Technical Asset Management for Railway Transport: Using the URRAN Approach (International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, 322)

This book introduces readers to the key provisions of the URRAN-based technical asset management system - a methodology for managing resources and risks by analyzing and ensuring the required levels of reliability and safety in Russia's railway transport facilities. It describes the architecture of the URRAN information system's unified corporate platform (UCP URRAN) and its subsystems for infrastructure facilities and rolling stock complexes. It also highlights the UCP URRAN's prospects for development, especially in the application of artificial intelligence to predict dangerous events in railway transport operation. The book is chiefly intended for specialists engaged in practical work on the technical maintenance of railway transport facilities. It can also be used as a reference guide for students and researchers at railway universities or professionals who are dealing with problems in technical asset management in other industries. Preface Acknowledgments Contents Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Problems of Managing Technical Assets in Railway Domain 2.1 General Description of the Problem 2.2 Railway Company ́s Investments in the Technical Maintenance of Infrastructure 2.3 Projects of the International Union of Railways (UIC) 2.4 Application of Digital Technologies in Asset Management Systems of European Railway Companies 2.5 Certification of the Asset Management System for the Subdivisions of Russian Railways for Compliance with ISO 55001: 2014 References Chapter 3: Conceptual Provisions for Integrated Risk-Based Management of Reliability, Safety, and Resources 3.1 Management of a Railway Transport Facility-Management of a Physical Asset of an Organization 3.2 Basic Principles of Integrated Management of the Technical Maintenance of Railway Transport Facilities 3.3 Object, Subject, Purpose, and Tasks of the URRAN System 3.3.1 Object, Subject, and Purpose of the URRAN System 3.3.2 Tasks of the URRAN System References Chapter 4: Basic Concepts and Indicators of Dependability and Functional Safety of Railway Transport Facilities 4.1 Basic Concepts and Definitions of Facility Dependability 4.2 Features of Dependability Terminology in International Standards 4.3 Basic Concepts and Definitions of Functional Safety of Facilities 4.4 Basic List of Dependability and Functional Safety Indicators for Railway Transport Facilities 4.5 Specific Maintainability Indicators of Facilities of Infrastructure and Rolling Stock Complexes References Chapter 5: Standardization of the Facilities of Railway Transport and the Normalization of Dependability Indicators 5.1 General Provisions 5.2 Standardization of Infrastructure Objects 5.2.1 Track Complex 5.2.2 Reference Object-Element Structure of Railway Signalling and Remote Control Facilities 5.2.3 Reference Object-Element Structure of Railway Power Supply 5.2.4 Reference Object-Element Structure of Communication Facilities 5.3 Standardization of Locomotive Complex and Multi-unit Rolling Stock 5.4 Fundamentals of Normalization of Dependability Indicators 5.4.1 The Goal of Normalization of Dependability Indicators 5.4.2 Interests of the Service User and Supplier 5.4.3 Analysis of Statistical Data and Evaluation of Their Sufficiency 5.4.4 Choice and Justification of Normative Indicator Value 5.4.5 Normalization of Key Dependability Indicators References Chapter 6: Fundamentals of Management of Technical and Industrial Risks on Railway Transport 6.1 Definitions, Classification of Risks, and Safety Principles 6.1.1 Risk Definitions 6.1.2 Risk Classification 6.1.3 Safety Principles and Risks 6.2 Methodology of the Risk Management Process 6.2.1 Risk Assessment Stage 6.2.2 Risk Evaluation and Treatment Stage 6.2.3 Risk Monitoring and Review Stage 6.3 Risk Matrix 6.4 Assessment of Integral Risk 6.5 Technical and Technological Risk Management 6.6 Fire Risk Management 6.7 Occupational Risk Management References Chapter 7: Resource Management of Railway Transport Facilities 7.1 Stages of Life Cycle of Railway Transport Facilities 7.2 Basic Concepts of Facility Physical Resource 7.3 Methodological Bases for Extending the Service Life of a Technical Facility of Railway Transport 7.3.1 General Provisions 7.3.2 Control and Evaluation Maps 7.4 Criteria for Extending the Service Life of a Facility 7.5 Functional Resource 7.6 Management of Technical Resources of Infrastructure Facility During Operation 7.7 Algorithm for Managing the Technical Maintenance of a Facility Based on Risk Assessment Using the Example of a Track Secti... References Chapter 8: Assessment of the Activities of Structural Divisions of Railway Transport 8.1 General Provisions 8.2 Assessment of the Activities of Track Complex Divisions 8.3 Assessment of the Activities of Structural Division of Central Communications Station 8.4 Assessment of the Activity of Railway Signalling and Remote Control Divisions 8.4.1 Introduction 8.4.2 Assessment of the Quality of SRC Facility Technical Operation by SI Department 8.4.3 The General Procedure for Assessing the Integral Indicator of SI Department Activity 8.5 Assessment of the Activities of Transenergo Structural Divisions 8.5.1 General Provisions 8.5.2 Determination of Particular, Generalized, and Global Indicators of Transenergo Department Activity 8.6 Assessment of the Activity of Operational Locomotive Depots References Chapter 9: Unified Corporate Platform URRAN (UCP URRAN) 9.1 General Provisions 9.2 Architecture, Hardware, and Software of UCP URRAN 9.3 Unified Corporate Platform URRAN-Track 9.4 Unified Corporate Platform URRAN-Signalling 9.5 Unified Corporate Platform URRAN-Energy 9.6 Unified Corporate Platform URRAN-Communication 9.7 Unified Corporate Platform URRAN-Traction 9.8 Prospects for the Development of the UCP URRAN System 9.8.1 Adaptation Mechanism 9.8.2 Artificial Intelligence 9.8.3 Hierarchy of Operational Risks References Chapter 10: Conclusion "This book introduces readers to the key provisions of the URRAN-based technical asset management system--a methodology for managing resources and risks by analyzing and ensuring the required levels of reliability and safety in Russia's railway transport facilities. It describes the architecture of the URRAN information systems unified corporate platform (UCP URRAN) and its subsystems for infrastructure facilities and rolling stock complexes. It also highlights the UCP URRANs prospects for development, especially in the application of artificial intelligence to predict dangerous events in railway transport operation. The book is chiefly intended for specialists engaged in practical work on the technical maintenance of railway transport facilities. It can also be used as a reference guide for students and researchers at railway universities or professionals who are dealing with problems in technical asset management in other industries."-- Back cover