Keretapi Tanah Melayu Essays

  • Railway Level Crossing

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    A level crossing is the point at which the railway crosses over either a public or private road on the same level. There are many different types of level crossings including road level crossings for vehicles, and pedestrian level crossings for people. All crossings have a form of protection, and the users has a responsibility to contribute to the safety of a level crossing. The users should aware the dangerous may occurs at level crossing area. Users are respondsible to keep themselve or others

  • Design of the Railway Wheel

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    can fracture the wheel. When the brakes are applied for long periods of time, it will cause the heating of the thread and rim of the wheel, generated by frictional forces. Observation of the railway wheel has been made based on the wheels in Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM) Padang Besar, found that there is no crack occur except the scratch. This also happens due to the braking. Aside from friction heat result from the brake application, crack may also initiate and propagate due to the impact load that