This paper starts with a discussion on typical vehicles. The concepts and the usual practice for rail wagon design, both freight and passengers are presented. A discussion on rail and the environment comes next followed by Truck-Trains. Accident theories, metaphors and investigation methods are widely discussed; Hazard - Barrier - Target Model, Swiss Cheese Model, Bow-Tie Model, Fault Tree Analysis and Event Tree Analysis are explained. This paper concludes with a technical discussion on safety and security of rail vehicles, standards for safety and measures against terrorist attacks. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.

Rail vehicles, environment, safety and security / Emmanuel, Matsika; Ricci, Stefano; Philip, Mortimer; Nikolay, Georgiev; Conor, O'Neill. - In: RESEARCH IN TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS. - ISSN 0739-8859. - STAMPA. - 41:1(2013), pp. 43-58. [10.1016/j.retrec.2012.11.011]

Rail vehicles, environment, safety and security

RICCI, Stefano;
2013

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This paper starts with a discussion on typical vehicles. The concepts and the usual practice for rail wagon design, both freight and passengers are presented. A discussion on rail and the environment comes next followed by Truck-Trains. Accident theories, metaphors and investigation methods are widely discussed; Hazard - Barrier - Target Model, Swiss Cheese Model, Bow-Tie Model, Fault Tree Analysis and Event Tree Analysis are explained. This paper concludes with a technical discussion on safety and security of rail vehicles, standards for safety and measures against terrorist attacks. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
2013
incidents; safety; accidents; truck-trains; rail vehicles; rail vehicles wagon design truck-trains accidents incidents safety security; wagon design; security
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Rail vehicles, environment, safety and security / Emmanuel, Matsika; Ricci, Stefano; Philip, Mortimer; Nikolay, Georgiev; Conor, O'Neill. - In: RESEARCH IN TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS. - ISSN 0739-8859. - STAMPA. - 41:1(2013), pp. 43-58. [10.1016/j.retrec.2012.11.011]
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