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Railway Engineering-2011 Programme v.10 (updated 23rd June 2011) Venue: University of Westminster 35 Marylebone Road London NW1, UK |
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Conference "Icebreaker": Authors, All Delegates & Exhibitors invited 7.00 pm, Tuesday 28th June 2011 Venue: Restaurant Foyer, Exhibition Hall: University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, London NW1, UK |
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Day 1: Wednesday 29th June 2011 08.45: Registration - Exhibition Hall |
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08.45 - 09.30 Coffee – Exhibition Hall |
| 09.30: Conference Opening + Keynote Papers - Chair: Prof MC Forde, PhD, FREng, FRSE, CEng, FICE, FIET, University of Edinburgh |
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Keynote Papers: Lecture Room 'A': 1. TECHNICAL & SUSTAINABILITY ASPECTS OF HIGH SPEED RAIL, Prof Rod Smith, FREng, RAEng Network Rail Professor, Imperial College, UK 2. STRATEGIC RAIL MAINTENANCE BY GRINDING ON HIGH SPEED LINES, Dr W Schoech, Speno International SA, Geneve, Switzerland 3. HIGH SPEED RAIL GEOTECHNICAL ISSUES, Prof PK Woodward + Team, Heriot-Watt Univ & Prof MC Forde, FREng + Team, Univ of Edinburgh, UK |
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10.45 – 11.15 Coffee – Exhibition Hall |
| 11.15 - 13.00: Parallel Sessions |
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Lecture Room 'A': Hogg Lecture Theatre |
Lecture Room 'B': Cayley Lecture Theatre | Lecture Room 'C': Wood Lecture Theatre |
| Chair: Dr B Kufver | Chair: R Schröter | Chair: A Shepherd |
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High Speed Rail-1 SKY IS THE LIMIT: JL4: WUHAN-GUANGZHOU, G v.d. Werf, ARCADIS, The Netherlands VIADUCTS FOR HIGH-SPEED RAILWAYS, A Low, Arup, London, UK VERTICAL STIFFNESS AS A DESIGN PARAMETER OF A TRANSVERSE SECTION IN HIGH SPEED LINES, I Gallego, J Mu~noz, A Rivas & S Sanchez-Cambronero, ETSI Caminos, Ciudad Real, Spain 3-D FE MODELLING OF GROUND DYNAMICS FOR HIGH SPEED TRAINS, Dr A El-Kacimi, Dr O Laghrouche, Prof PK Woodward & Dr G Medero, Heriot-Watt Univ, Edinburgh, UK DESIGN OF SINGLE-TRACK HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY LINES FOR RELIABLE OPERATION, Dr O Lindfeldt, Vectura Consulting, Solna, Sweden ALTERNATIVE METHODS TO PREDICT GROUND BORNE VIBRATIONS ON STRUCTURES ON DIFFERENT SOILS, D Connolly, Dr A Giannopoulos & Prof MC Forde, Univ of Edinburgh, & Prof PK Woodward, Heriot Watt Univ, Edinburgh, UK FIELD MEASUREMENT & PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY TURNOUT ON BALLASTED TRACK OF PASSENGER DEDICATED LINE, Dr H Li, Tongji University, Shanghai, PR China |
Rolling Stock, Metro & Light Rail Systems NECESSITY FOR URBAN RAILWAY STANDARDS, C Charles, F Le-Corre, ALSTOM Transport, Saint-Ouen France TRAM TRACK IN CITY CENTERS MINIMUM HINDRANCE, MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE, Dr AP de Man, edilon)(sedra bv., Haarlem, The Netherlands PRESTON PROCESS - DERELICT RAILWAY INTO TRAMWAY, Prof LJ Lesley, Tram Power Ltd, Liverpool, UK FAST TRACKING RAIL VEHICLE DESIGN, J Rousseau, Altair Product Design, Leamington Spa, UK MTR TRACKFORM UPGRADING PROGRAMME, TWK Wong, MTR Corp, Hong Kong, China TRACKWORK RAM STUDY FOR A METRO PROJECT – NEW DEVELOPMENTS. M Acquati, R Conta, Metropolitana Milanese S.p.A.Milan, Italy K.R Jayasankar, Canasoil Construction Inc, India |
Electrification TRACTION POWER MODELLING FOR POWER SUPPLY AND NETWORK ENHANCEMENTS OF DC METRO SYSTEMS, Dr RS Raghavan, R Hankey, Ove Arup and Partners International Limited, Manchester, UK COST EFFECTIVE EARTHING SYSTEM FOR UNDERGROUND RAILWAY STATIONS, Dr PS Bansal & Dr S Goh, Mott MacDonald Ltd, Croydon, UK OBJECTIVE TESTING PROCEDURES TO MAXIMISE RELIABILITY IN TRACTION SUPPLY PROTECTION, C Langridge, Riker Ltd, Beanacre, UK MAGNETIC FIELD VISUALIZATION FOR CROSSRAIL 25-0-25KV AUTOTRANSFOMER TRACTION POWER SYSTEM, Dr S Goh & T Situ, Mott MacDonald Ltd, Croydon, UK INVESTIGATION OF ARCING ACROSS INSULATED RAIL JOINTS AT INTERFACE BETWEEN NEW & EXISTING DC TRACTION POWER SYSTEMS, TW Palfreyman, Parsons Brinckerhoff Ltd, UK EARTHING & BONDING OF 25-0-25 KV AUTOTRANSFORMER TRACTION POWER SYSTEM IN A HIGH CAPACITY UNDERGROUND RAILWAYS SYSTEM, A Swanson, Dr S Goh, Mott MacDonald Ltd, Croydon, UK RIGID CONDUCTOR BAR FOR 25-0-25 KV AUTOTRANSFORMER TRACTION POWER SYSTEM, Dr S Goh, Mott MacDonald Ltd, Croydon & R Moulang, UK |
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13.00 – 14.00 Lunch – Exhibition Hall |
| 14.00 - 16.00: Parallel Sessions |
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Lecture Room 'A': Hogg Lecture Theatre |
Lecture Room 'B': Cayley Lecture Theatre | Lecture Room 'C': Wood Lecture Theatre |
| Chair: Dr W Schoech | Chair: Dr AP de Man | Chair: Dr C Pyrgidis |
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High Speed Rail-2 RAIL TRACK ANALYSIS USING FE MODELLING TECHNIQUES, Dr G Paice, LUSAS, Kingston upon Thames, UK CONTRIBUTING TO LOWER LIFE CYCLE COST OF HIGH SPEED LINES, NJ Andrew, Balfour Beatty Rail, Redhill, UK Rail ALIGNMENT DESIGN FOR DOUBLE TRACKING HALLSBERG – DEGERÖN, Dr B Kufver, Ferroplan, Linköping, Sweden OUR COMMITMENT IN REALIZING EFFICIENT & EFFECTIVE RAIL GRINDING, E Mochii, East Japan Railway Co, Tokyo, Japan STRESSES ANALYSIS ON A RAIL PART, CEL Paiva, JLAO Sousa, LC Almeida, CF Peixoto, PR Aguiar, LFM. Correia, JS Watanabe, RM Carvalho, UNICAMP, Campinas & DP Paschoalin VALE, Belo Horizonte, Brazil INFRASTRUCTURAL, AUDIBLE & FINANCIAL BENEFITS OF TOP OF RAIL FRICTION MODIFIER APPLICATION ON UK RAILWAY NETWORK, Dr K Dobney, QHi Rail, Harpenden & A Lucas, Network Rail, London, UK CONTINUOUS NON-DESTRUCTIVE OPTICAL MONITORING OF IN-SITU FISHPLATED JOINTS, S.J. Buggy, S.W. James & R.P. Tatam, Cranfield Univ, R. Carroll, Stagecoach Supertram Maintenance Limited , Sheffield, P. Kitson, TATA Steel, Middlesborough UK |
Rail-Wheel Interaction (RWI) RESILIENT MAT STIFFNESS PARAMETERS: 45673 PARTS 5 & 7, KB Gatzwiller, RockDelta a/s, Hedehusene, Denmark INFLUENCE OF COVERED MILEAGE ON TRAM WHEEL WEAR, S Lakusic, I Haladin, M Ahac, Univ of Zagreb, Croatia VEHICLE-TRACK-BRIDGE INTERACTION ANALYSIS BY VECTOR FORM INTRINSIC FE METHOD, JY Shih, CY Wang & RZ Wang, China Eng Cons, Inc, Taipei, Taiwan Points & Switches (PS) INVESTIGATION OF FAILURE STATISTICS WITHIN SWITCHES & CROSSINGS, A Cornish, Imperial College London & E Kassa, Network Rail, London, UK INFLUENCE OF USP ON DYNAMIC LOAD IN TURNOUT, U Gerber, TU Dresden, Germany, M Hruzíková, Dr O Plášek, Brno Univ of Tech, Czech Republic DEVELOPING HIGH FIXITY CONDITION USING 3-D POLYMER GEOCOMPOSITES, Prof PK Woodward, J Kennedy, Dr M Banimahd and Dr G Medero, Heriot-Watt Univ, Edinburgh, UK |
Signalling SYSTEMS INTEGRATION ON EAST LONDON LINE, A Shepherd, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Godalming, UK STUTTGART SIGNALBOX SIMULATOR A UNIQUE TOOL TO PLAN, TRAIN, & OPTIMIZE TRAIN PROTECTION SYSTEMS, R Schröter, Stuttgarter Strassenbahnen AG (SSB), Stuttgart, Germany Railway Bridges & Tunnels RISK-BASED DESIGN OF STRUCTURES FOR IMPACT FROM RAILWAY VEHICLES, JS Lane & K Thompson, Rail Safety & Standards Board, London, UK APPLICATION OF SAFETY IN RAILWAY TUNNELS TSI FOR GB INFRASTRUCTURE, JS Lane, Rail Safety & Standards Board, London, UK RAMS PROCESS FOR AUTHORISATION OF COMMERCIAL OPERATION THROUGH LÖTSCHBERG BASE TUNNEL, Z Mouneimne, S Lechelle, ENOTRAC UK Ltd, Sutton, & D Wuergler, ENOTRAC AG, Thun, Switzerland. RESONANCE OF RAILWAY BRIDGES UNDER MOVING TRAIN LOADS, L Mao, Prof Y Lu, Univ of Edinburgh & Prof PK Woodward, Heriot Watt Univ, Edinburgh |
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16.00 – 16.30 Tea – Exhibition Hall |
| 16.30 - 17.30: Open Discussion Forum |
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Lecture Room 'A': Hogg Lecture Theatre |
| Chair: Professor M C Forde, University of Edinburgh |
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Open Discussion Forum - all Delegates + Exhibitors invited: Open Discussion - High Speed Rail Issues |
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Social Event - Conference Dinner (OPTIONAL by TICKET £88) 19.30 for 20.00 East India Club, 16 St James’s Square, London SW1Y 4LH Principal Guest: Gordon Masterton, OBE, FREng, FRSE - Vice President of Jacobs, Past President of ICE, DfT Project Representative for Crossrail (please note East India Club's strict Dress Code: men - jackets & ties; ladies - dress/skirt or tailored trousers; no trainers or blue jeans) |
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Day 2: Thursday 30th June 2011 08.45: Registration - Exhibition Hall |
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08.45 - 09.30 Coffee – Exhibition Hall |
| 09.30 - 10.30: Keynote Paper - Chair: Prof MC Forde, PhD, FREng, FRSE, CEng, FICE, FIET, University of Edinburgh |
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Keynote Papers: Lecture Room 'A': THE TRACKBED ASSET : IMPLICATIONS FOR MAINTENANCE AND RENEWAL STRATEGIES, Dr M Brough, URS/Scott Wilson, Nottingham, UK |
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10.30 – 11.00 Coffee – Exhibition Hall | |||||||||
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13.00 – 14.00 Lunch – Exhibition Hall | |||||||||
| 14.00 - 16.00: Parallel Sessions |
| Lecture Room 'A': Hogg Lecture Theatre | Lecture Room 'B': Cayley Lecture Theatre | Lecture Room 'C': Wood Lecture Theatre' |
| Chair: Professor P K Woodward | Chair: Dr WT Wamani | Chair: Prof Lewis Lesley |
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Trackbed Improvement-1 NORWAY HEAVY HAUL IRON LINE OF OTBANEN INWARD TRACK SHIFT INCIDENTS, H Gasemyr, Jernbanverket, Norway. LONG-TERM MONITORING OF ANTIVIBRATION MATS FROM RUBBER RECYCLATE, L Hornicek, Czech Tech Univ in Prague, Czech Republic STUDIES ON IMPROVEMENT OF TC-TYPE LOW-MAINTENANCE TRACK, T Kumakura, East Japan Railway Company, Saitama, Japan SYNTHETIC REPLACEMENT FOR SAND-BLANKETS TO PREVENT PUMPING FAILURE, A Leech, GEOfabrics Ltd, Leeds, UK MECHANICAL CHARACTERISATION OF THE BLANKET LAYER IN OLD RAILWAY TRACKBEDS, N Calon, L Lambert, A Robinet, SNCF, La Plaine Saint-Denis, VN Trinh, AM Tang, YJ Cui, J Canou, JCDupla, UR Navier/CERMES, Marne-La-Vallée ,O Schoen, Réseau Ferré de France – RFF, Paris, France CASE STUDY IN CONSTRUCTION COST OPTIMISATION FOR SUB-BALLAST LAYER, E Fortunato, S Fontul, A Paixão, LNEC, F Martins, Rede Ferroviária Nacional, Portugal TIME-DEPENDENCY IN DEFORMATION OF UNIFORMLY-GRADED CRUSHED GRAVELS USED AS BALLAST, S Ahmad & Prof Y Kohata, Muroran Inst of Tech, Muroran, Japan |
Railway Management & Operation-2 FUZZY-AHP IN RAILWAY RISK DECISION MAKING PROCESS, Y Chen & M An, Univ of Birmingham, UK PROCEDURE FOR DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF RAILWAY ACCIDENTS BY MEANS OF TRAIN MONITORING Dr R Insa, Univ Poli de Valencia, Spain CALIBRATION OF TIMETABLE SIMULATION MODEL ON SOUTHERN MAIN LINE IN SWEDEN, H Sipilä, Royal Inst of Tech, Stockholm, Sweden EFFECT OF OUTSOURCING ON COST OF RAILWAY TRACK MAINTENANCE & REPAIR, JA Zakeri & K Jadidi, Iran Univ of Sci & Tech, Tehran, Iran A METHODOLOGY FOR ROLLING STOCK RAM TARGET SETTING DEMONSTRATION, M Park & M An, University of Birmingham, UK OBTAINING A RAILWAY TRACK MAINTENANCE STRATEGY VIA APPLYING OPTIMAL MAINTENANCE SCHEDULING MODEL ANALYSES, M Miwa, T Oyama, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo, Japan |
Railway Earthworks EMBANKMENT STIFFNESS CHARACTERISATION USING MASW & CONTINUOUS SURFACE WAVE METHODS, DA Gunn, M Raines, JE Chambers, E Haslam, PI Meldrum, S Holyoake, M Kirkham & J Wragg, BGS, Keyworth, UK EFFECTS OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC ON EMBANKMENT STABILITY, R Tan, GR Taylor, AS O’Brien, Mott MacDonald Ltd, Croydon, JS Lane, Rail Safety Standards Board & E Evans, Network Rail, London, UK VOLUMETRIC IMAGING OF EARTH EMBANKMENT INTERNAL STRUCTURE & MOISTURE MOVEMENT AS A TOOL FOR CONDITION MONITORING, JE Chambers, DA Gunn, PI Meldrum, RD Ogilvy, PB Wilkinson, E Haslam, S Holyoake & J Wragg, BGS, Keyworth, UK APPROACH OF UNDER-TRACK SURVEY OF EAST JAPAN RAILWAY, T Naito, East Japan Railway Company, Saitama, Japan UPLIFT AND SETTLEMENT TEST DEPENDING ON SHAPE OF JACKING-PIPE UNDER THE RAILWAY, K Eum, C Choi, KRRI, Gyeonggi-Do,Korea |
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16.00 – 16.30 Tea – Exhibition Hall |
| 16.30 - 17.30: Parallel Sessions |
| Lecture Room 'A': Hogg Lecture Theatre |
| Chair: Prof MC Forde |
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Trackbed Improvement-2 DAMPING & MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF DRY ASPHALT RUBBER FOR SUBBALLAST, Prof G Di Mino & Dr CM Di Liberto, Univ of Palermo, Italy RESTORATION TECHNIQUES FOR CONCRETE TRACK SETTLEMENT, Il Wha Lee, Korea Railroad Research Inst, Kyonggi Do, Korea LIFE EXTENSION OF RAILWAY TRACK SYSTEMS, B Counter, Univ of Derby, A Franklin, Network Rail, Newport, A Abu-Tair & D Tann, Univ of Glamorgan, UK CHARACTERISTICS OF EARTH PRESSURES FOR THE BALLASTED TRACK UNDER MOVING WHEEL LOADING, J W Lee, CY Choi, KRRI, Korea LARGE SCALE GPR EXPERIMENTS ON RAILWAY BALLAST, Dr R De Bold, G O’Connor, JP Morrissey & Prof MC Forde, Univ of Edinburgh, Scotland |
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17.30 Conference Closes |