SUBJECT GUIDE: RAILWAYS

We’ve compiled a list of key texts on railway engineering, covering management, systems, design, fundamentals, high speed rail, infrastructure, and more. Browse our selection of ebooks, online journals, and conferences – to access and read, simply click on the title to log in with your IMechE account.

eBooks

Railway Planning, Management, and Engineering

V.A. Profillidis

5th ed. 2022

Railway Transportation Systems
Design, Construction and Operation

Christos N. Pyrgidis

2nd ed. 2022

Fundamentals of Railway Design

Marco Guerrieri

2023

Electrical Railway Transportation Systems

Morris Brenna et al.

2018

Railway Information Modeling RIM

The Track to Rail Modernization

Mounir Bensalah et al.

2019

Design and Simulation of Rail Vehicles

Maksym Spiryagin et al.

2014

Design and Simulation of Heavy Haul Locomotives and Trains

Maksym Spiryagin et al.

2016

Rail Vehicle Technology

Joachim Ihme

2022

Rail Vehicle Mechatronics

Maksym Spiryagin et al.

2021

Unmanned Driving Systems for Smart Trains

Hui Liu

2021

Handbook of Railway Vehicle Dynamics

Simon Iwnicki et al.

2nd ed. 2019

Rail Vehicle Dynamics

Klaus Knothe and Sebastian Stichel

2017

Train Aerodynamics
Fundamentals and Applications

Chris Baker et al.

2019

Mathematical Foundation of Railroad Vehicle Systems

Geometry and Mechanics

Ahmed Shabana

2021

High Speed Railway Track Dynamics
Models, Algorithms and Applications

Xiaoyan Lei

2nd ed. 2022

Handbook of RAMS in Railway Systems
Theory and Practice

Edited by Qamar Mahboob and Enrico Zio

2018

Rail Infrastructure Resilience
A Best-Practices Handbook

Edited by Rui Calçada and Sakdirat Kaewunruen

2022

Railway Security
Protecting Against Manmade and Natural Disasters

Richard R. Young et al.

2017

Safety Theory and Control Technology of High-Speed Train Operation

Junfeng Wang

2018

Energy-Efficient Train Operation
A System Approach for Railway Networks

Shuai Su et al.

2023

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Online Journals

Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit (Proceedings of the IMechE Part F)

Journal of Rail Transport Planning & Management

International Journal of Rail Transportation

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Conference Proceedings

ASME/IEEE Joint Rail Conference

Sustainable Rail Transport 4: Innovate Rail Research and Education (2021)

Advances in Dynamics of Vehicles on Roads and Tracks II (2022)

Noise and Vibration Mitigation for Rail Transportation Systems (2021)

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