Vulnerability assessment modelling for railway networks
Railway networks are prone to many different potential disruptive events such as technical failures (e.g. the failure of aging components), natural disasters (e.g. flooding) and intentional man-made disasters (e.g. trespass and suicide). Assessing the vulnerability of railway networks can help infra...
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| author | Meesit, R. Andrews, J. |
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| description | Railway networks are prone to many different potential disruptive events such as technical failures (e.g. the failure of aging components), natural disasters (e.g. flooding) and intentional man-made disasters (e.g. trespass and suicide). Assessing the vulnerability of railway networks can help infrastructure managers to create the right preventive strategies to improve the robustness and the resilience of railway networks before the occurrence of disruptions. This study proposes a stochastic-vulnerability analysis model that enables the critical components of railway networks to be identified. The model is developed using a discrete event simulation technique. Its framework includes modules for assigning the disruption to the network components, predicting the network vulnerability, in terms of passenger delays and journey cancellations, and calculating the risk-based criticality of network components. Finally, an example application of the model is presented using a part of the East Midland railway network in UK. |
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| spelling | nottingham-519102020-05-04T19:40:23Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51910/ Vulnerability assessment modelling for railway networks Meesit, R. Andrews, J. Railway networks are prone to many different potential disruptive events such as technical failures (e.g. the failure of aging components), natural disasters (e.g. flooding) and intentional man-made disasters (e.g. trespass and suicide). Assessing the vulnerability of railway networks can help infrastructure managers to create the right preventive strategies to improve the robustness and the resilience of railway networks before the occurrence of disruptions. This study proposes a stochastic-vulnerability analysis model that enables the critical components of railway networks to be identified. The model is developed using a discrete event simulation technique. Its framework includes modules for assigning the disruption to the network components, predicting the network vulnerability, in terms of passenger delays and journey cancellations, and calculating the risk-based criticality of network components. Finally, an example application of the model is presented using a part of the East Midland railway network in UK. 2018-06-13 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Meesit, R. and Andrews, J. (2018) Vulnerability assessment modelling for railway networks. In: 10th IMA International Conference on Modelling in Industrial Maintenance and Reliability (MIMAR 2018), 13-15 June 2018, Manchester, UK. |
| spellingShingle | Meesit, R. Andrews, J. Vulnerability assessment modelling for railway networks |
| title | Vulnerability assessment modelling for railway networks |
| title_full | Vulnerability assessment modelling for railway networks |
| title_fullStr | Vulnerability assessment modelling for railway networks |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vulnerability assessment modelling for railway networks |
| title_short | Vulnerability assessment modelling for railway networks |
| title_sort | vulnerability assessment modelling for railway networks |
| url | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51910/ |