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A Method of Determining Rail Grinding Parameters Based On Life-Cycle Cost



Wang Jianxi1, 2, *, Chen Siyi3, Gui Jirong1
1 School of Civil Engineering, Shijiazhuang Tiedao University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, 050043, P.R. China
2 Key Laboratory of Road and Railway Engineering Safety Control of Ministry of Education, Hebei Province ,050043, P.R. China
3 School of Transportation Engineering, Shijiazhuang Tiedao University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, 050043, P.R. China

Article Information


Identifiers and Pagination:

Year: 2014
Volume: 8
First Page: 544
Last Page: 550
Publisher Id: TOMEJ-8-544
DOI: 10.2174/1874155X01408010544

Article History:

Received Date: 26/05/2015
Revision Received Date: 14/07/2015
Acceptance Date: 10/08/2015
Electronic publication date: 24/12/2014
Collection year: 2014

© 2014 Wang et al

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* Address correspondence to this author at Shijiazhuang Tiedao University, Shijiazhuang,Hebei,050043, P.R. China; Tel: +86 15930170825; E-mail: qianxi-2008@163.com


Abstract

The factors affecting the economy efficiency of rail grinding and their interrelation are researched. Based on the management theory of life-cycle cost, the model of analyzing rail grinding parameters is established, the calculation method is determined, and minimizing the rail life-cycle cost is regarded as optimization objective for the optimal analysis of grinding factor. The results prove that with certain parameters (grinding interval and mental removal), the total present value of rail cost tends to decrease firstly and then increase with the increase of rail service life. With the increase of the grinding interval, the total present value of rail cost also tends to decrease firstly and then increase, and there is an extreme point in the variation tendency. In the economic cost of rail service life, rail replacement and waste of railway taking-up cost are two of the biggest parts. Therefore, reasonable rail maintenance strategy plays a significant role in reducing life-cycle cost.

Keywords: Railway Engineering, Rail, Rail Grinding, Life-Cycle Cost, Grinding Factor, Optimization.