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Sustainable Design and Risk Assessment for Railway Engineering

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Engineering and Science".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 2468

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Hao Pu

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Department of Railway Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410075, China
Interests: computer-aided design of railway alignments; intelligent optimization of railway alignments; computer-aided design of railway stations; geological and seismic risk assessments; building information model; virtual reality
Prof. Dr. Jun Zhu

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Faculty of Geosciences and Environmental Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610032, China
Interests: three-dimensional geographic information system; virtual geographic environment; spatio-temporal data modelling
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Dr. Wei Li

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Department of Railway Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410075, China
Interests: computer-aided alignment design for railways and highways; intelligent alignment design for railways and highways; computer-aided railway station design; BIM and VR for railways and highways
Dr. Hong Zhang

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Department of Railway Engineering, School of Transportation Engineering, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang 330013, China
Interests: alignment optimization; kinetics alignment design; vibration and noise reduction in railways

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

With the increasing complexity of railway construction environments, the railway suffers increasingly more risks from surrounding natural and humanistic environments, such as geological risks, operational risks, economic risks, etc. It is vital to properly account for different kinds of risks on the railway during the design process. On the other hand, the impacts of the railway on the surrounding environments through its lifecycle are also important, and need to be considered in the design process. Consequently, assessing the impacts of different railway structures (i.e., tunnels, bridge, cuts, and fills) on the natural ecology, economy, and society is a vital task. Therefore, it is necessary to explore the coupling relationships between railway structures and multiple environments to mitigate the impacts among them to realize a sustainable railway design.

This Special Issue, “Sustainable Design and Risk Assessment for Railway Engineering”, aims to explore the coupling relationships between railway structures and surrounding natural and humanistic environments, and increase the knowledge of sustainable railway designs. We invite authors to submit original research and review articles to the Special Issue. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

(1) Geological risk assessment of railway engineering;

(2) Economic security risk assessment of railway engineering;

(3) Social stability risk assessment of railway engineering;

(4) Environmental impact assessment of railway engineering;

(5) Service performance evaluation of railway structures;

(6) Green construction of railway engineering;

(7) Energy saving and emission reduction technology of railway engineering;

(8) Noise prediction of railway engineering;

(9) Vibration and noise reduction in railway structures;

(10) Artificial intelligence (AI)-based railway design;

(11) Advanced/emerging technologies for railway design;

(12) Construction and operation safety management of railway engineering.

Dr. Hao Pu
Prof. Dr. Jun Zhu
Dr. Wei Li
Dr. Hong Zhang
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • risk assessment
  • green construction
  • intelligent design
  • vibration and noise reduction
  • sustainable design
  • energy saving and emission reduction

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Wayside Railway Switch and Crossing Monitoring Using Isolation Forest Anomaly Scores
by Yang Zuo, Praneeth Chandran, Johan Odelius and Matti Rantatalo
Sustainability 2023, 15(20), 14836; https://doi.org/10.3390/su152014836 - 13 Oct 2023
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Railway switch and crossing (S&C) systems have complicated moving structures compared with regular rail. They require multiple components that vary in complexity. The complexity of railway S&C, together with the fact that they are discontinuous points of the system, makes them vulnerable to [...] Read more.
Railway switch and crossing (S&C) systems have complicated moving structures compared with regular rail. They require multiple components that vary in complexity. The complexity of railway S&C, together with the fact that they are discontinuous points of the system, makes them vulnerable to defects such as squats. A squat on the switching rail could potentially cause rail breakage and lead to catastrophic results, such as derailment. In this study, a method based on anomaly scoring was investigated to estimate the status of an S&C system with respect to squat defects. The proposed method was tested in a real environment under controlled measurement sequences. The results show that the methods can differ between an S&C with squats and another one without them. Full article
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Disaster Risk Assessment for Railways: Challenges and a Sustainable Promising Solution Based on BIM+GIS
by Yiming Cao, Hengxing Lan and Langping Li
Sustainability 2023, 15(24), 16697; https://doi.org/10.3390/su152416697 - 09 Dec 2023
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Natural hazards constantly threaten the sustainable construction and operation of railway engineering facilities, making railway disaster risk assessment an essential approach to disaster prevention. Despite numerous studies that have focused on railway risk assessment, few have quantified specific damages, such as economic losses [...] Read more.
Natural hazards constantly threaten the sustainable construction and operation of railway engineering facilities, making railway disaster risk assessment an essential approach to disaster prevention. Despite numerous studies that have focused on railway risk assessment, few have quantified specific damages, such as economic losses and human casualties. Meanwhile, the mechanism of impact damage from various disasters on railway facilities and the propagation of functional failure in railway systems have not been thoroughly summarized and addressed. Thus, it is essential to conduct effective quantitative risk assessments (QRAs) to facilitate the sustainable design, construction, and operation of rail infrastructure. This paper aimed to review and discuss the systematic development of risk assessment in railway engineering facilities. Firstly, we highlighted the importance of disaster QRA for railway facilities. Next, numerous limitations of QRA methods were concluded after conducting a comprehensive review of the risk assessment research applied to railway facilities, such as bridges, tunnels, and roadbeds. Furthermore, true QRA (TQRA) application in railway engineering has faced several significant challenges. Therefore, we proposed a promising TQRA strategy for railway engineering facilities based on the integration of building information modeling (BIM) and geographic information systems (GIS). The proposed BIM+GIS technology is expected to provide sustainable future directions for railway engineering QRA procedures. Full article
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