Influence of synthetic inclusions on the degradation and deformation of ballast under heavy-haul cyclic loading pp. 413-435

Trung Ngo, Buddhima Indraratna and Fernanda Ferreira

Real-time hybrid testing for efficiency assessment of magnetorheological dampers to mitigate train-induced vibrations in bridges pp. 436-455

Sarah Tell, Andreas Andersson, Amirali Najafi, Bill F. Spencer and Raid Karoumi

Dynamic amplification assessment of high-speed railway bridge under resonance condition using multi-sensor fusion pp. 456-475

Seunghoo Jeong, Hyunmin Kim, Sung Il Kim and Kyoung-Chan Lee

Rail potential control with train diagram optimization in multitrain DC traction power system pp. 476-496

Chengqian Zhu, Guifu Du, Yawen Ding, Weiguo Huang, Jun Wang, Mingdi Fan and Zhongkui Zhu

Planning for a sustainable regional mobility: Hypertube Express (HTX) for Korean case pp. 497-515

Hag-Lae Rho and Hwan Yong Kim

Impact of decision horizon on post-prognostics maintenance and missions scheduling: a railways case study pp. 516-546

Omar Bougacha, Christophe Varnier and Noureddine Zerhouni

Volume 10, issue 3, 2022

Railway wheel tread damage and axle bending stress – Instrumented wheelset measurements and numerical simulations pp. 275-297

Michele Maglio, Tore Vernersson, Jens C O Nielsen, Astrid Pieringer, Pär Söderström, Daniele Regazzi and Steven Cervello

Stress and permanent deformation amplification factors in subgrade induced by dynamic mechanisms in track structures pp. 298-330

A. Ramos, A. Gomes Correia, R. Calçada and P. Alves Costa

Random dynamic analysis on a high-speed train moving over a long-span cable-stayed bridge pp. 331-351

Senrong Wang, Jun Luo, Shengyang Zhu, Zhaoling Han and Guotang Zhao

Application of a decision support tool for the risk management of a metro system pp. 352-374

A. Di Graziano, V. Marchetta, J. Grande and S. Fiore

Predicting the effectiveness of supplement time on delay recoveries: a support vector regression approach pp. 375-392

Yuexin Wang, Chao Wen and Ping Huang

Numerical study of dry snow accretion characteristics on the bogie surfaces of a high-speed train based on the snow deposition model pp. 393-411

Lu Cai, Zhen Lou, Tian Li and Jiye Zhang

Volume 10, issue 2, 2022

A multi-track rail model for estimating journey impacts from extreme weather events: a case study of Great Britain’s rail network pp. 133-158

Ohis Ilalokhoin, Raghav Pant and Jim W. Hall

Multi-objective optimization of high-speed train suspension parameters for improving hunting stability pp. 159-176

Xiangwang Chen, Yuan Yao, Longjiang Shen and Xiaoxia Zhang

Wheel flat analogue fault detector verification study under dynamic testing conditions using a scaled bogie test rig pp. 177-194

Esteban Bernal, Maksym Spiryagin and Colin Cole

Aerodynamic characteristics of the evacuated tube maglev train considering the suspension gap pp. 195-215

Peng Zhou, Deng Qin, Jiye Zhang and Tian Li

A modified uniformly distributed heat source method for predicting braking temperature of railway brake disc pp. 216-229

Zewang Yuan, Chun Tian, Mengling Wu and Guozhuang Wang

Laboratory full-scale model test of subgrade mud pumping for ballastless track of high-speed railway pp. 230-256

Yafeng Li, Wuming Leng, Rusong Nie, Yipeng Guo, Junli Dong and Longhu Cheng

The variation of load diffusion and ballast bed deformation with loading condition: an experiment study pp. 257-273

Longlong Fu, Zhekan Tian, Yuexiao Zheng, Weitao Ye and Shunhua Zhou

Volume 10, issue 1, 2022

Probability of instant rail break induced by wheel–rail impact loading using field test data pp. 1-23

Jens CO Nielsen, Thomas JS Abrahamsson and Anders Ekberg

Prediction of track geometry degradation using artificial neural network: a case study pp. 24-43

Hamid Khajehei, Alireza Ahmadi, Iman Soleimanmeigouni, Mohammad Haddadzade, Arne Nissen and Mohammad Javad Latifi Jebelli

Rail track degradation under mud pumping evaluated through site and laboratory investigations pp. 44-71

Thanh Trung Nguyen and Buddhima Indraratna

Dynamic investigation of traction motor bearing in a locomotive under excitation from track random geometry irregularity pp. 72-94

Yuqing Liu, Zaigang Chen, Wanming Zhai and Kaiyun Wang

Identify severe track geometry defect combinations for maintenance planning pp. 95-113

Qing Wu, Abul Kalam Azad, Colin Cole and Maksym Spiryagin

Experimental and numerical study on lateral and longitudinal resistance of ballasted track with nailed sleeper pp. 114-132

Yunlong Guo, Lu Zong, Valeri Markine, Xinyu Wang and Guoqing Jing