Identification of Influencing Variables on Improving Resilience of High-Speed Railway System
In recent years, frequent natural disasters have brought great challenges to the stable operation of the high-speed railway (HSR). Improving the resilience of the HSR system is an urgent problem to be solved. This study aims to explore how to improve the resilience of the HSR system. Based on an in-...
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| description | In recent years, frequent natural disasters have brought great challenges to the stable operation of the high-speed railway (HSR). Improving the resilience of the HSR system is an urgent problem to be solved. This study aims to explore how to improve the resilience of the HSR system. Based on an in-depth literature review and case study, 11 variables and 15 hypothetical paths were proposed. Then the questionnaires were distributed to professionals from academia and industry. A total of 270 valid responses were received. Finally, the structural equation model was used to evaluate these variables’ influence degree and their influence path. The results indicated that the infrastructure components (i.e., quality control and equipment operation and maintenance) play a positive role in the persistence ability. The organizational operation and maintenance components (i.e., organizational structure and organizational efficiency) promote the speed of function restoration. The interactive system components (i.e., technical system and system operation and maintenance) also have a positive effect on adaptability and transformability. The three components of HSR system play a positive role in different resilience attributes (i.e., persistence ability, function restoration, adaptability, and transformability), which further positively impacts the effectiveness of improving resilience. Based on the accepted hypothetical paths, five strategies for improving resilience were discussed, such as a certain degree redundancy of key organizations or members, encouragement of self-organized decision-making, and establishment of the “health records” of each HSR line. This study would enrich the theoretical system of resilience and help practitioners better understand the influencing variables and influencing paths of the resilience of the HSR system. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-fda97dc1aa5849119b714c293d9a73292025-02-03T06:01:52ZengWileyJournal of Advanced Transportation2042-31952022-01-01202210.1155/2022/3013243Identification of Influencing Variables on Improving Resilience of High-Speed Railway SystemXicheng Zhang0Na Zhang1Chao Zhao2Haizhe Yu3Xiaopeng Deng4School of Civil EngineeringSchool of Civil Engineering and ArchitectureChina Railway Group LimitedSchool of Civil EngineeringSchool of Civil EngineeringIn recent years, frequent natural disasters have brought great challenges to the stable operation of the high-speed railway (HSR). Improving the resilience of the HSR system is an urgent problem to be solved. This study aims to explore how to improve the resilience of the HSR system. Based on an in-depth literature review and case study, 11 variables and 15 hypothetical paths were proposed. Then the questionnaires were distributed to professionals from academia and industry. A total of 270 valid responses were received. Finally, the structural equation model was used to evaluate these variables’ influence degree and their influence path. The results indicated that the infrastructure components (i.e., quality control and equipment operation and maintenance) play a positive role in the persistence ability. The organizational operation and maintenance components (i.e., organizational structure and organizational efficiency) promote the speed of function restoration. The interactive system components (i.e., technical system and system operation and maintenance) also have a positive effect on adaptability and transformability. The three components of HSR system play a positive role in different resilience attributes (i.e., persistence ability, function restoration, adaptability, and transformability), which further positively impacts the effectiveness of improving resilience. Based on the accepted hypothetical paths, five strategies for improving resilience were discussed, such as a certain degree redundancy of key organizations or members, encouragement of self-organized decision-making, and establishment of the “health records” of each HSR line. This study would enrich the theoretical system of resilience and help practitioners better understand the influencing variables and influencing paths of the resilience of the HSR system.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/3013243 |
| spellingShingle | Xicheng Zhang Na Zhang Chao Zhao Haizhe Yu Xiaopeng Deng Identification of Influencing Variables on Improving Resilience of High-Speed Railway System Journal of Advanced Transportation |
| title | Identification of Influencing Variables on Improving Resilience of High-Speed Railway System |
| title_full | Identification of Influencing Variables on Improving Resilience of High-Speed Railway System |
| title_fullStr | Identification of Influencing Variables on Improving Resilience of High-Speed Railway System |
| title_full_unstemmed | Identification of Influencing Variables on Improving Resilience of High-Speed Railway System |
| title_short | Identification of Influencing Variables on Improving Resilience of High-Speed Railway System |
| title_sort | identification of influencing variables on improving resilience of high speed railway system |
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