Highway and traffic engineering

This book covers the basic scientific theory and related application technologies of the pantograph-catenary system, including research findings on pantograph/catenary contact resistance, pantograph interface thermal effect, laws and characteristics of current-carrying friction and wear, the main research methods for pantograph arcs, the effects of arcs on pantograph systems and onboard equipment, and the materials used for pantographs and contact wires.

This book describes the basic concepts and various aspects of creating a new generation supersonic passenger aircraft.

Comprehensive and practical, Pavement Asset Management provides an essential resource for educators, students and those in public agencies and consultancies who are directly responsible for managing road and airport pavements.

The next generation of autonomous vehicles will provide major improvements in traffic flow, fuel efficiency, and vehicle safety.

This book offers a comprehensive and practice-oriented guide to risk management, with a special emphasis on the physical and environmental risks related to the operations of railway systems.

This book presents innovations in the field of high-speed rail technology, hyperloop transportation technologies and Maglev system, information and communication technology (ICT) for intelligent transportation systems (ITS), multimodal transportation, sustainable freight transportation, and others.

This book presents the principal structure, networks and applications of the Global Aeronautical Distress and Safety System (GADSS) for enhanced airborne Communication, Navigation and Surveillance (CNS).

The proceedings collect the latest research trends, methods and experimental results in the field of electrical and information technologies for rail transportation.

This book provides readers with a basic understanding of the concepts and methodologies of sustainable aviation.

The application of dynamic positioning (DP) systems has been expanded significantly not only in the number of DP vessels, but also in the range of applications and the advancement of DP technologies.

This volume originates from the proceedings of the International Conference on Nano for Energy and Water (NEW) & Indo French Workshop on Water Networking, 22-24 February, 2017 in Dehar.

This book offers new insights into the theory and practice of economic airport regulation.

Transport systems are facing an impossible dilemma: satisfy an increasing demand for mobility of people and goods, while decreasing their fossil-energy requirements and preserving the environment.

This book comprises the proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering 2021.

As a standard reference work, The Comprehensive Manual of Track Maintenance Volume 1 describes all aspects of track maintenance in theory and practice in a clear and concise form.

This edited book describes novel human-systems integration approaches to improve acceptance, safety, and comfort of automated vehicles.

This book provides guidance and insight into the development process for safety indicators to comply with general classification rule requirements.

This book presents a life-oriented approach, which is an interdisciplinary methodology proposed for cross-sectoral urban policy decisions such as transport, health, and energy policies.

This book offers a comprehensive introduction to fuzzy methods for solving flow tasks in both transportation and networks.

This book explores the need for innovative approaches to administrative digitization, leveraging technologies such as AI, blockchain, and smart processes to meet citizens' expectations, with a particular focus on the role of Chief Digital Officers (CDOs) in driving successful digital transformations within public institutions.

Having provided theoretical models of such items as capacity, network, scheduling, costs, organisation, environment and forecasting, the author uses these models to compare and evaluate the city transport problems in London, Paris, Copenhagen and Los Angeles, as well as in Cairo, Singapore and Rio de Janeiro.

This book offers a timely introduction to railway brake systems.

Seaports, as part of urban centers, play a major role in the cultural, social and economic life of the cities in which they are located, and through the links they provide to the outside world.

Das Buch fasst die Rechtsgrundlagen auf internationaler, nationaler und kommunaler Ebene auf den Gebieten Umweltschutz und Gefahrgutrecht zusammen.

This book provides readers with peer-reviewed research papers presented at the 5th International Conference on Clean Energy and Electrical Systems held in Tokyo, Japan, from April 1 to 4, 2023.

This book comprises the proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering 2021.

This book is a guide to the economic evaluation of transport policies and investment projects through cost-benefit analysis (CBA).

With a focus on cargo transportation, this book addresses the development of approaches intended to secure an infrastructure of smart services to support the adaptive implementation of online multi-modal freight transport management processes.

The maritime domain and sustainable energy are two critical aspects of the twenty first century which will shape the future of humanity.

This book discusses the multiple systems that make commercial jet travel safe and convenient.

The book focuses more on the study of cruise economy industry chain based on the previous editions and the latest trend of China's cruise economy.

This book focuses on design technologies and practical engineering applications in connection with cruise ports and terminals.

Explaining in detail how new e-mobility technologies work, and the system requirements which must be fulfilled for these new technologies to be implemented, this book augments this analysis with discussion of the business models, financing and social and economic conditions that will foster the emergence of a new e-mobility industry.

This book describes the discusses advanced fuels and combustion, emission control techniques, after-treatment systems, simulations and fault diagnostics, including discussions on different  engine diagnostic techniques such as particle image velocimetry (PIV), phase Doppler interferometry (PDI), laser ignition.

Maximizing reader insights into the challenges facing maritime supply chains and container port logistics service providers in Asia, this book highlights their innovative responses to these challenges through real-world case studies.

This volume consists of papers presented at the Fifth International Workshop on Computer- Aided Scheduling of Public Transport, which was held in Montreal from August 19th to the 23rd, 1990.

This book presents the select proceedings of the International Conference on Civil Engineering Trends and Challenges for Sustainability (CTCS 2021).

This book begins by discussing the problems caused by transportation emissions, the various types of emissions, and the impacts they have on public health, agricultural production, and climate change.

The publication contains numerous valuable guidelines one will find particularly useful while making decisions concerning development and improvement of transport systems.

These proceedings gather a selection of peer-reviewed papers presented at the 6th Thailand Rail Academic Symposium (TRAS 2019), held at Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand on 21-22 November 2019.

Work Identity at the End of the Line?

This book focuses on the systematic design of architectures, parameters and control of typical hybrid propulsion systems for wheeled and tracked vehicles based on a combination of theoretical research and engineering practice.

This book describes common applied problems that are solved with the use of digital technology.

The book discusses how Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) can leverage the sub-6 GHz massive MIMO to address cell selection and interference issues in future wireless networks.

This book introduces readers to two major sustainable applications of linear synchronous machines: wave energy conversion and magnetic levitation train technology.

This book presents selected articles from the Second International Workshop on Vehicular Adhoc Networks for Smart Cities, 2016 (IWVSC'2016).