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ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION (1922): The Story of Mechanical Locomotion, with a description of the Construction & Working of the most up-to-date Inventions, Appliances and Devices for Securing Speed, Facility and Safety in Operation
Author : Thomas W. Corbin
Publisher : Edizioni Savine
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 46,81 MB
Release : 2016-05-18
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 8896365937
ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION (1922): The Story of Mechanical Locomotion, with a description of the Construction & Working of the most up-to-date Inventions, Appliances and Devices for Securing Speed, Facility and Safety in Operation
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Page : 1010 pages
File Size : 24,89 MB
Release : 1948
Category : Railroads
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Author : John Macaulay
Publisher :
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 38,87 MB
Release : 1912
Category : Railroad engineering
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Page : 612 pages
File Size : 45,2 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Railroads
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Author : Ali Hessami
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 21,83 MB
Release : 2018-03-07
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9535138596
Since the advent of steam engines and higher throughput railways during the early nineteenth century, the rate of development has been rather steady and incremental. The development of advanced electronic control and command systems, increasing levels of automation, and electrified high-speed railways over the past few decades have transformed the rail transportation posing it as a competitor to aviation. Modern railways are no longer the sole forte of civil and mechanical engineering and involve a broad multidisciplinary engineering disciplines from advanced computing, telecommunications, and networking to big data analytics and even AI. This volume addresses the diverse, evolving, and advanced engineering disciplines including enabling practices and processes involved in shaping modern railways.
Author : Geoffrey Freeman Allen
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Page : 168 pages
File Size : 11,84 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Transportation
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Author : J.J. Kalker
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 32,86 MB
Release : 1993-07-31
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780792322634
This volume presents a collection of papers on the theme of rail integrity, which were presented at a meeting in Delft from 24--26th June, 1992. Rolling contact fatigue is a failure mode which is increasingly being recognised as a threat to the reliability of modern heavy freight and high speed railway systems. These papers describe the current understanding of the problem and what rail steel technology and maintenance procedures have to offer to combat it.
Author : W. Robinson
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Page : 524 pages
File Size : 39,30 MB
Release : 1914
Category : Railroads
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Author : John Macaulay
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Page : 314 pages
File Size : 31,97 MB
Release : 1914
Category : Railroad engineering
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Author : T.G. Otte
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 35,22 MB
Release : 2012-09-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1134271352
This new study brings together leading experts to show how the modern world began with the coming of the railway. They clearly explain why it had a greater impact than any other technical or industrial innovation before and completely redefined the limits of the civilized world. While the effect of railways on economic development is self-evident, little attention has been paid to their impact on international relations. This is unfortunate, for in the period from 1848 to 1945, railways were an important element in the struggle between the Great Powers. This took many forms. Often, as in East Asia, the competition for railway concessions reflected the clash of rival imperial interests. The success or failure of this competition could determine which of the European Powers was to dominate and exploit the markets of China and Siam. Just as often, railways were linked with military matters. Prussia’s success in the wars of German unification depended on its strategic railways just as much as on the strength of its armies, and the rail links remained a vital aspect of German military thinking before the First World War. So, too, did they for the Russians, whose vast Empire required rail links capable of moving the Tsarist army quickly and competently. Just as importantly, railways could be vital for Imperial defence, as the British discovered on the North-West frontier of India. This book will be of much interest to students of international history, military history and strategic studies.