Switch and Crossing Optimal Design and Evaluation

Project Information

S-CODE

Grant agreement ID: 730849

DOI 10.3030/730849

Project closed

EC signature date 29 October 2016

Start date 1 November 2016

End date 31 October 2019

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Smart, Green And Integrated Transport

Total cost € 4 999 771,25

EU contribution € 4 999 771,25

Coordinated by

THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
United Kingdom

Deliverables

Documents, reports (9)

Next generation control: monitoring and sensor systems

Report - Next generation control: monitoring and sensor systems (UoB – M27)

High level architecture design document

Report - High level architecture design document (UoB – M11)

Next generation kinematic systems: actuators and mechatronics

Report - Next generation kinematic systems: actuators and mechatronics (UoB – M27)

Summary of validation exercises

Report – Summary of validation exercises (DT - M33)

Integration and optimisation of switch and substructure technologies

Report – Integration and optimisation of switch and substructure technologies (BUT – M27)

Evaluation

Report - Evaluation (RSSB - M36)

Review of definitions, standard operating parameters, best practice and requirements, including future technologies and horizon scanning

Report – Review of definitions, standard operating parameters, best practice and requirements (COMSA – M6)

Quality assurance report

Final quality assurance report

Novel materials and additive manufacturing processes, including opportunities to improve logistics and installation

Report – Novel materials and additive manufacturing processes, including opportunities to improve logistics and installation (F – M21)

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (9)

Vulnerability of Structural Concrete to Extreme Climate Variances

Author(s): Sakdirat Kaewunruen, Lei Wu, Keiichi Goto, Yanuar Najih
Published in: Climate, Issue 6/2, 2018, Page(s) 40, ISSN 2225-1154
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/cli6020040

Monitoring of Rail Corrugation Growth on Sharp Curves For Track Maintenance Prioritisation

Author(s): Sakdirat Kaewunruen
Published in: The International Journal of Acoustics and Vibration, Issue 23/1, 2018, ISSN 1027-5851
Publisher: Nauchno-tekhnicheskii Tsentr
DOI: 10.20855/ijav.2018.23.11078

Effect of Extreme Climate on Topology of Railway Prestressed Concrete Sleepers

Author(s): Dan Li, Sakdirat Kaewunruen
Published in: Climate, Issue 7/1, 2019, Page(s) 17, ISSN 2225-1154
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/cli7010017

RideComfort: A Development of Crowdsourcing Smartphones in Measuring Train Ride Quality

Author(s): Adam Azzoug, Sakdirat Kaewunruen
Published in: Frontiers in Built Environment, Issue 3, 2017, ISSN 2297-3362
Publisher: Frontiers in Built Environment
DOI: 10.3389/fbuil.2017.00003

Understanding the impact of train run-throughs on railway switches using finite element analysis

Author(s): JY Shih, H Hemida, E Stewart, C Roberts
Published in: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 2018, Page(s) 095440971879575, ISSN 0954-4097
Publisher: Mechanical Engineering Publications Ltd.
DOI: 10.1177/0954409718795759

Use of a 3D model to improve the performance of laser-based railway track inspection

Author(s): Jiaqi Ye, Edward Stewart, Clive Roberts
Published in: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, Issue 233/3, 2018, Page(s) 337-355, ISSN 0954-4097
Publisher: Mechanical Engineering Publications Ltd.
DOI: 10.1177/0954409718795714

New Insights from Multibody Dynamic Analyses of a Turnout System under Impact Loads

Author(s): Mehmet Hamarat, Sakdirat Kaewunruen, Mayorkinos Papaelias, Mika Silvast
Published in: Applied Sciences, Issue 9/19, 2019, Page(s) 4080, ISSN 2076-3417
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/app9194080

Digital twin aided sustainability-based lifecycle management for railway turnout systems

Author(s): Sakdirat Kaewunruen, Qiang Lian
Published in: Journal of Cleaner Production, Issue 228, 2019, Page(s) 1537-1551, ISSN 0959-6526
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.04.156

On the Fault Detection and Diagnosis of Railway Switch and Crossing Systems: An Overview

Author(s): Moussa Hamadache, Saikat Dutta, Osama Olaby, Ramakrishnan Ambur, Edward Stewart, Roger Dixon
Published in: Applied Sciences, Issue 9/23, 2019, Page(s) 5129, ISSN 2076-3417
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/app9235129

Conference proceedings (5)

Design of new generation of switches and crossings

Author(s): Otto Plasek, Lukáš Raif, Ivan Vukusic, Vlastislav Salajka, Jaromír Zelenka
Published in: Future Trends in Civil Engineering, 2019, Page(s) 277-301, ISBN 9789-538168369
Publisher: University of Zagreb Faculty of Civil Engineering
DOI: 10.5592/co/ftce.2019.13

Residual-based Fault Detection Method- Application to Railway Switches & Crossings (S&C) System

Author(s): Moussa Hamadache, Saikat Dutta, Ramakrishnan Ambur, Osama Olaby, Edwart Stewart, and Roger Dixon
Published in: International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems (ICCAS2019), 2019
Publisher: Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems(ICROS)

Potential condition monitoring system for S&C using accelerometers

Author(s): Jou-Yi Shih, Paul Weston, Edd Stewart, Nikhil Pillai, Mani Entezami, Clive Roberts
Published in: International Workshop on Railway Noise IWRN13, 2019
Publisher: International Workshop on Railway Noise

Development and Evaluation of New Concepts and Systems for Railway Switches and Crossings

Author(s): Ramakrishnan Ambur, Saikat Dutta, Jou-Yi Shih, Sakdirat Kaewunruen, Edward Stewart, Roger Dixon, Clive Roberts, Lukáš Raif, Miquel Morata, Christopher Ward, Otto Plášek, Stefan Knittel, Martin Kohout
Published in: Rethinking Transport - Transport Research Arena 2020 Helsinki, 2020
Publisher: Transport Research Arena

Health Monitoring Of a Railway Track Switch Actuator Based On Continuous-Time Parameter Estimation Method

Author(s): Saikat Dutta , Ramakrishnan Ambur, Moussa Hamadache, Osama Olaby, Jou-Yi Shih, Edwart Stewart , Roger Dixon
Published in: Rethinking Transport - Transport Research Arena 2020 Helsinki, 2020
Publisher: Transport Research Arena