Structural railway transport elements are typically designed to work for at least 30 years without undergoing major maintenance. However, real-life operational conditions present behaviors different to the model predicted ...

This work describes an analysis of the effect of the transition curves in the coupling elements between the carbody and the bogie, by means of recorded variables under commercial operation conditions of a railway vehicle. ...

Many structural elements are exposed to load conditions that are difficult to model during the design phase, such as environmental uncertainties, random impacts, and overloading, amongst others, thus increasing unprogrammed ...

Many structural elements are exposed to conditions of load that are difficult to consider during the design stage, such as environment uncertainties, random impacts, overloads and inherent material idealization amongst ...

Many structural elements are exposed to conditions of load that are difficult to consider during the design stage, such as environment uncertainties, random impacts, overloads and inherent material idealization amongst ...

In the Brazilian freight transportation matrix, road transport predominates, followed by rail and cabotage. As Brazil is a country with a large territorial extension, an efficient transport system is essential. In relation ...

The high cost of the rail transport maintenance can be split into the permanent way cost and the rolling stock. This last one, represented in Brazil for the diesel-electric locomotives, the item more expensive is the diesel ...

The study of reliability is one of the most requested engineering activities in recent years, seeking to make a product or manufacturing process less susceptible to failure. Through prediction analysis or reliability-related ...