This book focuses on the latest scientific and technological advancements in the field of railway turnout engineering. It offers a holistic approach to the scientific investigation of the factors and mechanisms determining performance degradation of railway switches and crossings (S&Cs), and the consequent development of condition monitoring systems that will enable infrastructure managers to transition towards the implementation of predictive maintenance. The book is divided into three distinct parts. Part I discusses the modelling of railway infrastructure, including switch and crossing systems, while Part II focuses on metallurgical characterization. This includes the microstructure of in-field loaded railway steel and an analysis of rail screw failures. In turn, the third and final part discusses condition monitoring and asset management. Given its scope, the book is of interest to both academics and industrial practitioners, helping them learn about the various challenges characterizing this engineering domain and the latest solutions to properly address them.

This book is a collection of the papers accepted by the ICIVIS 2021—The International Conference on Image, Vision and Intelligent Systems held on June 15–17, 2021, in Changsha, China. The topics focus but are not limited to image, vision and intelligent systems. Each part can be used as an excellent reference by industry practitioners, university faculties, research fellows and undergraduates as well as graduate students who need to build a knowledge base of the most current advances and state-of-practice in the topics covered by this conference proceedings.

This book constitutes refereed proceedings of the Workshops of the 18th European Dependable Computing Conference, EDCC: ​13th Workshop on Software Engineering for Resilient Systems, SERENE 2022; Third Worskhop on Dynamic Risk Management for Autonomous Systems, DREAMS 2022, Third Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Railways, AI4RAILS, held in Zaragoza, Spain, in September 2022. The 11 workshop papers presented were thoroughly reviewed and selected from 22 submissions. The workshop papers complement the main conference topics by addressing dependability or security issues in specic application domains or by focussing in specialized topics, such as system resilience.

This book provides theoretical perspectives and practical experiences on smart governance for smart cities. It presents a balanced linkage between research, policies and practices on this area. The authors discuss the sustainability challenges raised by rapid urbanization, challenges with smart governance models in various countries, and a new governance paradigm seen as a capable approach able to overcome social, economic and environmental sustainability problems. The authors include case studies on transformation, adaption and transfers; and country, regional, municipal contextualization. Also included are best practices on monitoring and evaluating smart governance and impact assessment. The book features contributions from researchers, academics, and practitioners in the field. Analyzes smart governance for cities from a variety of perspectives and a variety of sectors – both in theory and in practice Features information on the linkage between United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and smart governance Covers the connection between research, policies and practice in smart governance for smart cities

As a standard reference work, The Comprehensive Manual of Track Maintenance Volume 1 describes all aspects of track maintenance in theory and practice in a clear and concise form. It reflects the current status of maintenance methods, supplemented by an outlook on foreseeable and ongoing technical developments. The Comprehensive Manual of Track Maintenance is published in two volumes. This 1st volume comprises the following chapters: •History of the mechanization of track construction •The track from a systemic perspective •New construction and conversion of ballasted track and slab track •Loading of the track - wheel-rail interaction •Supervision and monitoring •Rail defects and rail treatment methods •Track geometry correction - Tamping