{"id":"https://openalex.org/W653908657","doi":null,"title":"Rail Inspection Systems Analysis and Technology Survey","display_name":"Rail Inspection Systems Analysis and Technology Survey","publication_year":1977,"publication_date":"1977-09-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W653908657","mag":"653908657"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net:48832","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://ntlsearch.bts.gov/ntl/md.do?id=48832","pdf_url":"http://ntlsearch.bts.gov/ntl/md.do?id=48832","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S7407051159","display_name":"ROSA P","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"229p. in various pagings","raw_type":null},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":[],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"http://ntlsearch.bts.gov/ntl/md.do?id=48832","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5020608401","display_name":"W D Kaiser","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"W D Kaiser","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5109402250","display_name":"R H Byers","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"R H Byers","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5035752208","display_name":"D Ensminger","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"D Ensminger","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5047858365","display_name":"Howard C. Meacham","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"H C Meacham","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5085229822","display_name":"John H. Flora","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"J H Flora","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":1,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.25648497,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10842","display_name":"Railway Engineering and Dynamics","score":0.9643999934196472,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2210","display_name":"Mechanical Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10842","display_name":"Railway Engineering and Dynamics","score":0.9643999934196472,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2210","display_name":"Mechanical Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11606","display_name":"Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring","score":0.017500000074505806,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2205","display_name":"Civil and Structural Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12169","display_name":"Non-Destructive Testing Techniques","score":0.007799999788403511,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2210","display_name":"Mechanical Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/railway-track-inspection","display_name":"railway track inspection","score":0.8159999847412109},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/rolling-stock-inspection","display_name":"rolling stock inspection","score":0.6290000081062317},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/inspection-speed","display_name":"inspection speed","score":0.8009999990463257},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/automated-data-processing","display_name":"automated data processing","score":0.7319999933242798},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/defect-detection","display_name":"defect detection","score":0.6809999942779541},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/transducers","display_name":"transducers","score":0.6600000262260437},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/inspection-vehicle","display_name":"inspection vehicle","score":0.7680000066757202}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780451532","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q759676","display_name":"Task (project management)","level":2,"score":0.6520652770996094},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.5242988467216492},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C188198153","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1613840","display_name":"Limiting","level":2,"score":0.4943680763244629},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780407802","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6146499","display_name":"Inspection time","level":2,"score":0.4867232143878937},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C200601418","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2193887","display_name":"Reliability engineering","level":1,"score":0.4564107060432434},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.38825690746307373},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C201995342","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q682496","display_name":"Systems engineering","level":1,"score":0.12068331241607666},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C78519656","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101333","display_name":"Mechanical engineering","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138496976","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q175002","display_name":"Developmental psychology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"pmh:oai:ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net:48832","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://ntlsearch.bts.gov/ntl/md.do?id=48832","pdf_url":"http://ntlsearch.bts.gov/ntl/md.do?id=48832","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S7407051159","display_name":"ROSA P","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"229p. in various pagings","raw_type":null},{"id":"mag:653908657","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/10323","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net:48832","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://ntlsearch.bts.gov/ntl/md.do?id=48832","pdf_url":"http://ntlsearch.bts.gov/ntl/md.do?id=48832","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S7407051159","display_name":"ROSA P","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"229p. in various pagings","raw_type":null},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9","display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","score":1.0}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306108","display_name":"U.S. Department of Transportation","ror":"https://ror.org/02xfw2e90"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306250","display_name":"Battelle","ror":"https://ror.org/01h5tnr73"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320309037","display_name":"Office of Research and Development","ror":"https://ror.org/05rsv9s98"}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":true,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W653908657.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W653908657.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W3017756784","https://openalex.org/W654027591","https://openalex.org/W844439485","https://openalex.org/W611832497","https://openalex.org/W2389250009","https://openalex.org/W7015822160","https://openalex.org/W2283343237","https://openalex.org/W2953894262","https://openalex.org/W2065752956","https://openalex.org/W1531329289"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"The":[0],"study":[1,25,38],"was":[2,23,34,102,140,180],"undertaken":[3],"to":[4,17,26,39,84,118,121,152,168,182],"identify":[5],"existing":[6,28],"rail":[7,56],"inspection":[8,29,64,99,128,163,185],"system":[9],"capabilities":[10],"and":[11,31,54,57,83,87,110,127,147,159],"methods":[12],"which":[13],"might":[14],"be":[15,119,131],"used":[16],"improve":[18],"these":[19,72],"capabilities.":[20],"Task":[21,32,44],"I":[22,45],"a":[24,35,135,169],"quantify":[27],"parameters":[30],"II":[33],"cost":[36,62],"effectiveness":[37],"utilize":[40],"the":[41,48,60,68,76,94,113],"results":[42],"of":[43,67,78,88,106,112,137,171,192],"in":[46,52,58],"defining":[47,59],"total":[49],"costs":[50,129,164],"incurred":[51],"inspecting":[53],"replacing":[55],"most":[61],"effective":[63],"system.":[65],"Some":[66],"major":[69,95],"findings":[70],"from":[71,165],"studies":[73],"were":[74,93,157],"that":[75,104,143],"practices":[77],"stopping":[79],"for":[80],"hand":[81],"check":[82],"mark":[85],"flaws":[86],"manually":[89],"processing":[90,109],"all":[91],"data":[92,108],"factors":[96],"presently":[97],"limiting":[98],"speeds.":[100],"It":[101,139],"concluded":[103,142],"use":[105],"automatic":[107],"elimination":[111],"stops":[114],"would":[115,130,160],"allow":[116],"speeds":[117,150],"increased":[120],"about":[122,134,172],"25":[123],"mph":[124,154,194],"(40":[125],"kmph)":[126,156,196],"reduced":[132],"by":[133],"factor":[136],"2.":[138],"also":[141],"with":[144,187],"extensive":[145],"transducer":[146],"carriage":[148],"development,":[149],"up":[151,167],"50":[153,193],"(80":[155,195],"feasible":[158],"further":[161],"reduce":[162],"0":[166],"maximum":[170],"30":[173],"percent":[174],"depending":[175],"upon":[176],"usage.":[177],"A":[178],"recommendation":[179],"made":[181],"develop":[183],"an":[184,188],"vehicle":[186],"ultimate":[189],"speed":[190],"capability":[191],"or":[197],"higher.\\n":[198]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-10-31T12:09:11.096373","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}