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Trackwork-systems: design requirements setting and verification by a preliminary quantitative engineering model
2022
Num. 6
Summary - The design Setting-out and Verification Process are key pillars in the current railway context, trackwork- systems included. During typical activities, it is common to verify, in some... read all
Improving train accessibility: lessons learned from the CARBODIN project
2022
Num. 5
Summary - This work, carried out within the CARBODIN EU-funded project, aims to study the impacts of a new train boarding device conceived as an innovative solution that improves train accessibility... read all
Integrated approach for the road traffic greenhouse gas emissions calculation in a life-cycle perspective
2022
Num. 4
Summary - This research aims at defining a model to assess the Greenhouse Gases emissions of an entire vehicle fleet, from a life cycle perspective, based on the results of specific traffic... read all
Alarm Firing Device by Scartazzi-Opessi
2022
Num. 4
Abstract - Little is known of how the Alarm Firing Device by Scartazzi-Opessi1 originated, developed and worked. Here, an attempt is made at supplementing the meagre news available. At the same time... read all
Multi-criteria selection of urban guided transport systems: a sustainable mobility approach
2022
Num. 3
Summary - Today, more than ever, decision-makers are at the lookout for solutions aimed at dissuading private car use and promoting public transportation; unsurprisingly, urban guided transport... read all
The importance of HMI interfacing in business processes – The RFI Application Case: a new way of testing the On-Board Subsystem ERTMS
2022
Num. 3
Summary - The Driver Interface System (DIS) is an automatic robotic system developed by RFI with the goal of automating the execution of test sequences aimed at demonstrating the compliance of ERTMS... read all
The stable crossing of the Strait of Messina. Elements of reflection for the design of the multi-span bridge
2022
Num. 2
Summary - On 27 August 2020 the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (MIT) appointed a Working Group (WG) composed of high-profile technical-institutional professionals to provide the elements... read all
Long and heavy freight trains in operation: analysis on the strength of couplings and test evidences on thermal effects during braking
2022
Num. 1
Summary - The so-called heavy freight trains (over 1600 t), sometimes even long (740-750 m), are now among the leaders of the future of rail transport of goods. The aim of this paper is to analyse,... read all
Horizontal Building Information Modeling: the Croatian railway Gradec-Sveti Ivan Žabno case study
2021
Num. 12
Summary - According to UNI 11337, Building Information Modeling (BIM) is the process of creating and managing information about a building throughout its life cycle. One of the fundamental results of... read all
An example of instability in processes of transport innovations: rise and fall of the Diesel car in Europe
2021
Num. 11
Summary - In a market, where two typologies of cars are competing with each other, it happens sometimes that one of them, which is innovative and growing, at a certain point undergoes a decline,... read all

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