The book highlights the transportation ecosystems and its management with underlying technologies for futuristic freight and passenger movement. The contents include contributions on climate change impact on transportation infrastructure, enhancing multimodal transportation, solar energy in railways, managing public transportation with technology, among others. It also includes chapters of newly developed technologies for the intelligent transport system. This book is a useful guide to those working in academia and industry in transportation technology.
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON ROAD TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW ON FLOODING
Andrea Souza Santos, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro — UFRJ), Transport Engineering Programme (Programa de Engenharia de Transportes — PET), COPPE-UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Chapter 2
Examining Effects of Introduction of Private Trains on Middle-Income Groups
Ram Krishna Upadhyay, NRTI Vadodara
Chapter 3
Energy-based Assessment of Commercial Adaptive Cruise Control Systems
Michail A. Makridis, Institute for Transport Planning and Systems, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Chapter 4
Optimum Production-Ordering policy for a Vendor Buyer Co-ordinated system subject to production disruption
Santosh Kumar Mishra, NIT Trichy
Chapter 5
OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR THE NEW HYDROGEN ECONOMY: ADVANCES IN GREEN HYDROGEN
Andrea Souza Santos, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro — UFRJ), Transport Engineering Programme (Programa de Engenharia de Transportes — PET), COPPE-UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Chapter 6
Enhancing Multimodal Transportation in India: Jogighopa Multimodal Logistics Park
Ram Krishna Upadhyay, NRTI Vadodara
Chapter 7
Corrosion Protection Practices and Integrity Management Challenges in Oil and Gas Pipeline
Hemalata Jena, KIIT Bhubaneshwar
Chapter 8
A SURVEY OF VARIOUS 2,5-FURANDICARBOXYLIC ACID BASED RENEWABLE POLYESTERS
Kartikeya Shukla, NIT Trichy
Chapter 9
SOLAR ENERGY IN INDIAN RAILWAYS
Ram Krishna Upadhyay, NRTI Vadodara
Chapter 10
Synthesis of Metal Organic Frameworks (MOF) from waste Polyethylene terephthalate for various applications
R. Karvembu, NIT Trichy
Chapter 11
MANAGING PUBLIC TRANSPORTION WITH TECHNOLOGY
Richa Verma, Goel Institute of Technology and Management, Lucknow
Chapter 12
EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT OF REVERSE LOGISTICS BY MANAGING ITS IMPLEMENTATION AND ANALYSING CUSTOMER BEHAVIOUR
Ram Krishna Upadhyay, NRTI Vadodara
Chapter 13
Climate Resilience of Highway Subgrade Soil stabilized with Lime and Slag
Sanjukta Sahoo, KIIT Bhubaneshwar
Chapter 14
Sustainbility challanges in mining Transportation by Railway
Suchismita Satapathy, KIIT Bhubaneshwar
Chapter 15
MACRO LEVEL PERFORMANCE STUDY OF AHMADABAD BRTS: JANMARG
Ram Krishna Upadhyay, NRTI Vadodara
Chapter 16
OPERATION AND PATRONAGE ATTRIBUTES OF THE LAGOS SHUTTLE TRAIN SERVICES, LAGOS, NIGERIA
Olorunfemi Olojede, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
Chapter 17
MOBILE AERIAL ROPEWAYS BASED ON AUTONOMOUS SELF-PROPELLED CHASSIS
Alexander V. Lagerev, Academician I G Petrovskii Bryansk State University, Russian Federation
Dr. Ram Krishna Upadhyay is currently working as Assistant Professor at the National Rail and Transportation Institute, Vadodara, established by the Ministry of Railway, Government of India. He received his Ph.D. and M.Tech. from the Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad in Mechanical & Mining Machinery Engineering with a broad specialization in Surface Engineering and Tribology. Before joining NRTI Vadodara, Dr. Upadhyay has worked as Postdoctoral Fellow at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur for over three years. His research interests include lubrication and materials wear for industrial application, tribology of additive manufactured parts, and nanocomposites. He is a recipient of the SERB-ACS NPDF Best Poster Competition Award by the Science and Engineering Research Board, New Delhi, and the American Chemical Society, USA. He published several journal papers, book chapters, edited a book, and completed a project funded by the Science and Engineering Research Board, New Delhi.
Dr. Sunil Kumar Sharmais an assistant professor and the assistant program director of the Engineering and Applied Science Department at the National Rail and Transportation Institute Vadodara, established by the Ministry of Railway, Government of India. He received his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. He worked at the Non-destructive Evaluation and Structural Health Monitoring Laboratory at C. N. University, South Korea. His research interests are vehicle dynamics, contact mechanics, mechatronics, and real-time software-enabled control systems for high-speed rail vehicles. He published several research articles in national and international journals. Dr. Sharma is also among the top 2% of scientists in a global list compiled by Stanford University, USA.
Dr. Vikram Kumar is currently at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur where he also received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering. His areas of research include polymer and composite coating, wear, friction and lubrication, IC engine tribology, alternative fuels, advanced low-temperature combustion, engine emissions measurement, and particulate characterization. Dr. Kumar has edited 1 book and authored 7 book chapters and 16 research articles in international journals and conferences. He has been awarded with ‘ISEES Best Ph.D. Thesis Award’ (2018) and ‘Senior Research Associateship’ under ‘SCIR-POOL Scientist’ (2018-2021). He is Lifetime Member of ISEES.
Mr. Hardikk Valera is pursuing Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur. He completed his M.Tech. and B.Tech. from NIT Jalandhar (India) and Ganpat University, respectively. His research interests include methanol-fueled SI engines, methanol-fueled CI engines, optical diagnostics, fuel spray characterization, and emission control from engines.
The book highlights the transportation ecosystems and its management with underlying technologies for futuristic freight and passenger movement. The contents include contributions on climate change impact on transportation infrastructure, enhancing multimodal transportation, solar energy in railways, managing public transportation with technology, among others. It also includes chapters of newly developed technologies for the intelligent transport system. This book is a useful guide to those working in academia and industry in transportation technology.