Assessing the Economic Life of Rail Using a Stochastic Analysis of Failures

Keyphrases

• Failure Analysis 100%
• Economic Life 100%
• Stochastic Analysis 100%
• Tonnage 66%
• Rail Failure 66%
• Life Cycle Cost 66%
• Whole Life Cycle 33%
• Expected number 33%
• Hazard Rate 33%
• Risk Cost 33%
• Rail Life 33%
• Non-homogeneous Poisson Process 33%
• Imperfect Inspection 33%
• Railway Inspection 33%
• Continuously Welded Rail 33%
• Thermic 33%
• Expected number of Failures 33%
• Weld Failure 33%
• Parameter Sensitivity 33%
• Repair Cost 33%
• Rail Defects 33%
• Railway Maintenance 33%
• Failure Phenomena 33%
• Inspection Interval 33%
• Accident Costs 33%

Engineering

• Economic Life 100%
• Lifecycle Cost 66%
• Welds 66%
• Repair Cost 33%
• Homogeneous Poisson Process 33%
• Hazard Rate 33%
• Rail Failure 33%