Results and Publications
Work packages
Publications:
- Heterogeneous contact layers for increased dynamic resistance of the railway crossing
- S-Code: Switches and crossings optimal design and evaluation
- RideComfort: A Development of Crowdsourcing Smartphones in Measuring Train Ride Quality
- Monitoring of rail corrugation growth on Sharp curves for track maintenance prioritisation
- Effect of Extreme Climate on Topology of Railway Prestressed Concrete Sleepers
- The use of composites to improve the performance of railway switches and crossings
- Vulnerability of Structural Concrete to Extreme Climate Variances
- Shih, J. –Y., Hemida, H., Stewart, E., Roberts, C., (2018), Understanding the impact of train run-throughs on railway switches using Finite Element Analysis, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part F Journal of Rail and Rapid, Sep. 2018.
Deliverables:
- D1.1 Review of definition, standard operating parameters, best practice and requirements, including future technologies and horizon scanning
- D2.1 High Level Architecture Design Document
- D3.1 Next generation control: monitoring and sensor systems
- D4.1 Novel materials and additive manufacturing processes, including opportunities to improve logistics and installation
- D4.2 Integration and optimisation of switch and crossing technologies
- D5.1 Next-generation kinematic systems: actuators and mechatronics