TY - JOUR PY - 2009// TI - Optimization Model Analyses for the Optimal Railway Track Maintenance Schedule Considering Derailment Accident Risk JO - Doboku Gakkai Ronbunshuu D A1 - Miwa, Masashi A1 - Oyama, Tatsuo SP - 26 EP - 38 VL - 65 IS - 1 N2 - Railway track irregularity needs to be kept at a satisfactory level by taking appropriate maintenance activity. It is desirable and important to optimize the activity in terms of running safety and maintenance cost in order to obtain the higher productivity for railway utilities. Optimal strategy may be different by various conditions of each railway track division, i.e. the number of passengers, train velocity, single/double track, transportation frequency and so on. In this paper, we show the range for the optimal surface irregularity to be maintained by taking both maintenance cost and risk cost for derailment into account by using optimization model analyses. Furthermore, we propose the estimation method for the optimal maintenance strategy by considering the characteristics of each railway division.
LA - SN - 1880-6058 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.2208/jscejd.65.26 ID - ref1 ER -