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Estimations of modal shift from maritime and air transport to surface transport between China and South Korea : focusing on China's three northeast provinces. (한중간 해상에서 육상으로 화물운송전환수요의 추정 : 동북 3성 지역을 중심으로)

  • Hong, Sung-Wook;Lee, Soon-Cheul
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2005.05a
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    • pp.1125-1131
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    • 2005
  • This study is based on the assumption of surface transport linkages between Korea and China. Active economic cooperation between South Korea and North Korea are expected within the near future and Russia and China have interested in the land transport linkages in Korean peninsula. How much freight demands between the two countries that has been mainly dependent on air and sea transportation so far may convert the transport mode to surface transportation are estimated. Particularly, freight demands between South Korea and China's three northeast provinces are focused. The sensitivity analysis depends on transport time and transport cost changes is included. The modal shifts is estimated to be more sensitive to the changes in transport costs than those in transport time, suggesting the importance of transport costs of rail and road. Despite the dearth of data on the surface transport operation in North Korea, the attempts made in this study to estimate the demand conversion are hope to provide reference points for potential effects of the rail and road transport connections between China and the Korea peninsula before our discussions expand to the establishment of freight transport network of the northest Asia and, moreover, the Eurasian continent.

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An Optimization Model for Assignment of Freight Trains to Transshipment Tracks and Allocation of Containers to Freight Trains (화물열차 작업선배정 및 열차조성을 위한 수리모형 및 해법)

  • Kim, Kyung-Min;Kim, Dong-Hee;Park, Bum-Hwan
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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    • v.13 no.5
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    • pp.535-540
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    • 2010
  • We present an optimization model for how to assign the freight trains to transshipment tracks and allocate the containers to the freight trains in a rail container terminal. We formulate this problem as a multi-criteria integer programming to minimize the makespan of job schedule and simultaneously to maximize the loading throughput, i.e. the number of containers to be disposed per day. We also apply our model to the instance obtained from the real-world data of the Uiwang Inner Container Depot. From the experiments, we can see an improvement of approximately 6% in makespan, which means that our model can contribute to the improvement of the disposal capacity of containers without additional expansion of facilities.

The Derailment Safety Estimation of DMT Freight for Real Track Condition (실제 선로조건에 따른 DMT 화차의 탈선안전도 평가)

  • Son, Myoung-Sun;Eom, Beom-Gyu;Lee, Hi-Sung
    • Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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    • v.21 no.7
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    • pp.637-642
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    • 2011
  • The DMT freight is judged that economic performance is good because can increase cargoes than existing freight. However, the existing freight cars, each with a different balance to the body structure is bogie because the vibrations may occur. Thus, by minimizing vibration over the existing freight securing the safety of the driving if you will not have major problems in cargoes. In this study, multi-body dynamic analysis tool, VI-Rail using the actually Gyeongbu Railroad line and an empty, full freight condition include curve radius, track irregularity, The DMT freight of the derailed wagons were assessed for safety analysis. Full and empty freight conditions for parity in the Gyeongbu Railroad line(Dongdaegoo${\leftrightarrow}$Kyungsan) derailment safety analysis, such as derailment coefficient and the wheel unloaded, echoing the curve and the orbit is affected by the irregularity was found. Full freight condition than the empty conditions showed a significant derailment safety. Overall, the limits of derailment coefficient(Q/P = 0.8) and wheel unload decrement limits(${\triangle}P/P$ = 0.6) is less safe with me confirmed that the derailment safety.

Management Planning of Gondola Cars through Efficiency Analysis (효율성 분석을 통한 무개차 운용 방안에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Kyoung Tae;Lee, Suk;Lee, Young Ho;Yang, Keun Yul
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.138-143
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    • 2013
  • Recently, the demand for rail freight has gradually decreased. In particular, the demand in Korea for open freight cars, which classification includes gondola cars, hopper cars and gravel cars has been significantly reduced. The role of gondola cars in the rail transportation market shrank to 14.5% in 2010 from 23.3% in 2001. The transportation demand of gondola cars in the long term is expected to be reduced further. Because some gondola cars have been converted to container cars and various containers are being developed to transport bulk cargo by container cars. However, gondola cars still play an important role in rail freight transport. Therefore, the management planning of gondola cars is needed in order to prepare for the long-term declining demand. In this study, we propose a future direction for the management planning of gondola cars through the effectiveness analysis of gondola cars operation.

The Derailment Safety Estimation of DMT Freight for Real Track Condition (실제 선로조건에 따른 DMT 화차의 탈선안전도 평가)

  • Lee, Jong-Seong;Eom, Beom-Gyu;Lee, Seung-Il;Lee, Hi-Sung
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2011.05a
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    • pp.830-835
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    • 2011
  • DMT Freight is judged that economic performance is good because can increase cargoes than existing freight. However, the existing freight cars, each with a different balance to the body structure is bogie because the vibrations may occur. Thus, by minimizing vibration over the existing freight securing the safety of the driving if you will not have major problems in cargoes. In this study, multi-body dynamic analysis tool, VI-Rail using the actually Gyeongbu Railroad line and an empty, full freight condition include curve radius, track irregularity, cent. DMT freight of the derailed wagons were assessed for safety analysis. Full and empty freight conditions for parity in the Gyeongbu Railroad line(Dongdaegoo ${\leftrightarrow}$Gyungsan) derailment safety analysis, such as derailment safety coefficient and the radius wheel road decrement, echoing the curve and the orbit is affected by the irregularity was found. Full freight condition than the empty conditions showed a significant derailment safety. Overall, the limits of derailment coefficient (Q/P=0.8) and wheel road decrement limits (${\Delta}P/P=0.6$) is less safe with me confirmed that the derailment safety.

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Development and Evaluation of Pick-Up and Delivery Strategy of Container Truck at Rail-Road Transshipment Terminal (철도연계터미널에서의 컨테이너 집배송전략의 개발과 평가)

  • Jeong, Seung-Ju
    • Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.51-60
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    • 2005
  • Rail-road intermodal freight transport is a transoortation system that rail and road transport are utilized between origins and destinations. The roles of road(truck) in rail-road intermodal freight transport are pick-up and delivery that are keys parts of total transportation process. The objective of this study is to develop and evaluate the pick-up and delivery strategies for container trucks in order to increase their productivity. Two different strategies are developed : One is aimed for minimizing the total traveling distance of container and the other is to reduce the waiting time at client site. The comparative studies are performed on the actual network of Paris metropolitan. The simulation analysis shows that the proposed strategies are quite efficient in various performance measures.

Mode Choice Characteristics of Rail Freight Transportation (철도 화물 수송수단 선택 특성 연구)

  • Choi, Chang-Ho;Shin, Seung-Jin;Park, Dong-Joo;Kim, Han-Soo;Jin, Jang-Won
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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    • v.11 no.6
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    • pp.588-595
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    • 2008
  • This study is carried out for understanding mode choice behavior of shippers and introducing ideal mode share between rail and truck in Korea. The model type is individual behavioral model and the input data type is stated preference (SP) data. SP data was prepared by design of experiments. The explanatory variables in models are transport time, transport cost and service level. The research result shows that it is more effective to reduce transport cost rather than to implement other strategies. For container, reducing transport cost and transport time and increasing service level simultaneously can strengthen the competitiveness of rail over truck transportation. On the other hand, for bulk freight such as cement and steel, it is better to reduce the transport cost than to do other attributes.

Determination of Optimal Speed of the Freight Car Transporting 300m CWR on KNR Line (300m 장대레일 적재 화차의 기존선구간 적정 주행속도 결정에 관한 연구)

  • 이희성;양신추
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.10 no.6
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    • pp.194-201
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    • 2002
  • In this study is presented a numerical method which assesses running safety of the freight car loading with loom CWR and structural safety of conventional railway track and fastening when passing over sharp curves and steel girder bridges. Optimal speed of the freight car is suggested based on the numerical reviews of the safety against derailment of the freight car and structural safety of track and fastening at vulnerable points of the conventional line.

Analysis on the Snake Motion of One Freight Car for High Speed Running (고속주행을 위한 화차 한량의 사행동 해석)

  • 이승일;최연선
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.149-155
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    • 2003
  • The development of railway vehicles involves the proper selection of design parameters not only to achieve high speed but also to reduce the vibration of the train. In this study an analytical model of a freight car is developed to find the critical speed. The freight car can generate the snake motion of the lateral and yawing motion of the car body, the bogie, and the wheelset. Numerical analysis for the nonlinear equation motions with 17 degrees of freedom showed the running stability and critical speed due to the snake motion. Also, the vibration modes of the freight car was calculated using ADAMS/RAIL, which showed that the critical speed have the yawing modes of the car body and the bogie. Finally this paper shows that the snake motion of the vehicle can be controlled with the modifications of the design parameters.