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Railway Engineering-2023, venue: Royal Society of Edinburgh, 22-26 George Street, EH2 2PQ - Programme: V1.6 (updated on 11 June 2023) |
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Day 0: Monday 12th June 2023 |
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Day 1: Tuesday 13th 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: 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 · GLOBAL RAILWAY DEVELOPMENTS, RESPONDING TO THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, Chris Jackson, Railway Gazette International, Sutton, UK · ENGINEERING RAILWAY RELIABILITY, INCLUDING CLIMATE RESILIENCE, N Fagan, Network Rail, Eastern, London, UK |
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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: H Thompson II & B Counter |
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Climate Change Issues-1 • INTEGRATED RAILWAY TRACK RISK MITIGATION INCORPORATING GEOHAZARDS AND FUNDAMENTAL FAILURE RISKS, Hugh Thompson II, US DoT, FRA, Washington DC & Ted Sussmann, Volpe Center, Cambridge MA, USA RISK MANAGEMENT OF UK RAILWAY TRACK AND EARTHWORKS IN AN EMERGING CHRONIC CLIMATE CHANGE SITUATION, B Counter, PWI, Derby, T Morgani, Murphy and Sons Ltd, S Chamberlain, Network Rail, UK • SLOCHD: HOW A PLANNED PROJECT ADAPTED IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE / UNPREDICTABLE WEATHER, J Currie, C Hirst, COWI UK Ltd, Glasgow, A Jordan, QTS Group, Strathaven, UK • HIDDEN DANGER TREES: THE NEW CLIMATE THREAT FOR RAILWAYS, R Alonso, M Ou, R Fazio & J Pauska, Hitachi Energy, Woking, UK • TEMPERATURE & BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS OF CWR (CONTINUOUS WELDED RAIL) AS A LOCATION OF THE SUBWAY VENTILATION SHAFT, N H Yi, Y Bae, I Yeo, KRRI, Gyeonggi-do Republic of Korea • PROBABILISTIC DECISION-MAKING TO PREDICT THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON RAIL BUCKLING, K Cruickshank, K Popov, R De Bold, H-K Chai & MC Forde, Univ of Edinburgh; C L Ho, UMass, Amherst, JP Hyslip HNTB Corporation, Kansas City, HF Kashani, Loram Technologies, Georgetown TX, USA, R Kelly, Loram UK, Derby, SS Hsu, Network Rail, London, UK • CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ON RAILWAY EMBANKMENTS, RELATED TO GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES, J Mohammed, K Popov, R De Bold, H-K Chai, MC Forde, Univ of Edinburgh, AJ Batchelor, Holequest Ltd, Galashiels, CL Ho, UMass, Amherst MA, JP Hyslip HNTB Corporation, Kansas City, HF Kashani, Loram Technologies, Georgetown TX, USA, R Kelly, Loram UK, Derby, SS Hsu, Network Rail, London, UK |
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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: C Jackson & Y Haddani |
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Climate Change Issues-2 • DEVELOPMENT OF A STRESS-FREE TEMPERATURE ESTIMATION METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS WELDED RAIL BASED ON ULTRASONIC WAVE PROPAGATION, C Lee, KRRI, Gyeonggi-do, M S Kang, A Azad, YK An, Sejong Univ, Seoul, Republic of Korea • DEPLOYING EARTHWORKS FAILURE DETECTION SYSTEM TO IMPROVE TRAIN OPERATIONS UNDER ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN SCOTLAND, M Antonucci, Network Rail, Scotland & M Mustard, Findlay Irvine Ltd, Penicuik, UK • DETECTING SPATIAL & TEMPORAL VARIATIONS IN MECHANICAL PROPERTIES ALONG RAILWAY EARTHWORKS BY BAYESIAN APPRAISAL OF MASW DATA, A Burzawa, L Bodet, J C Teixeira, Sorbonne Université, Paris, M Dangeard, M Fonda, A Dhemaied, SNCF Réseau, Saint-Denis, France • IDENTIFYING BRIDGES AT RISK OF CLOSURE OR DAMAGE DUE TO FLUVIAL FLOODING IN URBAN AREAS OF NORTHERN IRELAND, T Neeson & L Barry, Dept for Infrastructure, Belfast, M Lydon & J McKinley, The Queens Univ, Belfast, 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: N Fagan & G Koller |
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High-Speed Rail & Slab Track • CHALLENGES OF PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE OF SUBSTRUCTURE FOR HIGH-SPEED LINE, A Dhemaied, M Dangeard, A Schwager Guilleminite, A Thiebaut, SNCF Réseau, Saint-Denis, France • DEVELOPMENT OF SURFACE-PERFORATED MORTAR FOR SOUND ABSORBABLE RAILWAY SLAB TRACK, KA Moges, UNIST, Ulsan, S Park. Chung-Ang Univ, Seoul & S Pyo, UNIST, Ulsan, Korea • COMPARATIVE REVIEW OF CLASSICAL ANALYTICAL & FE METHODS FOR STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF SLAB TRACK SYSTEMS UNDER STATIC LOADING, I N Ismail, Nottingham Trent Univ, UK • 3-D NUMERICAL STUDY ON LONG-TERM EVOLUTION OF TRACK GEOMETRY UNDER VARYING TRAIN SPEEDS, J Nuno Varandas & V Gonçalves, Univ Nova de Lisboa, A Paixão & E Fortunato, LNEC, Lisboa, Portugal |
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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 14th June 2023 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 • Keynote Presentation: IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON PERMANENT WAY MAINTENANCE, Dr Sin Sin Hsu, Network Rail, Eastern Region, London, UK, • IMPROVING RIDE QUALITY USING TRACK GEOMETRY WAVEFORM ANALYSIS, S Chrismer, HNTB/Amtrak, J Hyslip, HNTB Corporation, Cherry Hill NJ, H Kashani, Loram Technologies, Inc, Georgetown, TX, USA |
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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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Chairs: T Sussman & SS Hsu |
Chairs: K Tesuchata & L Kontokostas |
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Track Monitoring • MULTI-LAYER TRACK STIFFNESS MEASUREMENT USING AXLE BOX ACCELERATIONS, C Shen, Z Li, TU Delft, A Zoeteman, ProRail, The Netherlands • FIELD VERIFICATION OF ELASTIC MODULUS MEASUREMENTS, T Stark & A Idries, Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, T Sussman, Volpe Center, Cambridge, MA & H Thompson II, US DoT, FRA, Washington DC, USA • GEOSYNTHETICS IN RAILWAY TRACK-STRUCTURE, H Hangen, Huesker Synthetic GmbH, Gescher, Germany, D Woods, G Horgan, Huesker UK, Warrington, UK • USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & MACHINE LEARNING TO REDUCE BALLASTED TRACK MAINTENANCE COSTS, K Popov, R De Bold, H-K Chai, MC Forde, Univ of Edinburgh, CL Ho, UMass, Amherst MA, USA, JP Hyslip HNTB Corporation, USA, HF Kashani, Loram technologies, USA, R Kelly, Loram UK, Derby, SS Hsu & M Rippin, Network Rail, London, UK • DEMONSTRATION & VALIDATION OF A HYBRID VIBRATION PREDICTION TOOL FOR RAILWAY INDUCED VIBRATION, P Reumers, G Lombaert , G Degrande, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, E Ntotsios , D Thompson, Univ of Southampton, UK, B Nélain, S Barcet, P Bouvet, Vibratec, Ecully, France, B Fröhling, A Number, Wölfel Engineering GmbH + Co. KG, Höchberg, Germany • PASSIVE SEISMIC TECHNOLOGY IMAGING & CONTINUOUS PERMANENT MONITORING OF NEAR-SURFACE GROUND BENEATH RAILWAYS USING TRAINS AS SOURCES, T. Bardainne, R. Tarnus, N. Deladerriere, C. Cai, H. Toubiana, L. Vivin, L. Michel, O. Valishin, Sercel, France • DIGITAL TWIN CASE STUDIES USING WHEEL/RAIL INTERACTION, WHEEL-RAIL CONTACT MECHANICS, WEAR, ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE, & ECONOMIC MODELS IN EUROPEAN CONTEXT, W Thomas, A Ashtekar, A Darbani, Loram Technologies Inc, Georgetown TX, USA & E Vollebregt, Vtech CMCC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
Signalling & Electrification • DEVELOPMENT OF “GPS”-TYPE TRAIN APPROACH WARNING SYSTEM (=“GPS ALARM”) IN-VEHICLE DEVICES, S Ejiri & M Suzuki, East Japan Railway Company, Saitama, Japan • OPTIMUM ELECTRICAL POWER CONDUCTORS: KEY FACTORS THAT MINIMISE LOSSES & MAXIMISE SERVICE LIFE, C Langridge, Riker Ltd, LML Products Ltd, L1 Redman Road, Calne, Wiltshire SN11 9PR, UK • A SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT TO SUPPORT THE DESIGN OF A HARDWARE-IN-THE-LOOP TEST BENCH FOR MOVING BLOCK SIGNALLING SYSTEM, I La Paglia, L Bernardini, M Barbaro, G Bucca & R Corradi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy • DC RAILWAY TRACTION SUPPLY PROTECTION: INTEGRITY & CALIBRATION, C Langridge, Riker Ltd, LML Products Ltd, L1 Redman Road, Calne, Wiltshire SN11 9PR, UK • FRAUSCHER’S INNOVATIVE DATA SOLUTIONS FOR CRITICAL RAIL OPERATIONS, D Thangamariappan, Frauscher UK Ltd, Farnborough, UK • DOUBLE DECK UK PASSENGER CARRIAGES ?, LJS Lesley, Tram Power Ltd, Liverpool, UK |
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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: J-F Ferellec & W Thomas |
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 |
