A reliability-based prognostics framework for railway track management

Chiachío, Juan, Chiachío, Manuel, Prescott, Darren and Andrews, John (2017) A reliability-based prognostics framework for railway track management. In: Annual Conference of the Prognostics and Health Management Society, 2017, 2-5 October 2017, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.

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Abstract

Railway track geometry deterioration due to traffic loading is a complex problem with important implications in cost and safety. Without appropriate maintenance, track deterioration can lead to severe speed restrictions or disruptions, and in extreme cases, to train derailment. This paper proposes a physics-based reliability-based prognostics framework as a paradigm shift to approach the problem of railway track management. As key contribution, a geo-mechanical elastoplastic model for cyclic ballast settlement is adopted and embedded into a particle filtering algorithm for sequential state estimation and RUL prediction. The suitability of the pro- posed methodology is investigated and discussed through a case study using published data taken from a laboratory simulation of train loading and tamping on ballast carried out at the University of Nottingham (UK).

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/890865
Additional Information: Published in: Prognostics and Health Management Society Conference Proceedings 2017, v.8, 046, p. 396-406. ISBN 9781936263264.
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Engineering
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Depositing User: Eprints, Support
Date Deposited: 12 Dec 2017 10:24
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 19:15
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/48676

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