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Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published July, 2013

A reliability analysis of railway switches

Dovile Rama, John D Andrews

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers,Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published July, 2002

Improvements in railway switches

M. R. Bugarín, J-M García Díaz-de-Villegas

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers,Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Open accessResearch articleFirst published 2022

Railway track switch simulation: a new dynamic model for studying actuator and switch blade dynamics

Linxiao Li, Saikat Dutta, Roger Dixon [...]

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers,Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Open accessResearch articleFirst published February, 2023

A reliability study of railway switch and crossing components

Jack Litherland, John Andrews

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers,Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published August, 2020

A new approach to railway track switch actuation: Dynamic simulation and control of a self-adjusting switch

Saikat Dutta, Tim Harrison, Christopher Patrick Ward [...]

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers,Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Open accessResearch articleFirst published March, 2023

A Petri net asset management framework for railway switches and crossings

Jack Litherland, John Andrews

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers,Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published 2026

The influence of trapped foreign objects on railway switch control investigated by numerical simulations and field tests

Sucheth K. K. Bysani, Björn A. Pålsson, Elena Kabo [...]

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers,Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Open accessResearch articleFirst published July, 2018

Effect of the vertical relative motion of stock/switch rails on wheel–rail contact mechanics in switch panel of railway turnout

Xiaochuan Ma, Ping Wang, Jingmang Xu [...]

Advances in Mechanical Engineering

Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published November, 2019

Investigation of coupled dynamics of a railway tank car and liquid cargo subject to a switch-passing maneuver

Iman H Ashtiani, Subhash Rakheja, Waiz Ahmed

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers,Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Open accessResearch articleFirst published May, 2018

Improving the reliability and availability of railway track switching by analysing historical failure data and introducing functionally redundant subsystems

Samuel D Bemment, Roger M Goodall, Roger Dixon [...]

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers,Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published July, 2013

A reliability analysis of railway switches

Dovile Rama, John D Andrews

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers,Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published July, 2002

Improvements in railway switches

M. R. Bugarín, J-M García Díaz-de-Villegas

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers,Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Open accessResearch articleFirst published 2022

Railway track switch simulation: a new dynamic model for studying actuator and switch blade dynamics

Linxiao Li, Saikat Dutta, Roger Dixon [...]

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers,Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Open accessResearch articleFirst published February, 2023

A reliability study of railway switch and crossing components

Jack Litherland, John Andrews

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers,Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published August, 2020

A new approach to railway track switch actuation: Dynamic simulation and control of a self-adjusting switch

Saikat Dutta, Tim Harrison, Christopher Patrick Ward [...]

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers,Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Open accessResearch articleFirst published March, 2023

A Petri net asset management framework for railway switches and crossings

Jack Litherland, John Andrews

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers,Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published 2026

The influence of trapped foreign objects on railway switch control investigated by numerical simulations and field tests

Sucheth K. K. Bysani, Björn A. Pålsson, Elena Kabo [...]

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers,Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Open accessResearch articleFirst published July, 2018

Effect of the vertical relative motion of stock/switch rails on wheel–rail contact mechanics in switch panel of railway turnout

Xiaochuan Ma, Ping Wang, Jingmang Xu [...]

Advances in Mechanical Engineering

Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published November, 2019

Investigation of coupled dynamics of a railway tank car and liquid cargo subject to a switch-passing maneuver

Iman H Ashtiani, Subhash Rakheja, Waiz Ahmed

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers,Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Open accessResearch articleFirst published May, 2018

Improving the reliability and availability of railway track switching by analysing historical failure data and introducing functionally redundant subsystems

Samuel D Bemment, Roger M Goodall, Roger Dixon [...]

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers,Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit