Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina 2025, 27(2):B85-B95 | DOI: 10.26552/com.C.2025.016

A Systemic Approach to Formalized Description of Factors Affecting the Brake System Elements of Wagon Bogies

Sergii Panchenko ORCID...1, Juraj Gerlici ORCID...2, Alyona Lovska ORCID...2, *, Vasyl Ravlyuk ORCID...1
1 Ukrainian State University of Railway Transport, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2 University of Zilina, Zilina, Slovak Republic

The article highlights the results of the traffic safety analysis conducted in the wagon industry of Ukrainian Railways. Based on this study, it was found that the largest number of transport accidents are caused by the braking equipment of wagons. The study is based on the statistical data on malfunctions of the mechanical part of the brake equipment of bogies, in particular, those caused by the wear of wagon brake pads. The results obtained were arranged and processed in the data analysis and visualization program STATISTIKA.
Using a systemic approach, the structural, technological and operational factors that affect the reliability and efficiency of the brake system of bogies and the wagon safety were classified. The research could contribute to increase the efficiency of the railway transport operation and maintenance of its position in the spectrum of the transportation process.

Keywords: railway transport, traffic safety, brake system, systemic approach, formalized description
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This publication was supported by the Cultural and Educational Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic under the project KEGA 024ZU-4/2024: Deepening the knowledge of university students in the field of construction of means of transport by carrying out professional and scientific research activities in the field. It was also supported by the Slovak Research and Development Agency of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport under the project VEGA 1/0513/22: Investigation of the properties of railway brake components in simulated operating conditions on a flywheel brake stand. “Funded by the EU NextGenerationEU under the Recovery and Resilience Plan for Slovakia under the project No. 09I03-03-V01-00131”.

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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

Received: October 7, 2024; Accepted: December 17, 2024; Prepublished online: January 27, 2025; Published: April 1, 2025  Show citation

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Panchenko, S., Gerlici, J., Lovska, A., & Ravlyuk, V. (2025). A Systemic Approach to Formalized Description of Factors Affecting the Brake System Elements of Wagon Bogies. Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina, 27(2), B85-95. doi: 10.26552/com.C.2025.016
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