Research into enhanced tracks, switches and structures

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Enhanced track design solutions through predictive analyses [Task 3.2; TRL4] (Month 28) The deliverable will compile the work in T3.2. Here innovative solutions in the form of continuous supported track structures, new alloys and welding methods, and optimised ballast track will be presented together with the foundation and selected core components of the Shift2Rail Track structure feasibility evaluation framework.

Report on coordination and quality

Report on scientific & technical coordination and quality assurance (Month 32) Report describing the work on quality assurance and how quality-assured recommendations are forwarded to subsequent Shift2Rail projects

Core S&C issues

– Identifying and Understanding Core S&C Issues [TRL 6] (Month 12) Final summary report into core S&C issues and missing links between existing failures and root causes identified. Operational failures and related whole life costs will be compiled and recommendation for key areas of improvement made.

Communication activities

Dissemination and Exploitation activities (Month 32) Report summarising the results/impacts of all the dissemination, communication and exploitation activities

Track influencing parameters

Enhanced track structure – Status, key influencing parameters and prioritised areas of improvement [Task 3.1; TRL6] (Month 26) The deliverable will compile the work in T3.1. An initial identification of prioritized areas of improvements will also form the skeleton. Missing links between existing failures and root causes will be investigated and the influence of operational conditions highlighted. Operational failures and related costs will be compiled. Requirements for selected optimized solutions (with respect to track, mounting, connection and repairing techniques will be presented together with key areas for inspection and monitoring

Monitoring of tunnels and bridges

Inspection and monitoring techniques for tunnels and bridges [TRL 6] (Month 28] Methods for tunnel inspection, monitoring and assessment will be presented including digital image correlation scanning, data base handling and tunnel condition marking index. A demonstration model will be outlined for structural assessment based on monitoring. Methods for bridge inspection, monitoring and assessment will be presented including non-destructive tests, dynamic behaviour, data base handling and asset management. A demonstration model will be outlined for structural assessment based on monitoring

Improvement of tunnels and bridges

- Improvement of tunnels and bridges [TRL 4] (Month 29) –Tunnel and Bridge repair and strengthening technologies, including demonstrator concepts. Methods will be presented for drainage, transition zones and strengthening with Fibre Reinforced Polymers (FRP) under dynamic loads and for fatigue resistance improvement.

Operational abilities of S&C

Establishing and improving operational abilities of S&C [TRL4] (Month 31) Final summary report into enhanced S&C monitoring, maintenance and operational processes.

Enhanced track operation

–Enhanced inspection, maintenance and operation of track. [Tasks 3.3; TRL5] (Month 31) The deliverable will compile the work in T3.2. Will present the development of highly efficient maintenance practices in terms of improved decision on actions (through extensions to the Shift2Rail Track structure feasibility evaluation framework) and the efficient execution of these. Further, scientific and technical foundation for robust and efficient monitoring and inspection practices are presented.

Design of S&C

Enhanced design of S&C through virtual development and verification [TRL5] (Month 28) Final summary report into the development of a whole system modelling approach for S&C, including new component design enhancements.

Project Identity, website, and brochure and document repository

Project Identity, website, brochure and document repository (Month 6) Production of IN2TRACK brochure with project identify and project background. First draft on document templates website for document sharing and storage including individual user login to be available month 2.

Publications

Evaluation of stress intensity factors under multiaxial and compressive conditions using low order displacement or stress field fitting

Auteurs: Robin Andersson, Fredrik Larsson, Elena Kabo
Publié dans: Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Numéro 189, 2018, Page(s) 204-220, ISSN 0013-7944
Éditeur: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2017.11.015

Modeling of kinematic hardening at large biaxial deformations in pearlitic rail steel

Auteurs: Knut Andreas Meyer, Magnus Ekh, Johan Ahlström
Publié dans: International Journal of Solids and Structures, Numéro 130-131, 2018, Page(s) 122-132, ISSN 0020-7683
Éditeur: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2017.10.007

Microstructure and mechanical properties of the running band in a pearlitic rail steel: Comparison between biaxially deformed steel and field samples

Auteurs: Knut Andreas Meyer, Dimitrios Nikas, Johan Ahlström
Publié dans: Wear, Numéro 396-397, 2018, Page(s) 12-21, ISSN 0043-1648
Éditeur: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2017.11.003

On the non-proportionality between wheel/rail contact forces and speed during wheelset passage over specific welds

Auteurs: Nekane Correa, Ernesto G. Vadillo, Javier Santamaria, Julio Blanco-Lorenzo
Publié dans: Journal of Sound and Vibration, Numéro 413, 2018, Page(s) 79-100, ISSN 0022-460X
Éditeur: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2017.10.031

A contact mechanics study of 3D frictional conformal contact

Auteurs: Julio Blanco-Lorenzo, Javier Santamaria, Ernesto G. Vadillo, Nekane Correa
Publié dans: Tribology International, Numéro 119, 2018, Page(s) 143-156, ISSN 0301-679X
Éditeur: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.triboint.2017.10.022

Integrated analysis of dynamic vehicle–track interaction and plasticity induced damage in the presence of squat defects

Auteurs: Robin Andersson, Peter T. Torstensson, Elena Kabo, Fredrik Larsson, Anders Ekberg
Publié dans: Wear, Numéro 366-367, 2016, Page(s) 139-145, ISSN 0043-1648
Éditeur: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2016.05.014

3D characterization of rolling contact fatigue crack networks

Auteurs: Casey Jessop, Johan Ahlström, Lars Hammar, Søren Fæster, Hilmar K. Danielsen
Publié dans: Wear, Numéro 366-367, 2016, Page(s) 392-400, ISSN 0043-1648
Éditeur: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2016.06.027

Effect of microwave heating damage on the electrical, thermal and mechanical properties of fibre-reinforced cement mortars

Auteurs: R. Borinaga-Treviño, A. Orbe, J. Norambuena-Contreras, J. Canales
Publié dans: Construction and Building Materials, Numéro 186, 2018, Page(s) 31-41, ISSN 0950-0618
Éditeur: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.07.108

A COMPARISON OF TWO FRAMEWORKS FOR KINEMATIC HARDENING IN HYPERELASTO-PLASTICITY

Auteurs: K. Meyer, M. Ekh
Publié dans: 2017
Éditeur: SCIPEDIA

Rolling contact fatigue assessment of repair rail welds

Auteurs: Elena Kabo, Anders Ekberg, Michele Maglio
Publié dans: 2018
Éditeur: .

The role of contact mechanics in multiscale modelling of train–track interaction phenomena

Auteurs: Anders Ekberg, Björn Pålsso
Publié dans: 2018
Éditeur: .

Multi-objective design optimisation of transition zones between different railway track forms

Auteurs: Emil Aggestam, Jens Nielsen, Andreas Andersson, Martin Li
Publié dans: 2018
Éditeur: .

Simulation and experiment based investigations of squat formation mechanisms

Auteurs: Bernsteiner, C., Meierhofer, A., Trummer, G., Marte, C., Scheriau, S., Six, K. & Dietmaier, P
Publié dans: 2018
Éditeur: .

Simulation of damage in railway crossings – a comparison of rail steel grades R350HT and rolled Mn13

Auteurs: Rostyslav Skrypnyk
Publié dans: 2018
Éditeur: .

UIC hosts the Shift2Rail JU Funded IP3 Projects IN2SMART, IN2TRACK and S-CODE Joint Mid-Term Conference in Paris

Auteurs: .
Publié dans: "UIC eNews #583", 2018
Éditeur: UIC eNews

Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking Funded IP3 Projects IN2SMART, IN2TRACK and S-CODE will hold their mid-term conference in Paris on 24 January 2018

Auteurs: .
Publié dans: "UIC eNews #580", 2018
Éditeur: UIC

Seventh edition of Transport Research Arena (TRA) in Vienna: UIC steps forward once more

Auteurs: .
Publié dans: 2018
Éditeur: UIC

In2Track 1st newsletter

Auteurs: .
Publié dans: 2018
Éditeur: .

Railway Research in Mechanical Engineering

Auteurs: Roger Lewis
Publié dans: 2018
Éditeur: .

Fatigue life prediction of steel bridges using a small scale monitoring system

Auteurs: John Leander
Publié dans: 2018
Éditeur: .

Luleå University of Technology acts work with inspection methods for bridges and field tests have been done on bridges on the Iron Ore Line.

Auteurs: .
Publié dans: 2018
Éditeur: .

Final Conference of the Shift2Rail IP3 Project IN2TRACK held on 22 January 2019 at UIC, Paris

Auteurs: .
Publié dans: 2019
Éditeur: .

Simulation of plasticity and wear in railway crossings Related to Section 3.4.4 in D2.2.

Auteurs: Rostyslav Skrypnyk
Publié dans: 2018
Éditeur: Nordic Railway Seminar

Condition monitoring of crossing panels using embedded sensors. The study was performed using the parameterised track model presented in D2.2. Section 3.4.3. Reference to In2Track was given.

Auteurs: Bjorn Palsson
Publié dans: 2018
Éditeur: The Nordic Railway Seminar

In2Track – Whole system modelling in switches and crossings

Auteurs: Björn Pålsson
Publié dans: 2018
Éditeur: Board of Chalmers Railway Mechanics competence centre (CHARMEC)

Rail-wheel contact stress and plasticity of a bi-material rail system

Auteurs: Kate Tomlinson, The University of Sheffield
Publié dans: 2018
Éditeur: 27th Mission of Tribology Research conference

Rail Life Enhancement through Laser Cladding

Auteurs: Prof Lewis
Publié dans: 2018
Éditeur: UK Rail Research & Innovation Network (UKRRIN) Annual Conference

A broad approach to switch profiles optimisation using multibody dynamics simulation

Auteurs: Y. Bezin, D. Kostovasilis, S. Neves, B. Sambo and A. Foan
Publié dans: 2018
Éditeur: 4th International Conference on Railway Technology

Squat defects and rolling contact fatigue clusters - Numerical investigations of rail and wheel deterioration mechanisms

Auteurs: Robin Andersson
Publié dans: 2018
Éditeur: .

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