Development of improved railway track degradation models

References

• American Railway Association and Maintenance Way (AREMA) . 2006 . “ Track measuring systems ” . In Manual for railway engineering , 11 – 17 . Washington DC , , USA : AREMA publishing service .
   Google Scholar
• Bing , A. J. and Gross , A. 1983 . Development of railway track degradation models . Transportation Research Board , 939 : 27 – 31 .
   Google Scholar
• Chrismer , S. and Selig , E. T. Computer model for ballast maintenance planning . Proceedings of 5th international heavy haul railway conference . Beijing . pp. 223 – 227 .
   Google Scholar
• Hamid , A. and Gross , A. 1981 . Track-quality indices and track degradation models for maintenance-of-way planning . Transportation Research Board , 802 : 2 – 8 .
   Google Scholar
• Hoshyari , I. 2005 . Investigation on railway track deterioration ratio from structural point of view , 34 – 35 . Iran : IUT Publication Service, Research Report No. 234-F11 . Isfahan University of Technology
   Google Scholar
• Iran Ministry of Roads and Transportation (IMRT) . 2005 . Railway track superstructure general technical specifications. Standard no. 301 , 9 – 12 . Iran : IMRT Ministry Publication Service .
   Google Scholar
• Mundrey , J. S. 2003 . Railway track engineering , New Delhi , , India : McGraw–Hill .
   Google Scholar
• Sadeghi , J. 2005 . Algorithm of Iranian track maintenance management system , 18 – 23 . Tehran , , Iran : IUST Publishing Service, Report No. F11/19016 . Iran University of Science and Technology
   Google Scholar
• Sadeghi , J. and Akbari , B. 2006 . Field investigation on effect of railway track geometry parameters on rail wear . International journal of Zhejiang University, Science A , 11 ( 7 ) : 1846 – 1855 .
   Google Scholar
• Sadeghi , J. and Fathali , M. 2007 . Deterioration analysis of flexible pavements under overweight vehicles . Journal of transportation engineering, ASCE , 133 ( 11 ) : 625 – 633 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sato , Y. Optimum track structure considering deterioration in ballasted track . Proceedings of 6th international heavy haul conference . Cape Town , SouthAfrica. pp. 576 – 590 .
   Google Scholar
• Shenton , M. J. 1985 . “ Ballast deformation and track deterioration ” . In Track Technology , 253 – 264 . Tomas Telford Ltd .
   Google Scholar
• Uzarski , D. R. 1993a . Development of condition indexes for low volume railroad track , Washington, DC , , USA : USACERL . Technical Report No. FM-93/13
   Google Scholar
• Uzarski , D. R. 1993b . Condition survey inspection and distress manual , Washington, DC , , USA : USACERL . Technical Report No. FM-93/14
   Google Scholar
• Uzarski , D. R. , Brown , D. G. , Harris , R. W. and Plotkin , D. E. 1993 . Maintenance management of US army railroad networks – the RAILER system , Washington, DC , , USA : USCERL . Technical Report No. FM-94/01
   Google Scholar