Pavel A. Kravchenko, D. Sc. Eng., professor, academic director of the Road Traffic Safety Institute of the St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering Sultan V. Zhankaziyev, D. Sc. Eng., professor, Traffic Organisation and Safety department chair, Moscow Automobile and Road Construction State Technical University (MADI) Elena M. Oleshchenko, Cand. Sc. Eng., senior lecturer of the Transport Systems department, deputy director of the Advanced Studies and Specialist

The paper presents scientific and applied research analysis of creating a mechanism for managing the state of the state system for prevention of danger and fatality in road traffic. A tool for improving functional quality of the content of the federal law on road traffic safety and efficiency of its practical implementation is presented. It is shown that applying aspect oriented approach to expanding the region of factors and causes of occurrence of fatalities in traffic accidents can form the complete set and create Russia’s own scientific theory of ensuring traffic safety. Two fundamental aspects are studied, terminological, which excludes instances of distorting the meaning of the law’s main terms and determining the would-be theory’s law and the algorithmic, which determines the quality of processes of functioning of the system and the form of their presentation adequate to the form of machine (computer) programs.


Keywords: federal law on road traffic safety, causes of the road traffic accidents, aspect approach, terminological aspect, algorithmic aspect

Contacts: obdd2008@mail.ru

Dmitrii A. Macheret, D. Sc. Econ., professor, chair of the Transport Infrastructure Economy and Construction Business Management department of the Russian University of Transport (MIIT) Anastasiia A. Macheret, Cand. Sc. Econ., senior lecturer of the Transport Economy and Management department of the Russian University of Transport (MIIT)

The paper considers economic risks of the railway transport considering its specific features and the results of negative impact from external factors, which have already manifested in the industry’s activity. The external factors impacting the railway transport’s activity are classified. An analysis of negative external factors influencing railways’ activity is presented. Main directions for ensuring economic stability of railway transport under conditions of impacts from negative external factors are shown, and their implementation in the activity of Russia’s railways is analysed. The conclusion is that the management system and the development and production facilities of the industry permit offsetting the risks related to the influence from the external environment and creating the foundations for ensuring long-term development trajectory.


Keywords: railway transport, risks, external factors, ensuring economic stability, passenger transportation, cargo transportation, productivity of resources

Contacts: macheretda@rambler.ru

Maksim A. Asaul, D. Sc. Econ., deputy director of the Transport and Infrastructure Department of the Eurasian Economic Commission, professor of the Motor Transport Economy department of the Moscow Automobile and Road Construction State Technical University (MADI) Igor’ G. Malygin, D. Sc. Eng., professor, director of the Solomenko Institute of Transport Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences Aleksei E. Mokhov, Cand. Sc. Polit., deputy head of the natural monopolies section of the Transport and Infrastructure Department of the Eurasian Economic Commission

The paper presents an outline of the potential for creating and operating the Volga-Pechora Waterway, a Eurasian transport communication that can be used as an integrated route on the continent, taking the functioning of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) into account. The route of the proposed canal, territorial advantages and economic benefits of canal laying are analysed. An overview of global transport routes connected to the proposed inland canal is provided from the point of view of increasing Eurasian intracontinental transit and access to the Northern Sea Route. An analysis of current situation with water resources in the Volga-Caspian region and its dynamics in case of implementation of a new water system on the basis of the Volga-Pechora Waterway is also presented.


Keywords: Volga-Pechora Waterway, Northern Sea Route, Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), integration association, Eurasian Land Bridge, Silk Road Economic Belt, international transport corridors, North-South international transport corridors, Trans-Siberian Railway, Eurasia Canal, infrastructure, communications, integration, transport area

Contacts: asaul@eecommission.org

Georgii S. Pereselenkov, D. Sc. Eng., professor

The paper considers the directions for development of investment self-sufficiency of transport provision of the Far North and the northern regions of the Far East, including the oil and gas bearing basin of the Sea of Okhotsk. Construction of the Ogoron to Chumikan railway in the valley of the Uda river as a relief road for the Baikal-Amur mainline, the Chumikan port, ports on the Western shore of the Sea of Okhotsk and synthetic engineering structures to reliably link the island of Sakhalin to the mainland by all types of transport is shown to be attractive for this purpose.


Keywords: transport system of Russian Far North and Far East, transport infrastructure, Ogoron to Chumikan railway, ports of the Sea of Okhotsk

Contacts: paniira@inbox.ru

Iurii A. Shcherbanin, D. Sc. Econ., professor, oil and gas trading and logistics department chair, National University of Oil and Gas (Gubkin University)

The paper presents an analysis of problems related to cargo transportation to new oil and gas fields under development in Siberia and Russian Federation’s subarctic zone. Current state and development prospects of railway, inland waterway and motor transport are outlined. Specific features of delivering cargo to the region are characterised. Recommendations on several key transport projects are provided.


Keywords: Vankor, Chayanda, Northern Latitudinal Railway, Eastern Siberia, railways, motor transportation, winter snow roads, inland water transport, logistics

Contacts: shcherbaninya@mail.ru

Anatolii I. Telegin, D. Sc. Eng., professor of the Volga State University of Water Transport Anastasiia V. Iulova, postgraduate student of the Volga State University of Water Transport

The paper presents an analysis of possibilities of expanding application of various types of transport for local and regional passenger transportation. A method is proposed for calculation to determine optimum timetable for year-round transportation of passengers of air-cushion vessels on urban and suburban routes accounting for requirements of current regulatory documentation.


Keywords: passenger transportation, air-cushion vessels, service timetable, timetable calculation methods

Contacts: kafedra-lim@yandex.ru

Sergei A. Semenov, head of the Russian Maritime Security Service

The paper presents review and evaluation of current statutory regulation used in training transport safety support services. Proposals are outlined to supplement the statutes and regulations of the Transport Ministry of the Russian Federation with a view to reduce the expenses of transport infrastructure subjects and transport safety units on training transport safety support forces.


Keywords: transport safety, transport safety support forces, training of transport safety support forces

Contacts: semenov@msecurity.ru

Dmitrii V. Efanov, D. Sc. Eng., senior lecturer, professor of the Automatics, Telemechanics and Communications on the Railway Transport department of the Russian University of Transport (MIIT) Valery N. Myachin, D. Sc. Eng., professor, general director of the Complex Monitoring Systems research and development centre German V. Osadchii, technical director of the Complex Monitoring Systems research and development centre Marina V. Zueva, design engineer of the Complex Monitoring Systems research and development centre

The paper provides an analysis of the key problem of modern systems of continuous monitoring of transport infrastructure objects and sophisticated engineering structures which is linked to the low quality of primary (raw) diagnostic data. Authors provide results of experiments for selection of the optimal method for filtering raw diagnostic data to increase veracity of monitoring results that can later be used for hind-sight analysis. The most efficient method for implementing the filtration procedure in this case is determined.


Keywords: transport infrastructure monitoring, diagnostic data processing, data filtering, increasing veracity of monitoring results, residual operation life control

Contacts: TrES‑4b@yandex.ru, osgerman@mail.ru, marina-seo-media@yandex.ru

Anna M. Orlova, D. Sc. Eng., executive director of the All-Union Research and Development Centre for Transport Technology Ivan A. Khilov, Cand. Sc. Eng., head of the computational analysis department of the All-Union Research and Development Centre for Transport Technology Vladimir I. Gus’kov, head of the design team of the All-Union Research and Development Centre for Transport Technology Nataliia Sh. Sapozhnikova, senior engineer of the All-Union Research and Development Centre for Transport Technology Ekaterina V. Shilova, expert of the federal state unitary enterprise ZashchitaInfoTrans Pavel V. Ivanchenko, expert of the federal state unitary enterprise ZashchitaInfoTrans

One of the directions in introducing digital technologies in cargo wagon manufacturing is development of an automated national database of rolling stock details, implementation of which would create conditions for control over application of spare parts for the duration of their life cycle. The paper covers development of an information system for registration and inventory count of key elements of railway rolling stock using automated regime and additional unique markings with element-identification labels. Stages for implementation of a test version of the system to be used by the producers of cargo wagon and their components are proposed.


Keywords: digitalisation, identification, marking, positioning, railway transport, wagon, safety in operation, counterfeit goods, automated database, rolling stock details, registration and inventory count, key rolling stock elements, electronic passport

Contacts: aorlova@uniwagon.com, ikhilov@tt-center.ru, vguskov@tt-center.ru, nsapozhnikova@tt-center.ru, e.shilova@degitali.ru, p.ivanchenko@degitali.ru

Evgenii I. Artamonov, deputy head of the running tests section of the Tikhvin Railway Engineering Testing Centre Dmitrii V. Gorskii, team leader at the Railway Research Institute Aleksandr L. Koviazin, head of the Brake System Engineering department of the All-Union Research and Development Centre for Transport Technology Denis V. Shevchenko, deputy research director of the All-Union Research and Development Centre for Transport Technology

Due to development of new standards aiming to ensure adherence to requirements of the Customs Union’s technical regulations for railway transport safety, the need arose for comparing approaches to determining calculated axle brake pressing in conversion to cast-iron shoes in reference to running brake tests. For the first time in Russian literature, the paper outlines a method for determining calculated axle pressing in conversion to cast-iron shoes in reference to running brake tests and accounting for the time required to fill brake cylinders. Brake pressing coefficient is identified, changing during the braking process to match the brake way obtained during testing with brake way calculated from fitted real coefficient. This method is particularly suitable for multi-axle wagons that have longer filling time compared to standard wagons.


Keywords: calculated brake pressing, brake tests, coupled wagons

Contacts: eartamonov@railtest.ru, dmtrgrsk@mail.ru, akovyazin@tt-center.ru, dshevchenko@tt-center.ru

Gennadii A. Okolovich, D. Sc. Eng., professor of the Polzunov Altai State Technical University Tat’iana G. Sharikova, Cand. Sc. Eng., senior lecturer of the Polzunov Altai State Technical University

Rolling bearings for railway wagons’ bearing boxes operate under conditions of high bearing pressure and dynamic loading. Wearing life of ball bearings is mainly determined by the quality of steel and its thermal treatment. The problem of ensuring reliability of rolling bearing boxes is a vital task, and the paper proposes a solution. The authors have discovered that bearing heating and wheel-pair jamming was caused by increasing the size of bearings from transformation of retained austenite into martensite. Defects of thermal treatment of ball bearings (elevated level of retained austenite, structural and carbide inhomogeneity) are identified as a result of the study. Oxidization tints resulting from heating bearings above 200 о С are shown.


Keywords: austenite, retained austenite, martensite, structure, mechanical qualities, hardness, hardening, drawing back, cold treatment, fractures.

Contacts: mtio10@mail.ru, tatiana.sharikova@gmail.com