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A risk-based approach to automatic brake tests for rail freight service: incident analysis and realisation concept

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: This study reviews the practice of brake tests in freight railways, which is time consuming and not suitable to detect certain failure types. Public incident reports are analysed to derive a reasonable brake test hardware and communication architecture, which aims to provide automatic brake tests at lower cost than current solutions. The proposed solutions relies exclusively on brake pipe and brake cylinder pressure sensors, a brake release position switch as well as radio communication via standard protocols. The approach is embedded in the Wagon 4.0 concept, which is a holistic approach to a smart freight wagon. The reduction of manual processes yields a strong incentive due to high savings in manual labour and increased productivity.

Source: SN Applied Sciences

DOI: 10.1007/s42452-022-05007-x

Authors: Raphael Pfaff, Manfred Enning, Stefan Sutter

Institution: FH Aachen

Language: English

Topic: Transportation Systems and Safety

Subfield: Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,899