Schedule

An Introduction to Rolling Stock & Rolling Stock Design

This lecture will introduce the basic structure of a railway vehicle and its interaction with the track. An overview of primary and secondary suspension design will be given and some examples of typical passenger and freight vehicle designs presented.

Prof. Simon Iwnicki

Discussion 2.15 p.m. – 2.30 p.m.

Vehicle Dynamic Behavior & Computer Simulation

This lecture will cover the basic interactions between railway vehicles and the track and will look at common problems and methods of predicting and mitigating these. A brief overview of the types of computer tools that can be used to support a better understanding of these issues will be given.

Prof. Simon Iwnicki

Discussion 3.25 p.m. – 3.40 p.m.

Vehicle Acceptance & Novel Concepts

The ways in which railway vehicles are assessed prior to being given approval to run on a network will be discussed. Examples of common standards will be mentioned. The use of novel materials and manufacturing methods will be presented with some recent examples.

Prof. Simon Iwnicki

Discussion 4.25 p.m. – 4.40 p.m.

Introduction to Sensors, Monitoring, Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation (NDT&E) for Railway

This lecture will introduce sensors, monitoring and NDT&E for railway. Several novel electromagnetic sensing, imaging and monitoring systems and their applications for inspection of railways will be provided. After data acquisition, condition-based maintenance and AIOTs for railways will be discussed.

Prof. GuiYun Tian

Discussion 9.45 p.m. – 10.00 p.m.

How to See Through Walls – Hybrid Rotational Subsurface Radar Inspection for Digital Twin Tunnels

LiDAR aids inspection of railway tunnels by producing very detailed 3D topographical profiles of visible surface-level structural features (i.e. assets, defects). This lecture introduces novel Hybrid Rotational Ground Penetrating Radar as a LiDAR-counterpart technology for producing detailed 3D topographical profiles of concealed subsurface structural features within railway tunnels. An overview of the theory, operation and current work towards feature reconstruction will be presented, alongside scope for application to future Digital Twin Tunnel development.

Thomas McDonald

Discussion 10.45 p.m. – 11.00 p.m.

Break

Tea & coffee breaks are at the front of the venue.

Interior Passive Safety

This talk describes the virtual assessment approach to sustainable rail passenger rolling stock in terms of interior passive safety requirements within the European market. It provides the background and virtual testing approach for the future introduction of a standard as an aid for the design and validation of the interiors of passenger rail vehicles. Also discussed is the acceptance of the proposed European-based standard into the regulatory system of the technical specifications for interoperability. Methodologies for design assessment and validation will be discussed. This talk encourages virtual acceptance of the standard for interior passive safety as a realistic and cost-effective method of improving rail vehicle safety in terms of the passenger interfaces with the rail interiors.

Prof. John Roberts

Discussion 12.00 p.m. – 12.15 p.m.

The Development of Railway Signaling

This lecture will introduce the development of railway signaling and the history of railway signaling as well as absolute block concept.

Assistant Prof. Dr. Witthawas Pongyart

Discussion 9.45 p.m. – 10.00 p.m.

The Components of a Signaling System

This lecture will introduce the components of a signaling system such as signals, train detections, point machines, automatic train protection (ATP), level crossings and interlocking systems.

Kamphon Rattanakijkamol

Discussion 10.45 p.m. – 11.00 p.m.

Break

Tea & coffee breaks are at the front of the venue.

Future Signaling - ETCS

This lecture will introduce the future trends of the railway signaling system and the ETCS systems integrating trackside and onboard equipment.

Kamphon Rattanakijkamol

Discussion 12.00 p.m. – 12.15 p.m.