Trends and Perspectives in Structural Health Monitoring through Edge Computing: A Review with Zero-Shot Natural Language Processing Categorization
Available online 4 September 2025
The integration of edge computing into Structural Health Monitoring presents a transformative shift, overcoming limitations in latency, scalability, and centralized data processing. This review conducts...
Seismic Safety of High-Speed Railway Train-Track-Bridge Systems: Research Progress, Mechanisms, and Mitigation Strategies
Available online 4 September 2025
High-speed railway (HSR), as a rapid and efficient mode of transportation, is undergoing significant development in China. Bridge structures are widely utilized owing to their superior adaptability...
Preparation and composite strengthening of desert sand artificial aggregates and their influence on concrete mechanical properties
Available online 28 August 2025
Desert sand offers a vast yet underutilized resource for producing artificial aggregates to alleviate aggregate shortages in desert-region infrastructure. In this study, high-quality desert sand artificial...
Energy-efficient operation trajectory optimization of heavy-haul trains based on hybrid biological intelligent heuristic strategy
Available online 21 August 2025
The operation trajectory optimization of heavy-haul trains has potential to diminish transportation energy consumption. This can lead to significant economic benefits. However, in the domain of heavy-haul...
A critical review of operations research on the operation and maintenance of railway systems
Available online 12 August 2025
The railway system plays a critical role in modern transportation networks. To ensure its sustainable and reliable operation, conducting efficient operation and maintenance becomes the utmost concern...
Optimizing mountain railway alignments with a potential field guided 3D-RRT-star algorithm
Available online 18 July 2025
Developing railway alignments becomes increasingly challenging in undulating terrain with densely-distributed obstacles. Traditional alignment optimization methods, which employ a design process characterized...
Mechanical properties and damage analysis of polymer fiber reinforced concrete in low vacuum environments based on acoustic emission technology
Available online 12 July 2025
•The mechanical properties of concrete in low vacuum environments were improved by polymer fiber reinforcement.•Acoustic emission technology was utilized for mechanical damage analysis.•High-content...
Mapping safety science in the construction and process industries: parallels and discrepancies
Available online 7 July 2025
•This study provides a high-level scientific review of scientific research on construction safety and process safety.•This study compares the research topics of construction safety and process safety...
Test case generation of onboard ATP for heavy haul rail based on hybrid whale optimization algorithm
Available online 18 June 2025
Combinatorial Testing (CT) of the onboard Automatic Train Protection (ATP) functionality of train control systems for heavy haul rail can significantly enhance the safety of signalling equipment. However,...
Local shortwave irregularities detection for high-speed railway bridges using wavelet energy features of train-induced accelerations
Available online 18 June 2025
Local shortwave irregularities, a prevalent form of track damage, intensify train-bridge interactions, potentially compromising the safety and comfort of high-speed trains while shortening the service...
Journal of Railway Science and Technology: Advancing Global Railway Science and Innovation
Available online 9 June 2025