OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part F-Journal is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Stability of continuous welded rails: A state-of-the-art review of structural modeling and nondestructive evaluation	24
Comparison study of crack propagation in rubberized and conventional prestressed concrete sleepers using digital image correlation	21
An investigation into the influence of wheel–rail contact relationships on the carbody hunting stability of an electric locomotive	21
A review on cybersecurity in railways	20
The optimum model determination of porous barriers in high-speed tracks	19
On the use of ultrasonic guided waves for the health monitoring of rails	17
An examination of alternative schemes for active and semi-active control of vertical car-body vibration to improve ride comfort	16
A comparative study of the vibration characteristics of railway vehicle axlebox bearings with inner/outer race faults	16
Vehicle running instability detection algorithm (VRIDA): A signal based onboard diagnostic method for detecting hunting instability of rail vehicles	15
State movement for controlling trains operating under the virtual coupling system	14
Wireless sensor nodes for freight trains condition monitoring based on geo-localized vibration measurements	13
Running safety evaluation of a 350 km/h high-speed freight train negotiating a curve based on the arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian method	13
The improvement of the dynamic behavior of railway bridge transition zone using furnace slag reinforcement: A numerical and experimental study	13
Experimental investigation into the longitudinal resistance of ballasted railway track	12
Notch-based speed trajectory optimisation for high-speed railway automatic train operation	12
A novel abnormal detection method for bearing temperature based on spatiotemporal fusion	12
Dynamic analysis of railway vehicle derailment mechanism in train-to-train collision accidents	12
Investigation of low damped carbody oscillation for Korean high-speed EMU experimental train	11
A risk-informed decision support tool for the strategic asset management of railway track infrastructure	11
Fatigue life prediction for locomotive bogie frames using virtual prototype technique	11
The influence of resistant force equations and coupling system on long train dynamics simulations	11
Development and control of a rail vehicle model to reduce energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions	11
Experimental investigation into the lateral resistance of Y-shape steel sleepers on ballasted tracks	11
Simulation method for train curve derailment collision and the effect of curve radius on collision response	11
SMART on-board multi-sensor obstacle detection system for improvement of rail transport safety	11

Design optimization of hopper cars employing functionally graded honeycomb sandwich panels	10
Field test for micro-pressure wave reduction measurement by area optimization of windows of tunnel hoods	10
A tool for rapid simulation and sizing of hybrid traction systems with fuel cells	10
Wheel–rail dynamic interaction caused by wheel out-of-roundness and its transmission between wheelsets	10
Experimental assessment of the dynamic performance of slave control locomotive couplers in 20,000-tonne heavy-haul trains	10
Influence mechanism of vertical dynamic track irregularity on train operation stability of long-span suspension bridge	9
Optimal track geometry maintenance limits using machine learning: A case study	9
The corrugation of railway rails: 1. Introduction and mitigation measures	9
Optimization of rail profile design for high-speed lines based on Gaussian function correction method	9
Assessment of derailment risk in railway turnouts through quasi-static analysis and dynamic simulation	9
Limitations of eddy current inspection for the characterization of near-surface cracks in railheads	8
Parameter study and multi-objective optimization for crashworthiness of a B-type metro train	8
Yaw compensation and yaw relaxation controls for active steering of railway wheelsets via electromechanical actuators	8
The effect of third bodies on wear and friction at the wheel-rail interface	8
Identification of a dynamic friction model for railway disc brakes	8
Static and dynamic effects of train-track-bridge system subject to environment-induced deformation of long-span railway bridge	8
Out-of-round tram wheels – Multibody simulation study based on measured wheel rim geometry	8
Quantification of vertical, lateral, and longitudinal fastener demand in broken spike track: Inputs to mechanistic-empirical design	8
Nonlinear effects of a new mesh-type rail pad on the coupled vehicle-slab track dynamics system under extremely cold environment	8
An efficient physical-based method for predicting the long-term evolution of vertical railway track geometries	8
Effect of rotor eccentricity on the dynamic performance of a traction motor and its support bearings in a locomotive	7
Field trials of a methodology for locomotive brake testing to assess friction enhancement in the wheel/rail interface using a representative leaf layer	7
A simplified iterative approach for testing the pulse derailment of light rail vehicles across a viaduct to near-fault earthquake scenarios	7
Semi-empirical model of internal pressure for a high-speed train under the excitation of tunnel pressure waves	7
Effect of polygon-shaped wheels on fatigue fracture of fastener clips in high-speed railway lines	7
Wheel-rail contact and friction models: A review of recent advances	7
Determination of mapping relation between wheel flat and wheel/rail contact force for railway freight wagon using dynamic simulation	7
An Empirical analysis of freight train derailment rates for unit trains and manifest trains	7
Analysis on the track quality evolution law of polyurethane-reinforced ballasted track in high-speed railway	7
Artificial intelligence-aided intelligent obstacle and trespasser detection based on locomotive-mounted forward-facing camera data	7
Sources of variability in metro train-induced vibration	7
The corrugation of railway rails: 2. Monitoring and conclusions	6
Dynamic diagnosis method and quantitative characterization of rail corrugation	6
Railway ballast fouling, inspection, and solutions - A review	6
Design method of rail grinding target profile based on non-uniform rational B-spline	6
A Method for Maintaining Virtually Coupled States of Train Convoys	6
Augmented asset management in railways – Issues and challenges in rolling stock	6
The comprehensive effect of friction self-excited and modal vibration on polygonal wear of high-speed train wheels	6
Experimental study on vertical vibration characteristics of medium-low speed maglev vehicle when standing still on steel beams	6
Numerical investigation into the effect of ballast properties on buckling of continuously welded rail (CWR)	6
Development of metro track geometry fault diagnosis convolutional neural network model based on car-body vibration data	6
Analysis on new semi-active control strategies to reduce lateral vibrations of high-speed trains by simulation and hardware-in-the-loop testing	6
Dynamic response analysis of the brake disc of a high-speed train with wheel flats	5
Fatigue analysis of coil springs in the primary suspension of a railway vehicle based on synthetic spectrum for time-varying vibration load	5
Parameter study and optimization design of a hat oblique tunnel portal	5
Use cases for obstacle detection and track intrusion detection systems in the context of new generation of railway traffic management systems	5
A numerical investigation of inter-carriage gap configurations on the aerodynamic performance of a wind-tunnel train model	5
Detection of rail local defects using in-service trains	5
Generation of vibration load spectrum for fatigue analysis of equipment mounted on bogie frame of railway vehicle based on fatigue damage spectrum	5
Optimisation of wheelset maintenance by using a reduced flange wear wheel profile	5

Artificial intelligence-aided detection of rail defects based on ultrasonic imaging data	5
Discrete modeling and calculation of traction return-current network for 400 km/h high-speed railway	5
A study of vertical tie reaction forces in ballasted railroad tracks through field instrumentation and numerical modeling	5
An experimental study on abnormal vibration of metro trains caused by out-of-round wheels	5
A numerical model to predict three-dimensional interaction dynamic of low-medium-speed maglev vehicle–guideway bridge system	5
Research on the working performance of fouled ballast bed under the multi-scale effect	5
Running safety evaluation of high-speed train subject to the impact of floating ice collision on bridge piers	5
Application of yaw dampers with frequency-selective damping to improve the locomotive adaptability to low/high conicity stability	5
Dynamic analysis of railway track on variable foundation under harmonic moving load	5
Numerical investigation of the slipstream characteristics of a maglev train in a tunnel	5
A feature pseudo-fusion method for intelligent fault diagnosis of electro-hydraulic switch machine inspired by contrastive learning	5
Assessing the fast non-Hertzian methods for wheel-rail rolling contact integrated in the vehicle dynamics simulation	4
Investigation into the braking performance of high-speed trains in the complex braking environment of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway	4
Iterative learning control of air pressure variation inside a high-speed train under the excitation of the tunnel pressure wave with a fixed-morphologic form	4
Effect of material failure criteria on collision behavior of metro vehicle end structures	4
Fault diagnosis of railway freight car wheelset based on deep belief network and cuckoo search algorithm	4
Rail-wheel friction quantification and its variability under lab and field trial conditions	4
Predictive model of risks in railroad transport when diagnosing axle boxes of freight wagons	4
Narrowing longitudinally coupled prefabricated slab track maintenance duration with field data analysis of slab deformation under high temperature	4
A finite element modelling approach for the numerical analysis of switch rail contact loading and cyclic profile degradation	4
Multi objective ant Colony Optimisation to obtain efficient metro speed profiles	4
Evaluation of dynamic derailment in a railway switch considering the longitudinal impacts caused by vehicle retarder	4
Dynamic simulation of a high-speed train with interconnected hydro-pneumatic secondary suspension	4
Efficient time–frequency approach for prediction of subway train-induced tunnel and ground vibrations	4
Adding a brake shoe temperature model into freight train longitudinal braking dynamics simulations	4
A vision for a lightweight railway wheelset of the future	4
A fast identification method of train axle crack parameters based on semi-inverse Kriging method	4
Influence of ballast bulk density and loading conditions on lateral resistance of concrete sleeper components	4
Modelling and iterative learning control of internal pressure for high-speed trains under excitation of varying-amplitude tunnel pressure waves	4
Experimental modeling of adjacent parallel shield tunnels subjected to train-induced vibration loads	4
Image-based 3D reconstruction for rail profile measurement	4
An analytical thermal model of a railway vehicle brake shoe	4
Experimental research of absorption properties of rigid foam filled circular seamless tube energy absorber under quasi-static axial load	4
The structural integrity of flash-butt welded premium rail steel – Evaluation of strength, microstructure and defects	4