Issue No. 171, 2016
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1. Low Noise Barriers – High-pressure Water Mist Active Firefighting Systems: First Testing Experiences According to Italian Standard UNI 11565
Michele Barbagli
Pages: 7-15
Keywords: UNI 11565:2014, UNI 11565:2016, fi re protection, firefighting, water mist, testing, safety, standard, rolling stock
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2. Fault Detection and Tolerabl e Hazard Rate in UniACl System (Wykrywanie usterek i tolerowalny poziom intensywności zagrożeń na przykładzie systemu UniAC1) - in Polish
Michał Bigus, Wojciech Ulatowski
Pages: 17-20
Keywords: safety, railway safety, axle counting system, railway signalling, hazard analysis
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3. The Amendment of the Standardization Rules Concerning Testing of Rolling Stock in Terms of EMC
Artur Dłużniewski, Łukasz John, Mieczysław Laskowski
Pages: 21-26
Keywords: rolling stock, methodology of measurement, electromagnetic compatibility, radiation disturbance emission, conducted disturbance emission
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4. Experience Gained from Fire Tests According to EN 45 545-2 and DIN 5510-2 for Testing of Seats
Dieter Hohenwarter
Pages: 27-38
Keywords: fire tests of railway materials and seats, fire tests of tram seats
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5. Development and Testing of New Solutions of Overhead Contact Line Accessories
Grzegorz Kiesiewicz, Tadeusz Knych, Paweł Kwaśniewski, Artur Rojek
Pages: 39-50
Keywords: overhead contact line, contact line accessories, numerical research
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6. Cost of Track Modernization Based on the Railway Line 131 (Koszty modernizacji na przykładzie linii 131) - in Polish
Roksana Licow, Franciszek Tomaszewski
Pages: 51-56
Keywords: upgrading, initial quality, track durability
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7. Defect Signal Detection Within Rail Junction of Railway Tracks
Vitalij Nichoga, Igor Storozh, Volodymyr Storozh, Oleg Saldan
Pages: 57-62
Keywords: railway diagnostic, defect, joint
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8. EN 45545 in Transition – a GB Perspective
Richard Nowell
Pages: 63-66
Keywords: LOC&PAS TSI, EN 45545, GB national standards, Fire, Seats, RSSB, Research
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9. Influence of the Ignition Source on Passenger Seat Burning
Jolanta Maria Radziszewska-Wolińska
Pages: 67-77
Keywords: fire protection, passenger rolling stock, heat release rate, travel bag, furniture calorimeter, EN 45545-2
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10. Analysis of Interaction Between Tramway Wheel and Rail in Regular Operation (Analiza współpracy koła tramwajowego z szyną w warunkach rzeczywistej eksploatacji) - in Polish
Tomasz Staśkiewicz , Tomasz Nowakowski
Pages: 79-86
Keywords: tramway, wheels-rail interface, exploitation
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11. Model of Implementation of Selected Operation at an Inland Terminal (Model wybranych operacji w intermodalnym terminalu przeładunkowym) - in Polish
Mateusz Zając , Justyna Świeboda
Pages: 87-97
Keywords: intermodal transport, container yard, container handling, scheduling of handling
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