Failure Mode Analysis and Maintenance of Railway Overhead Line Rigid Stainless Steel Droppers and Multi-Strand Copper Jumpers

Droppers and jumpers are important components of railway overhead line electrification. Their effective maintenance is critical for the railway’s safe and reliable operation; the consequences of their failure can be disproportionally serious. This paper systematically analyses the components’ failur...

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Main Authors: Jingyu Du, Jian-Ping Li, George Chaplin, Andrew Gardiner, Fun-Yim Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi-IET 2023-01-01
Series:IET Electrical Systems in Transportation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/2023/8858919