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Railway Engineering-2025, venue: Royal Society of Edinburgh, 22-26 George Street, EH2 2PQ - Programme: available January 2025 |
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Day 0: Monday 9th June 2025 |
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Day 1: Tuesday 10th June 2025
08.15: Registration - Exhibition Hall |
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08.15 - 09.00 Coffee – Exhibition Hall, Wellcome Room |
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09.00: Conference Opening & Chair: Prof Mike Forde, PhD, FREng, FRSE, Hon.M.ACI, CEng, FICE, FPWI, University of Edinburgh |
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Wolfson Lecture Theatre – Keynote Papers · |
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10.30 – 11.00 Coffee – Exhibition Hall, Wellcome Room |
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11.00 - 13.00: Plenary Session |
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13.00 – 14.00 Lunch – Exhibition Hall, Wellcome Room |
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14.00 - 15.30: Plenary Session |
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15.30 – 16.00 Tea – Exhibition Hall, Wellcome Room |
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16.00 - 17.30: Plenary Session |
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19.00 pm Civic Reception & Awards Ceremony at The City Chambers, 253 High Street, Royal Mile, EH1 1YJ – ALL Delegates & Exhibitors Invited |
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Day 2: Wednesday 11th June 2025 08.15: Registration - Exhibition Hall – Wellcome Room |
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08.15 - 09.00 Coffee – Exhibition Hall, Wellcome Room |
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09.00: Keynote Papers: Chair Professor Mike Forde |
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Wolfson Lecture Theatre: Keynote Papers |
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10.30 – 11.00 Coffee – Exhibition Hall, Wellcome Room |
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11.00 - 13.00: Parallel Session |
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Wolfson Lecture Theatre |
Lecture Room ‘B’ Scott Room |
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13.00 – 14.00 Lunch – Exhibition Hall, Wellcome Room, |
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14.00 - 15.30: Parallel Session |
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Wolfson Lecture Theatre |
Lecture Room ‘B’ Scott Room |
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Chairs: C Langridge & B Djordjevic |
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Rail & Rail Maintenance • EMBEDDED TRACKS, LJS Lesley, Tram Power Ltd. Liverpool, UK • EVALUATION OF WHEEL LOAD INCREASE ACCORDING TO RAIL SURFACE QUALITY AND CURVE RADIUS WITH TRACK MEASUREMEN, Younghoon Bae, Nahyun Yi and Inho Yeo, KRRI, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea • SELECTION OF A SUITABLE WEAR MODEL FOR IMPLEMENTATION IN A GENERIC RAIL DAMAGE FUNCTION, A Meghoe, R Loendersloot, T Tinga, Univ of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands • SWITCHES & CROSSINGS-FFU A SUSTAINABLE CHOICE, G Koller, koocoo technology & consulting GmbH, Brand-Laaben, Austria & N Keightley, BNR Technical Services Ltd, Yaxley, UK • INVESTIGATING THE INFLUENCE OF BALLAST RESILIENT PROPERTIES VARIABILITY ON VEHICLE-TRACK INTERACTION, A Paixão & E Fortunato, Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, Lisboa, T Barbosa, Univ do Porto, J N Varandas, CERIS, NOVA, Caparica, Portugal |
Operation, Rolling Stock & Railway Aerodynamics • SYSTEMS ENGINEERING – WHY IS IT CRUCIAL TO A SUCCESSFUL OPERATION? K Tesuchata, Kiewit Engineering, Lone Tree CO, USA • HOW DIGITAL TWINS & BIM CAN SUPPORT RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT, L Kontokostas, P Pace, C Dipalma & R Riccardo, MER MEC S.p.a., Monopoli, Italy • POTENTIAL PRODUCTIVITY GAINS FROM LONGER TRAINS WITH INTRODUCTION OF DAC, B Djordjevic, B Kordnejad, I Nordmark, G Troche, KTH Stockholm, J Bergstrand, Trafikverket, Sweden, • CURRENT BEST PRACTICES IN DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF ROLLING STOCK MAINTENANCE, P Boyacioglu & A Barron, Imperial College London, UK |
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15.30 – 16.00 Tea – Exhibition Hall, Wellcome Room |
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16.00 - 17.30: Plenary Session |
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Wolfson Lecture Theatre |
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Chairs: Y Shan & B Story |
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High Speed Railway & other Bridges • HOW TO IMPROVE THE BRIDGE DESIGN TO REDUCE MAINTENANCE COSTS ON HIGH-SPEED LINES? T Pouhin, C Simon , M Ragueneau & H Nguyen, SNCF, France • MULTI–OBJECTIVE OPTIMISATION METHODOLOGY FOR STIFFNESS COMBINATION DESIGN OF BRIDGE–EMBANKMENT TRANSITION ZONES IN HIGH–SPEED RAILWAYS, Y Shan, X Li & S Zhou, Tongji University, Shanghai, China • PERFORMANCE OF AN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK SYSTEM FOR DETECTING RAIL BRIDGE STRIKES FROM OVERHEIGHT VEHICLES, H Khresat, J Sitton, B Story, Southern Methodist Univ, Dallas, TX, USA • USE OF MODAL ANALYSIS STRUCTURAL HEALTH SOLUTIONS FOR HOLISTIC BRIDGE INSPECTION AND MONITORING, C Condemine, L Guerineau, O Valishin, Sercel, France |
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Social Event - OPTIONAL - tickets may be purchased on-line
Conference Banquet 19.00 Drinks Reception
OPTIONAL - tickets may be purchased on-line: https://conference-service.com/Rail-2023/access.html |
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Day 3: Thursday 15th June 2023 08.15: Registration - Exhibition Hall |
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08.15 - 09.00 Coffee – Exhibition Hall, Wellcome Room |
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09.00: Keynote Papers - Chair: Prof Mike Forde, University of Edinburgh |
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· Keynote Paper: INVESTIGATING TRACK DEGRADATION RATES: A MACHINE LEARNING APPROACH FOR MAINTENANCE SCHEDULING, S Goodarzi & C L Ho, Univ of Massachusetts Amherst, H Kashani, Loram Technologies, Inc, Georgetown, TX, J Hyslip, HNTB Corporation, Kansas City, USA · TOWARDS SEISMIC MONITORING FOR SHALLOW MECHANICAL PROPERTIES ALONG HIGH-SPEED LINES, J C Teixeira, L Bodet, Sorbonne Univ, Paris, A Hallier, A Y Burzawa, M Fonda, A. Dhemaied, J. Boisson-Gaboriau, SNCF, Saint-Denis, A Gesret, A Rivière, PSL Univ, Paris, France |
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10.30 – 11.00 Coffee – Exhibition Hall, Wellcome Room |
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11.00 - 13.00: Plenary Session |
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Wolfson Lecture Theatre |
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Chairs: D Fornelli & M Woné |
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Track-1 • BALLAST RETURN RATE ASSESSMENT FOR HIGH OUTPUT BALLAST CLEANER THANKS TO IMAGE-BASED TECHNOLOGY AND BALLAST DEGRADATION MODELS, Y Haddani & S Barbier, Sol Solution, France, M Rippin, Network Rail High Speed, A Dhemaied & S Kahil, SNCF Réseau, France • BALLAST GLUING FOR TRACK STABILITY: FROM NUMERICAL STUDY OF GLUING TO TEST SITE EXPERIMENTS, M Woné, A Royet & P Ragueneau, SNCF Réseau, France • GROUND-BORNE VIBRATIONS INDUCED BY RAILWAY TRAFFIC: HYBRID PREDICTION METHODOLOGY, A Colaço, P Alves Costa, Univ of Porto, Portugal • MEASURE OF BALLAST DEGRADATION DUE TO TAMPING, J-F Ferellec, SNCF Réseau, France, C Hirsiger, CFF SA, Bern, F Roethlisberger, Petromin, Dompierre, D Giodice, TPF INFRA SA, Givisiez, Switzerland, P Richard, Y Descantes, F Buisson, A Cothenet, University Gustave Eiffel, Bouguenais, France • EVALUATING THE STRENGTH-DEFORMATION-ELECTROMAGNETIC CHARACTERISTICS OF UNSATURATED FOULED BALLAST, K Parr & S Kulesza, Texas State Univ, San Marcos, R Feng & M Bernhardt-Barry, Univ of Arkansas, Fayetteville AR, USA |
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13.00 – 14.00 Lunch – Exhibition Hall, Wellcome Room |
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14.00 - 15.30: Plenary Session |
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Wolfson Lecture Theatre |
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Chairs: M Bernhardt-Barry & M Rippin |
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Track-2 • ENHANCED MANGANESE CROSSINGS, V Peyronnet, B Andurand, S Assaf & J-L Robert, SNCF, Paris, France • A SIMULATION OF TRAIN-TRACK INTERACTION MODEL TO STUDY VOIDED SLEEPERS IN RAILWAY TRACKS, C Moranon & D P Connolly, University of Leeds, UK • EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION OF AN INNOVATIVE HYBRID METHOD FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF RAILWAY INDUCED VIBRATIONS, P J Soares, P Alves Costa & A Colaço, Univ of Porto, R Arcos, UPC, Barcelona, Spain, L Godinho, Univ of Coimbra, Portugal • AUTOMATED ESTIMATION OF RAILWAY BALLAST VOLUMES FROM LIDAR DATA, B Salavati, I Benhariz, F Viguier, A Jacquin, N S Kahil & M Convert, SNCF, Paris, France |
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15.30 – 16.00 Tea – Exhibition Hall, Wellcome Room |
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16.00 – 18.00: Plenary Session |
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Wolfson Lecture Theatre |
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Chairs: Prof Carl Ho & Prof LJS Lesley |
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Railway Structures & Earthworks • RAILWAY FORMATION DESIGN INCORPORATING THE BENEFITS OF MECHANICAL STABILISATION OF SUB-BALLAST, K Zamara & A Lees, Tensar, Blackburn, UK • NUMERICAL STUDY ON EFFECT OF PARTIAL REINFORCEMENT ON LOWER ROCK-FILL PART TO REDUCE SETTLEMENT OF RAILWAY EMBANKMENT, SH Lee, YT Choi, KRRI, JG Han, Chemius Korea Co, Ltd., Korea • FIELD MONITORING DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH TO THE MAINTENANCE OF RAILWAY EARTHWORKS AND STRUCTURES, D Fornelli, Geotechnical Observations Limited, London, UK • TRANS RIVER TRAM TUNNEL, LJS Lesley, Tram Power Ltd., Liverpool, UK |
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Closure: Professor Mike Forde, Prof Mike Forde, PhD, FREng, FRSE, Hon.M.ACI, CEng, FICE, FPWI, University of Edinburgh 17.30 Conference Closes |
