Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina 2025, 27(3):B186-B197 | DOI: 10.26552/com.C.2025.038

Statistical Research on Braking Malfunctions of Passenger Rolling Stock in Operation

Juraj Gerlici ORCID...1, Alyona Lovska ORCID...1, *, Vasyl Ravlyuk ORCID...2, Yaroslav Derevianchuk ORCID...2, Oleksandr Derevyanchuk ORCID...3
1 University of Zilina, Zilina, Slovak Republic
2 Ukrainian State University of Railway Transport, Kharkiv, Ukraine
3 Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Chernivtsi, Ukraine

In this article are highlighted the results of the research on braking malfunctions of passenger rolling stock identified during the car maintenance. Based on the collected statistical material, the key factors that cause braking malfunctions in operation are highlighted. The main brake equipment units that account for the largest number of malfunctions in operation are determined. The data on the malfunctions of air distributors used in passenger rolling stock was systematized using the STATISTIKA software package. To ensure continuous monitoring and timely detection of defects in the brake system of passenger trains, it is critical to use modern diagnostic tools to predict the technical malfunctions of pneumatic and electropneumatic brake system units of passenger cars. Moreover, this would ensure compliance with the requirements for overhaul periods for passenger cars in accordance with the current standards and technical documents and would guarantee the traffic safety on Ukrainian railways.

Keywords: brake equipment, diagnostic system, passenger car, pneumatic brakes, statistical analysis, transport engineering
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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.

Conflicts of interest:

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: December 10, 2024; Accepted: March 18, 2025; Prepublished online: May 12, 2025; Published: July 1, 2025  Show citation

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Gerlici, J., Lovska, A., Ravlyuk, V., Derevianchuk, Y., & Derevyanchuk, O. (2025). Statistical Research on Braking Malfunctions of Passenger Rolling Stock in Operation. Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina, 27(3), B186-197. doi: 10.26552/com.C.2025.038
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