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The integration of railway condition monitoring technologies to establish continuous track asset management improvement
Dissertation (MEng)--University of Pretoria, 2012.
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| author2 | Grabe, P.J. (Hannes) |
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/26193 The integration of railway condition monitoring technologies to establish continuous track asset management improvement Grabe, P.J. (Hannes) Ebersohn, Willem jackie@elogics.co.za Van der Westhuizen, Nicolaas Jackie Modern railway technologies Asset management improvement UCTD Dissertation (MEng)--University of Pretoria, 2012. The view of the author presented in this dissertation is that the integration of modern railway technologies and information technology systems establishes effective maintenance management and ensures continuous asset management improvement. In conjunction with the integration of different technologies is the requirement to implement these technologies and strategies in a systematic process according to a prioritised order of value adding, to improve the required service objectives (Mitchell et al., 2007; Woodhouse, 2001). The dissertation describes the planning of maintenance activities on railway assets. It involves various aspects through the asset management life cycle from asset inventory and condition data acquisitioning methods and the utilization of maintenance history to assist in the work identification, planning and work execution of maintenance activities. The challenge in the railways includes a large geographic area resulting in challenges to minimize maintenance visits and resulting costs. It further provides details on the integration and efficient utilisation of information and presents the value it adds to ensure maintenance effectiveness. The study focuses on methods for data collection and a systematic process for decision-making analysis with the ultimate aim of producing an effective maintenance plan (specifically for mechanised tamping) based on all available infrastructure management data including operational requirements. Lastly the effect of condition-based maintenance is illustrated, demonstrating that this strategy increases maintenance effectiveness (doing the right things), resulting in a decrease in maintenance cost and an increase in capacity. Civil Engineering unrestricted 2013-09-07T03:43:11Z 2013-07-11 2013-09-07T03:43:11Z 2013-04-04 2012 2013-07-10 Dissertation Van der Westhuizen, NJ 2012, The integration of railway condition monitoring technologies to establish continuous track asset management improvement, MEng dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26193 > E13/4/723/gm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26193 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07102013-102621/ © 2012 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Modern railway technologies Asset management improvement UCTD The integration of railway condition monitoring technologies to establish continuous track asset management improvement |
| title | The integration of railway condition monitoring technologies to establish continuous track asset management improvement |
| title_full | The integration of railway condition monitoring technologies to establish continuous track asset management improvement |
| title_fullStr | The integration of railway condition monitoring technologies to establish continuous track asset management improvement |
| title_full_unstemmed | The integration of railway condition monitoring technologies to establish continuous track asset management improvement |
| title_short | The integration of railway condition monitoring technologies to establish continuous track asset management improvement |
| title_sort | integration of railway condition monitoring technologies to establish continuous track asset management improvement |
| topic | Modern railway technologies Asset management improvement UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26193 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07102013-102621/ |