Naslov
Trends in Enhancement of Safety Aspects of Existing Railway Infrastructure

Autori
Bačić, Mario ; Gavin, Kenneth ; Stipanović, Irina ; Kovačević, Meho Saša

Izvornik
Engineering power : bulletin of the Croatian Academy of Engineering (1331-7210) 13 (2018), 3; 10-18

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
railway safety, research project, decision support tool

Sažetak
Since more than 95% of existing european railway network is older than 100 years, the ageing has unavoidably caused its gradual degradation and there is currently a strong need for risk assessment associated with this type of infrastructure. To increase the safety aspects, as well as to reduce the cost of remediation, railway infrastructure managers need to have more advanced tools on their disposal, since they currently make safety critical investment decisions based on poor data and an over-reliance on visual assessment. As a consequence their estimates of risk are therefore highly questionable and large-scale failures are happening with increasingly regularity. The paper therefore presents the efforts conducted through the some relevant scientific-research projects funded through the Horizon 2020 programme, whose overall goal is to implement and further develop state-of-the-art techniques and tools in field of railway infrastructure safety.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Građevinarstvo

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