Risk/benefit assessment of delayed action concept for rail inspection

Tang, Y. H.; Jeong, D. Y.; Perlman, A. B.; Orringer, O.

Advanced Search

Select up to three search categories and corresponding keywords using the fields to the right. Refer to the Help section for more detailed instructions.

Search our Collections & Repository

Advanced Search
Custom Query

All these words:

For very narrow results

This exact word or phrase:

When looking for a specific result

Any of these words:

Best used for discovery & interchangable words

None of these words:

Recommended to be used in conjunction with other fields

Language:

Dates

Publication Date Range:

to

Document Data

Title:

Document Type:

Library

Collection:

Series:

People

Author:

Clear All

Query Builder

Query box

Clear All

For additional assistance using the Custom Query please check out our Help Page

i

Risk/benefit assessment of delayed action concept for rail inspection

1999-02-01
By Tang, Y. H. ; Jeong, D. Y. ; Perlman, A. B. ; ...

[PDF-203.29 KB]

English

Details You May Also Like

Details:

Creators:

Tang, Y. H. ; Jeong, D. Y. ; Perlman, A. B. ; Orringer, O.

Tang, Y. H. ; Jeong, D. Y. ; Perlman, A. B. ; Orringer, O. Less -
Corporate Contributors:

John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
Subject/TRT Terms:

[+]

Benefits Defects Failure Inspection Prevention Rail (Railroads) Rail Inspection Railroads Repairing Risk/Benefit Assessment Risk Assessment Simulation
Publication/ Report Number:

DOT-VNTSC-FRA-99-7 ; DOT/FRA/ORD--99/03

DOT-VNTSC-FRA-99-7 ; DOT/FRA/ORD--99/03 Less -
Resource Type:

Research Paper
Geographical Coverage:

United States
Corporate Publisher:

United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration
Abstract:

A Monte Carlo simulation of certain aspects of rail inspection is presented. The simulation is used to investigate alternative practices in railroad rail inspection programs. Results are presented to compare the present practice of immediately repairing every detected defect with an alternative practice under which repair can be delayed for defects not exceeding a specified size. The sensitivities of inspection vehicle utilization and rail failure rate to variations of inspection frequency, repair gang capacity, and traffic tonnage are presented. A risk/benefit assessment of delayed action, relative to present practice, is developed and carried out to compare the risk of rail failure due to incorrect classification of defect size with the benefit of rail failure prevention due to increased opportunity to detect large defects.
Format:

PDF
Collection(s):

Federal Railroad Administration Volpe Center
Main Document Checksum:

[+]

urn:sha256:168352e61a195aa48b2fc7c124e24f2d1b4616d62b2a9fe850fba51e8fd847db
Download URL:

https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/8449/dot_8449_DS1.pdf
File Type:

No Additional Files

More +

Risk/benefit assessment of delayed action concept for rail inspection

Details:

Supporting Files

You May Also Like