DSpace at VGTU: Recent submissions
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State road infrastructure project appraisals adopting Germany's new federal BCA scheme
(Procedia Engineering, 2016)This contribution reports on methodological challenges implementing Germany's current national BCA guideline into the underlying transport supply-demand model. In applying the workflow to a shortlisted set of road construction ... -
Supplier evaluation methodology in the logistics company
(Procedia Engineering, 2016)Created methodology provides procedures, guidelines and principles for evaluation of supplier quality. The goal of the methodology is to increase the efficiency of supply chain management, allowing them to better respond ... -
Heavy transport diesel engine operational energy parameter mathematical modelling research
(Procedia Engineering, 2016)Nowadays turbocharged diesel engines are prime movers of transport machines and are widely researched in order to optimize their performance. Significant percent of diesel engine's operation consists of transient operations. ... -
The implementation of highways tracing physical model – “flexible bracelet”
(Procedia Engineering, 2016)The perspective direction of computer-aided designing of road is optimization algorithms development. Optimization problems solutions can improve the quality of roads projects. Analysis of optimization methods in computer-aided ... -
Heuristic based decision support system for choice of alternative routes in the large-scale transportation transit system on the base of Petri Net model
(Procedia Engineering, 2016)The term Decision Support System (DSS) are much appreciated in highly complex environments where problems or tasks have varying degrees of structuration. Computer-based DSS to support decision making abound in elaborate ... -
Restoration of railway turnout elements with manual metal arc welding and flux-cored arc welding
(Procedia Engineering, 2016)The paper describes the experiment during which to evaluate potential time and material economy railway turnout element, in particular stock rail, was restored using two different welding methods – manual metal arc welding ... -
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 ... -
Modern technologies and materials for cement concrete pavement's repair
(Procedia Engineering, 2016)Modern aerodrome pavements should be provides year-round, intense and safe operation of aircraft. The circumstances require conducting emergency repairs, which is performed without obstacle of plane's movement, during the ... -
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. ... -
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 ... -
Numerical simulation of stress-strain state of asphalt concrete pavement on the carriageway of the South bridge in Kiev
(Procedia Engineering, 2016)Taking account of the fact that there is complex space load on the carriageway of the South highway stream crossing it is reasonable to use numerical method for determination of stain and tension pavement condition based ... -
Economic viability of electric public busses: regional perspective
(Procedia Engineering, 2016)The paper discusses the possible economic effect on regional development by developing applicable methodology and analyzing differences in costs, both operational costs and initial investments, of two types of buses serving ... -
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, ... -
Annual assessment of transport noise using representative time measurements
(Procedia Engineering, 2016)By the World Health Organization (WHO) data reported in Burden of disease from environmental noise “one in three individuals is annoyed during the daytime and one in five has disturbed sleep at night because of traffic ... -
A human being as a part of the security control system at the airport
(Procedia Engineering, 2016)The passenger and baggage security in airport screening system is one of the most important factors that determine air transport safety and security. It prevents objects and materials that could be used to commit an act ... -
Application of RFID technology in railway transport services and logistics chains
(Procedia Engineering, 2016)Article deals with the possibility of practical application of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology into operation of rail freight in relation to the important international projects that may impact on successful ... -
Vehicle speed prediction from yaw marks using photogrammetry of image of traffic accident scene
(Procedia Engineering, 2016)This paper deals with the problem of a vehicle speed prediction from tire yaw marks. In forensic science, the evidences from accident scene in most cases are the main information preparing the accident report. Analysis of ... -
Modeling of the pantograph-catenary wire contact interaction
(Procedia Engineering, 2016)One of the problems appearing at creating of new pantographs designs is associated with the geometric parameters selection for the minimum wear of the coal insertion and the catenary wire. To determine the dynamic loads ... -
Peculiarities of city street-road network modelling
(Procedia Engineering, 2016)It's discussed the peculiarities of graph theory application for modeling of city road-street networks. It's represented the example of dividing the territory of Pereyaslav-Kheknytskyi city of Kyiv region into transportation ... -
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 ...