Overview
Increasing traffic is good news for rail as a whole, but inevitably increases wear and tear.
With less time for engineers to carry out more maintenance work, the team at the University of Huddersfield have been advising Crossrail on the most innovative and effective ways to solve the dilemma of more work in less time.
Dr. Paul Allen, Assistant Director, Institute of Railway Research, University of Huddersfield, will illustrate how modelling vehicle dynamics over a challenging track alignment is being used to predict rail maintenance needs on the Crossrail route.
This lecture will be as relevant to the Railway Division as it is to the Tribology Group, as it considers the rail engineering aspect of maintenance work alongside the physical capabilities of the materials used.