Railway Engineering - 2009 Book of Abstracts

168 Pages·2009·1.45 MB·English

RAILWAY ENGINEERING–2009
10th International Conference & Exhibition

ABSTRACTS
&
EXHIBITION SHOW GUIDE
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Railway EnginEERing–2009
10th international Conference & Exhibition
aBSTRaCTS
&
EXHiBiTiOn SHOw gUiDE
24th – 25th June 2009
Venue:
University of Westminster
London, UK
Edited by:
Professor M.C. Forde, PhD, FREng, FRSE, CEng, FICE, FIET
Carillion Chair
University of Edinburgh
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Railway Engineering–2009
First published in June 2009
by
ENGINEERING TECHNICS PRESS
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Edinburgh EH10 6BN, UK
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Railway Engineering–2009
Conference Advisory Board
Dr EOA Awoleye, Trackground Limited, York, UK
Dr AN Beard, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
R Becker, Plasser & Theurer, Vienna, Austria
Dr MR Clark, Halcrow, Dubai
Dr AP de Man, Edilon)( Sedra, Haarlem, The Netherlands
Prof M Dhanasekar, QUT, Brisbane, Australia
A Doherty, Network Rail, London, UK
BM Ede, TTCI, Pueblo, CO, USA
Prof MC Forde, University of Edinburgh, UK
Dr A Giannopoulos, University of Edinburgh, UK
A Green, Carillion plc, Wolverhampton, UK
Dr DA Gunn, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, UK
Dr K Hrubec, G Impuls, Prague, Czech Republic
Dr J Hyslip, Hyground Engineering Inc, Williamsburg, MA, USA
Prof E Hohnecker, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
J Hugenschmidt, EMPA, Switzerland
Dr G Hunt, Delta Rail, Derby, UK
Dr T Ishikawa, East Japan Railway Company, Japan
CMA Jackson, Railway Gazette International, Sutton, UK
Dr J Jaiswal, Corus, Rotherham, UK
Dr B Kufver, Ferroplan, Stockholm, Sweden
J Lane, Rail Safety & Standards Board, London, UK
A Lau, Mass Transit Corporation, Hong Kong, China
Prof Q Leiper, Carillion plc, Wolverhampton, UK
Dr A Massel, Railway Scientific & Technical Centre, Warsaw, Poland
H McAnaw, Metronet Rail BCV, London, UK
M Miwa, Railway Technical Research Institute, Japan
Dr A Reinschmidt, TTCI, Pueblo, CO, USA
Dr I Robertson, Alstom, France
Dr JG Rose, University of Kentucky, KY, USA
A Savage, Rail Accident & Investigation Branch, London, UK
Dr W Schoech, Speno International SA, Geneva, Switzerland
Prof R Smith, Imperial College, London, UK
Dr SD Smith, University of Edinburgh, UK
Dr TR Sussman, US DOT, MA, USA
MJ Taylor, FaberMaunsell, Beckenham, UK
R Winfield, Network Rail, London, UK
J Wood, Delta Rail, Derby, UK
Dr PK Woodward, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
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COnTEnTS
Day 1 Keynote Papers..................................................................................5
Theme 1: Permanent Way, Rail Maintenance
. . Management.Planning.and.Operation....................................................9
. . Increasing.Railway.Capacity.and.Costings..........................................7
. . Railway.Design/Alignment/Standards.................................................
. . Railway.Inspection...............................................................................
. . Rail.Behaviour.....................................................................................5
. . Rail.Grindinges....................................................................................9
. . Light.Rail:.Metros.and.Trams..............................................................
. . Points,.Switches,.Turnouts...................................................................7
. . Wheel-Rail-Rolling.Stock.Interaction.–.Tilting.Trains.......................5
Day.
Theme 1: Signalling, Electrification and Railway Trackbed
. . Signalling.............................................................................................59
. . Communication.Technology................................................................65
. . Electrification.and.Lighting.................................................................69
. . Railway.Vehicle.Technology.and.Maintenance..................................77
. . Sleepers.and.Ties.................................................................................8
. . Trackbed.and.Subgrade.Inspection.and.Monitoring............................89
. . Ballasted.Trackbed...............................................................................95
. . Ballastless.Trackbed..........................................................................0
. . Geosynthetics.in.Trackbeds...............................................................07
Theme 2: Railway Structures and Geotechnics
. . Masonry.Arch.Bridges.......................................................................
. . Cioncrete.Bridges...............................................................................7
. . Tunnels...............................................................................................
. . Earthworks.Investigation.and.Monitoring.........................................5
. . Earthworks.Management...................................................................
. . Earthworks.Design.and.Stabilisation.................................................5
. . Railway.Foundations.and.Drainage...................................................9
Exhibition Showguide.................................................................................................

KEynOTE PaPERS
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RESEARCH PRIORITIES FOR THE some.pre-specified.limit.value..Such.limits.
2030 RAILWAY are.by.their.very.nature.conservative.and.
Roderick A Smith usually.only.consider.the.track.in.isolation..
Royal.Academy.of.Engineering/Network.Rail. They.do.not.take.into.account.the.dynamic.
Research.Professor,.Future.Rail.Research. interaction.between.the.vehicle.and.track.
Centre,.Department.of.Mechanical.Engineering,. . The.use.of.dynamic.simulation.tools.
Imperial.College.London,.Exhibition.Road,. provides.the.track.engineer.with.the.
London,.SW7.BX,.UK ability.to.target.maintenance.where.it.is.
[email protected] most.needed,.by.considering.the.complete.
Keywords:.Railways,.research,.development,.long- interaction.between.vehicles.and.the.track..
term.
It.also.allows.identification.of.additional.
The.meaning.of.the.term.research.is. sites.where,.despite.the.track.being.within.
explored.and.the.nature.of.research,. standard,.there.is.a.significant.risk.of.
particularly.long-term.research,.in.the. derailment.due.to.an.interaction.with.the.
railway.industry.is.discussed..The.value. vehicle.response..Such.an.approach.has.the.
of.research.is.explored..Trained.people.are. potential.to.drive.a.step.change.in.the.way.
indentified.as.one.of.its.most.important. track.maintenance.standards.are.derived,.
outputs..Some.broad.programmes.of.future. resulting.in:
research.are.identified,.but.a.conclusion. •. Optimised.track.maintenance.to.minimise.
is.reached.that.different.countries.have. derailment.risk,
different.starting.points,.different.ambitions. •. Increased.profit.with.a.reduction.in.
and.different.resouces.for.their.railways,. unnecessary.maintenance,
thus.making.a.universal.long-term.research. •. An.improvement.in.overall.ride.
plan.impossible.to.define..However,. quality.
broad.themes.such.as.cost.reduction,. . This.paper.describes.such.an.innovative.
increased.safety,.improved.environmental. approach,.and.provides.an.example.of.
performance.and.better.passenger.interfaces. how.analysis.of.vehicle.track.interaction.
have.a.clear.common.resonance. can.be.used.to.set.track.geometry.limits.
through.the.use.of.DeltaRail’s.VAMPIRE®.
USING VEHICLE DYNAMIC
software..The.work,.undertaken.by.
RESPONSE TO CHALLENGE SET
DeltaRail,.was.commissioned.by.HTM.
TRACK STANDARDS
(HTM.Personenvervoer.NV,.with.HTM.
PJ Rogers, ND Sherratt coming.from.the.former.name.Haagsche.
DeltaRail.Group.Limited,.Hudson.House,..
Tramweg.Maatschappij).who.operate.a.
.Hudson.Way,.Pride.Park,.Derby.DE.8HS,.
tram.system.around.Den.Haag.(The.Hague).
UK
in.the.Netherlands.
PK Wiersma
. The.project.has.involved.the.development.
DeltaRail.bv,.Postbox.85,.50.RC.Utrecht,.
of.a.tram.model,.validated.against.actual.
The.Netherlands
test.results,.and.the.use.of.measured.track.
[email protected],.nigel.Sherratt@
deltarail.com,[email protected] geometry.data..This.has.allowed.safety.
limits.to.be.defined.from.which.intervention.
Keywords:.Track.geometry,.standards,.simulation.
and.alert.limits.are.derived.
The.risk.of.derailment.has.traditionally.been.
managed.by.identifying.local.track.defects.
where.the.measured.track.geometry.exceeds.
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