Ride comfort is one of the key issues in passenger transport. Its level depends on many
factors related to both environmental factors and individual human characteristics. Ensuring …

Safety and passengers' comfort affect directly the reliability and availability of trains.
Therefore, appropriate monitoring of the variables influencing those two concepts is …

Means of transport should be able to fulfil their main function safely and comfortably for
travellers and drivers. The effects of vibrations on ride comfort are in the frequency range of …

The paper presents comparative laboratory investigations of tension fastener models that
attach rails to concrete sleepers. The aim of the paper was to assess the influence of …

The repeatability of rail wheel damage measurements is considered in this study. The
authors investigated the measurement repeatability of vertical force dependence on wheel …

Current maintenance planning strategies in the operations and maintenance of offshore
wind farms rarely account for the comfort of technicians during transits. This creates …

Main requirements for rolling stock design and organization of the operating system are
determined by membership in a certain transportation category for which such a …

This article is about a framework for determining the degree of realism of any given
passenger ride motion discomfort measurement formula. After providing some context and …

This article analyses the impact of environmental factors on passenger ride comfort in
various modes of transportation using an original evaluation method based on a synthetic …

Accelerometers play a crucial role in the railway industry, especially in track monitoring.
Traditionally, they are placed on the railway tracks or often on bridges to monitor the health …