Koren A. V.

A new draft version of the Aircraft industry development strategy is discussed. A strategic target-oriented vision for national aircraft construction is shown. An analysis is performed for the government support system for aviation equipment. A role of the aircraft industry is discussed in providing transport accessibility and connectivity for all parts of Russia.  Basic approaches and arrangements are identified for developing government support measures for aircraft and helicopter manufacturing.  

Keywords: aircraft construction, government support, technological sovereignty, aircraft, helicopters, transport accessibility

Contacts: korenav@aviacenter.org

Manyakhin A. Yu.

The article discusses the status of nonpublic use rail transport locomotive fleet.  A situation is specifically forecast that may occur if ТR ТS 001/2011 “On railway rolling stock safety” Technical Regulations relating to locomotives’ service life extension only after they are retrofitted and have passed compulsory certification become effective on 2 August 2017.  
Some measures required for preventing stress-induced rolling stock renewal are identified.

Keywords: technical regulations, locomotive, wear and tear, traction rolling stock, service life

Contacts: standart@scpgt.ru

Glazkova V. A., Magaga L. A.

An issue of innovative railway rolling stock manufacturing development in Russian wagon building is discussed.  An analysis is performed for innovation criteria, certification issues, wagon output and consumption dynamics, government support measures for the sector and rent rate trends.  Tracking is done for the largest purchase and management transfer transactions for innovative open wagons.

Keywords: innovative rolling stock, wagon, open wagon, government support, tariff policy

Contacts: glazkovava@infoline.spb.ru

Semenov S. A.

A number of controversial issues is discussed lying at the intersection of legal doctrines of transportation safety and counterterrorism that have both theoretical and practical relevance. Of these, issues of transportation safety units being attributed to antiterrorism entities and their role in this respect are analyzed. The author concludes that transportation safety units should have the legal status of an antiterrorism entity with their primary goal to prevent a terrorist attack.  

Keywords: transportation safety, terrorism, legislation, legal status.

Contacts: semenov@uvomintrans.ru

Efanov D. V., Osadchiy G. V., Sedykh D. V.

The structure and special features are described relating to a continuous railway catenary monitoring system developed and implemented by the authors for constant tension sections of the St. Petersburg to Moscow Railway. Primary features implemented by the system are identified including possible latching for pre-failure conditions of a catenary wire and overhead line. Key advantages and disadvantages of the system are shown including the ways of improving it.

Keywords: railway catenary; continuous monitoring; pre-failure condition; traffic safety

Contacts: tres-4b@yandex.ru

Polyakov B. O., Vatulina E. Ya.

To assess the possibilities for making rail vehicle speeds higher, a method has been developed for assessing the degree of an aerodynamic action on proximate railway infrastructure facilities based on mathematical modeling using specialized modules from the SolidWorks software package. The primary difference of the method proposed is two-stage use of a conversion of motion principle for aerodynamic interaction objects between a high-speed train and proximate railway infrastructure. It is shown that in terms of its impact on railway infrastructure rail vehicles allow speeds of 400 km/h and the modelling method developed may be used for even higher speeds.

Keywords: aerodynamics, rail transport, high-speed rolling stock, railway infrastructure, interaction, pressure, bridge, viaduct, SolidWorks, air streams

Contacts: boron49@yandex.ru

Boronenko Yu. P. Dauksha A. S.

For safe transportation of containers and swap bodies on special-purpose flatcars exposed to strong side wind, fixing devices are proposed ensuring high reliability when subjected to axial and transverse loads and overturning moment. The advantages of the proposed arrangement ensuring safe transportation are reliable fixation, simple design, no use of manual labor when fixing, possible inspection and monitoring for a fixing device and fittings spacing lugs without lifting the container or swap body.

Keywords: rail transportation, container, container flatcar, fixing devices, traffic safety

Contacts: boron49@yandex.ru

Dumin A. V.

The article discusses a new IT development strategy for United Shipbuilding Corporation.  An analysis is specifically performed for its basis, goals, software and information system selection depending on their types, requirements for their development level and local systems’ data analytics. Some recommendations are given on the use of new approaches in digital manufacturing.

Keywords: information systems, 3D modeling, IT infrastructure, digital manufacturing, software

Contacts: dumin@aoosk.ru

Macheret D. A.

The articles analyzes the transport infrastructure conditions depending on the mode of transport based on the assessments made by Russian business community. An in-depth analysis is performed for railway and road transport infrastructure development based on government statistics data. A conclusion is made on the advantages of privately owned transport infrastructure and that private funds have to be raised for transport infrastructure projects on a larger scale. It is stressed that railway and port infrastructures should be developed in a well-balanced manner to realize the export potential of the Russian economy efficiently. Higher transport education development is shown to be very important for implementing the Russian transport strategy successfully and bringing the transport infrastructure conditions in line with the requirements of business community and the country’s population.  

Keywords: transport infrastructure, business activities, institutes, human capital, transport education

Contacts: macheretda@rambler.ru

Kuzneczov M. A.

The article states that the existing product branding system for rolling stock manufacturing plants does not allow collecting and logging information in a proper manner. It specifically results from the S ZHA 1001 Business ID codes reference book containing some shortcomings. The article describes the results of work done by VNIIZht (Joint Stock Company Railway Research Institute) personnel to remedy the shortcomings in the document and prepare a reference book of S ZHA 1015 ID codes for rolling stock & component parts manufacturing, maintenance and repair companies. Some further measures are identified to improve the regulatory framework in the field of interest.

Keywords: branding in rail transport, ID codes, 1001 Reference book, ID number

Contacts: saigina.lyudmila@vniizht.ru

Fironov A.N.

An analysis is performed for some technical, business and social issues in vacuum-levitation transport development.  Issues are specifically discussed relating to public demand for the new mode of transport, its economic feasibility and investment potential, speed selection and related technical complexities, integrated security system provision etc. The author concludes that state-of-the-art equipment, materials and technologies make it extremely difficult to implement the vacuum train concept.  

Keywords: vacuum-levitation transport, hyperloop, maglev, linear electric traction drive

Contacts: tyml2341@yandex.ru

Grachev V. V., Grishchenko A. V., Bazilevskiy F. Yu., Safonov S. A.

A comparative analysis is performed for the operating efficiency of TEM18DM locomotives with a 1-PD4D diesel engine (Open Joint-Stock Company Penzadieselmash, Russia) and TEM18V locomotives with a W6L20L diesel engine (Wärtsilä, Finland) operated at Oktyabrskaya Railway operating domain. A TEM18DM locomotive with a 1-PD4D diesel engine fitted with an ESUVT.01 (OOO PPP Dieselavtomatika) electronically controlled fuel injection system is shown to be far more efficient than its counterpart with a foreign-manufactured diesel engine.

Keywords: locomotive, fuel consumption, diesel engine, fuel injection system, crankshaft speed

Contacts: v_grach@mail.ru

Podvoloczkiy N. M.

Some approaches are discussed to arranging bypass control for centrifugal pump capacity. A graphical analysis of the capacity control process in the head – capacity reference system is performed for various operating use options. An analytic description is given for pump capacity control allowing modeling the vessel tank stripping process. The centrifugal pump efficiency is analyzed for bypass capacity control.

Keywords: centrifugal pump, bypass capacity control, graphical analysis of bypassing, analytic description of stripping vessel tanks, bypass control efficiency

Contacts: gerapetrov2009@gmail.com

Chebotaev A.., Ivakhnenko A.., Fadeeva E. Yu.

The article states that over the past thirty years different countries have more intensively used natural resources increasing human impact on the living environment, specifically regarding transport emissions. The authors describe a methodical procedure they developed that allows making, if required, comparative calculations of anthropogenic emissions of released carbon as CO2 and O2 extracted from atmospheric air using thermochemical equation–based  initial data for combustion treated as energy process.

Keywords: ecology, carbon dioxide emissions, alternative fuels, “green” transportation services, toxic emissions, noise

Contacts: kudyarovaya@mintrans.org