This paper is an outcome of an international collaborative research initiative. Researchers
from 24 institutions across 12 countries were invited to discuss the state-of-the-art in railway …

It needs some seconds for a signal, which is created from brake application, to travel from
the first part of the train system (locomotive) to the end part of it (last wagon). Delay in time of …

This paper attempts to construct a new 3-D chaotic system which is easily hardware
realisable and fulfil the requirement of a real-life application. The proposed system is …

Heavy-haul transportation plays a significant role in railway freight. Limited by the complex
topography and resource distribution, China's heavy-haul railways contain a great number …

This paper employs and improves TrainDy software to simulate the in-train forces of single
and coupled freight trains with a Digital Automatic Coupler (DAC), having a length from 740 …

We establish a simulation model based on the theory of air flow to analyze the accelerated
release effect of the quick release valve inside the air brake control valve. In addition, the …

To improve the soft-landing crash performance of the movable lander (ML), this study
presents an investigation of a newly designed gradual energy-absorbing structure subjected …

Based on the absolute nodal coordinate (ANC) formulation and transfer matrix method
(TMM), a novel efficient Riccati ANC–TMM is applied to nonlinear dynamics analysis of pipe …

Most of the freight revenue of Indian Railway come from open wagon rakes carrying bulk
goods such as coal, iron ore, etc. A typical full rake load consists of 40 wagons and 2200 t …

The pneumatic braking system (PBS) is a critical component in the cyclic braking process of
heavy-haul trains (HHTs) in China. However, when a leakage fault occurs in the PBS, the …