Beschreibung
Published at the beginning of September the second edition of “Track Compendium” provides an essential guide for railway track engineers and practitioners. The book describes clearly and compactly the physical properties of individual track components and their interrelationships.
This second edition contains several additional sections on the following topics:
Installation and maintenance of overhead line
Process control technology and safety technology
Head checks and the wear resistance of head-hardened rails
Equivalent conicity and running behaviour
Interaction of the vehicle with track geometry faults
Durability of wooden sleepers
Ballast bed cleaning and ballast properties
The author Bernhard Lichtberger has an experience of over more than 20 years of research in the field of track behaviour and the optimum methods of track maintenance. “Track Compendium” is for railway engineers a practical aid and an essential read for their daily business!
