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The Evolution of Railway Research and Development at a Heavy Haul Railway

Published:1993-07 Issue:2 Volume:207 Page:89-98
ISSN:0954-4097
Container-title:Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit
language:en
Short-container-title:Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Author:

Marich S¹,Walker W²

Affiliation:

1. BHP Melbourne Research Laboratories, Victoria, Australia

2. BHP Iron Ore Limited, Australia

Abstract

The economic value of research has been well demonstrated on the BHP Iron Ore heavy haul railroad. The research began when the considerable expansion that occurred soon after the start of operations led to accelerated component deterioration. This raised the possibility of having to curtail production. The paper describes how the nature and direction of the research activities have changed over time, with the programmes becoming more proactive rather than reactive.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Mechanical Engineering

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1243/PIME_PROC_1993_207_233_02

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