Browsing International Scientific Conference “Transbaltica" by Faculty "Transporto inžinerijos fakultetas / Faculty of Transport Engineering"
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Advanced technologies used by Lithuanian railways
(Procedia Engineering, 2016)Advanced Technologies (AT) is one of the major factors accelerating the development of the Lithuanian economy and ensuring the engine of economic growth allowing for a high added value and economic development. The railway ... -
Analysis of freight wagon wheel failure detection in Lithuanian railways
(Procedia Engineering, 2016)The authors of this paper analyze the freight wagon wheel rolling surface damage detection process in Lithuanian Railways. The wagons were selected for this study in consideration of the Wheel Impact Load Detector (WILD) ... -
Application and management of information technologies in multimodal transportation
(Procedia Engineering, 2016)In order to develop an integrated multimodal transportation, freight shippers and carriers, operators of multimodal transport in particular, must create and develop business strategies bringing together managerial, economic, ... -
The aspects of catenary maintenance of direct current (DC) and alternating current (AC)
(Procedia Engineering, 2016)A rapid social and economic development of the European Union countries, their technical progress, and world trade globalization tendencies generate a huge demand for high-quality transportation services. The countries of ... -
The assessment of importance of the factors that predetermine the quality of a service of transportation by road vehicles
(Procedia Engineering, 2016)Striving for satisfaction of the needs of clients is the principal task in any sector of economy, including transportation by road vehicles. In course of the grow of the demand for transportation services, the number of ... -
Development of science at the faculty of Transport Engineering in Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
(Procedia Engineering, 2016)The aim of this paper is to review the research activity at the Faculty of Transport Engineering in Vilnius Gediminas Technical University in various aspects: science priorities, doctoral studies, publications, collaboration ... -
Diesel trains reliability diversity research
(Procedia Engineering, 2016)When forming and optimizing passenger rolling stock fleet it is important to properly assess the reliability of the introduced rolling stock. The article analyses certain patterns of reliability indicators for diesel trains ... -
Digital analysis of shape and size of dimples of ductile tearing on fracture surface of long-operated steel
(Procedia Engineering, 2016)An improved dimple image quantitative analysis method based on mathematics morphology was proposed. The developed method allows identifying the elements of the network of dimples of ductile dearing, determining their number, ... -
Energy absorbing hydro pneumo mechanical mechanism to enhance passive safety in motor vehicles
(Procedia Engineering, 2016)The article describes one of the ways to enhance safety in cars. The topic is addressed by analyzing how to absorb kinetic energy during a car collision with an obstacle. The article analyzes opportunities to convert motor ... -
Expedience of applying solar and wind hybrid power-plants in railway infrastructure objects
(Procedia Engineering, 2016)The level of technical development and the diversification of energy sector of Lithuanian Railways, the scale of using of renewable energy sources have been defined in this article. The necessity and expediency of ... -
Future challenges of Lithuanian transport sector enterprise's certification in the context of evolution of the management systems certification
(Procedia Engineering, 2016)In the provided article we touch some issues of broader research in the area of management systems standardization. One of the partial objectives of our paper is to predict the evolution of management system standards (MSS) ... -
Improvement of the compression-ignition engine Indicators using dual fuel (diesel and kiquefied petroleum gas)
(Procedia Engineering, 2016)The influence of additional supplies of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) blends is investigated on the energetic and environmental indicators of the compression-ignition (CI) engine operating diesel (dual fuel). By performance ... -
The influence of transport infrastructure development on sustainable living environment in Lithuania
(Procedia Engineering, 2016)Social and ecological aspects gain greater value than other assessment criteria in preparing and evaluating investment transport plans and projects. The formation of tasks for transport system and infrastructure in the ... -
Methodology for the determination of maximum contact vertical wheel loads
(Procedia Engineering, 2016)A simplified determination method of vertical contact forces is created, which allows determining the forces occurring in the contact between wheel and rail, without the mathematical modelling. The contact between wheel ... -
The models of management of railway companies in the European Union: holding, the German experience
(Procedia Engineering, 2016)One of the main tasks of the long-term expansion of the Lithuanian railway transport is to ensure, following the European Union legislation, the implementation of a reform of the Lithuanian railway transportation sector ... -
Research of the vehicle brake testing efficiency
(Procedia Engineering, 2016)At vehicles technical inspection stations, the braking system of a load-carrying vehicle is tested when the vehicle is free of any load; however, such tests do not reflect the operation of the brakes in loaded vehicles. ... -
Research on competencies of human resources in transport sector: Lithuanian case study
(Procedia Engineering, 2016)The primary goal of each organization is to maximize the profits, take the larger share of the market or to provide the best service possible. In order to implement this goal, organizations must have unique resources, i.e. ... -
Simulation of railway vehicle dynamics in universal mechanism software
(Procedia Engineering, 2016)This abstract describes the experience of a railway vehicle dynamics simulation using Universal Mechanism software. The software system Universal Mechanism (UM) was created for computer simulation of kinematic and dynamic ...