Selected Papers from Railway Vehicle Operation and Maintenance Academic Forum 2022

Dear Colleagues,

The second RVOA will be held in Nanchang, China in 2022. Railway Vehicle O&M Academic Forum(RVOA) is a large-scale academic forum hosted by East China Jiaotong University. The forum focuses on the latest developments in the field of rail vehicle operation and maintenance, focusing on the vibration and noise of rail vehicles, monitoring and evaluation of service performance of rail vehicles, wheel-rail friction and wear, rolling contact fatigue and contact vibration, fatigue reliability of key components of rail vehicles, life extension technology of rail vehicles, PHM technology of rail vehicles, key issues such as the application of key technologies of intelligent operation and maintenance of rail vehicles, operation and maintenance equipment of rail vehicles, new technologies, new methods and new theories in the operation and maintenance of rail vehicles. The forum is held once every two years. In this issue, we aim to report some key issues such as the application of key technologies of intelligent operation and maintenance of rail vehicles, operation and maintenance equipment of rail vehicles, new technologies, new methods and new theories in the operation and maintenance of rail vehicles.

Prof. Dr. Qian Xiao
Dr. Long Zhang
Prof. Dr. Changqing Shen
Guest Editors

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