The Stephenson Conference: Research for Railways

Name: The Stephenson Conference: Research for Railways
Start: 2017-04-25T09:00:00
Location: Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London

25 April 2017 - 27 April 2017
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“Great conference giving a good overview about the incredible amount of research in UK”
Virtual Vehicle Research Center

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“An excellent event spanning a broad range of the railway field”
University of Birmingham

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Overview

The Stephenson Conference is the premier international rail event that brings together academic researchers and industry experts to shine a spotlight on the pioneering work taking place in railway across the globe.

It is unique in providing an opportunity for academic and industry to discuss in detail the latest research developments and the impact it can have on the railways.

Attendees will gain a unique overview of the similarities and differences on the rail networks of countries including the UK, USA, Japan, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and many more, along with exclusive case studies detailing how specific research has been used proactively by rail companies to improve their service.

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This conference is now a proven asset to both researchers and rail professionals, along with senior government figures and industry leaders whose future business opportunities will be affected by the progressive work showcased across the three day event.

Don't forget to sign-up for our free to attend lecture taking place on 24 April at One Birdcage Walk: Shift2Rail - technical innovation for modal shift. Click here for further details and to book online.

Attendees of the 2015 Stephenson Conference at One Birdcage Walk, London.

Past attendees include:

ATOC Ltd
AERMEC Spa
Alstom
Andy Foan Limited
Arup
Astrium
Bombardier Transportation
Central Queensland University
Coventry University
Department for Transport
Deutsche Bahn
Eversholt Rail
FRA
GHH Bonatrans
GMX
Heriot Watt University
Huddersfield University
IEE
Imetrum Ltd
Imperial College London
Interfleet Technology Ltd
Interfleet Techology Limited
Irish Rail
Kompetenzzentrum das virtuelle Fahrzeug
KS Transport Consultants Ltd
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Lloyds Register Rail Ltd
Loughborough University
LPA Connection Systems
Mott MacDonald Group
Network Rail
Newcastle University
Nottingham University
Politecnico di Milano
Progress Rail Services Uk Ltd
Rail Safety & Standards Board
Rail/Aviation Industry
Railway Technical Research Institute
Ricardo UK Ltd
RRUKA
RSSB
Siemens AG Austria
Southwest Jiaotong University
Standard Steel LLC
Technische Universit Berlin
Thomson Engineering Design Ltd
Tokyo University of Technology
Tongji University
Transport for London
Transportation Research Group University of Southampton
TTCI
University of Birmingham
University of Florence
University of Leeds
University of Newcastle Upon Tyne
University of Nottingham
University of Sheffield
University of Southampton ISVR
Unv. of Hudd. Institute of Railway Research
USDOT-Volpe Center
Warwick University

Day 1

13:00 - Programme

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13:00	REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS
13:30	CHAIR’S OPENING REMARKS
13:40	Keynote Presentation Mark Carne, ‎Chief Executive, Network Rail
14:05	The Virtuous Circle of Railway Digitization Howard Parkinson and Gary Bamford, Digital Rail Limited
14:30	Question and Answer Session
14:45	NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
	STREAM SESSION 1: WHEEL/RAIL INTERACTION
15:30	Wheel Rail Force Measurements Using MEMS Kam To Man and Keith Thomas Man, Neuplex
15:55	Study On Long-Term Development Of Vehicle Dynamic Parameters Of Wheel/Rail Contact Geometry Rainer Kratochwille, Timo Tegtmeier and Thomas Kolbe, Deutsche Bahn AG
16:20	Question and Answer Session
	STREAM SESSION 2: TRACK CONDITION MONITORING
15:30	Novel Approaches In Remote Condition Monitoring For Retrofit Applications Anisa Mamaniyat, Chrome Angel Solutions
15:55	Development Of Novel Acoustic Emission Techniques For Monitoring The Structural Health Of Cast Manganese Crossings Patrick Jason Vallely, Mayorkinos Papaelias, Zheng Haung, Shi Shengrun, Sakdirat Kaewunruen, and Jenna Davis, Network Rail
16:20	Question and Answer Session
	STREAM SESSION 3: DIGITAL RAILWAY 1
15:30	Towards Inclusion Of The Freight Rail System In The Industrial Internet Of Things - Wagon 4.0 Raphael Pfaff, Bernd D Schmidt, and Manfred Enning, Fachhochschule Aachen
15:55	Enhancing Freight Rail - The Freight Identification And Monitoring System Colin Alonzo Williams, SNC-Lavalin Rail and Transit
16:20	Question and Answer Session
	STREAM SESSION 4: SAFETY ASSURANCE
15:30	CASE STUDY: Reviewing Independent Safety Assurance Practices For Metro Projects: From Specifications Framing To Issuing Safety Certificate Nikhil Swami, Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Ltd.
15:55	Risk-Based Developments in Railway Safety Certification and Regulation for Dubai Ali Chegini, Amair Saleem and Robin Smith, Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA)
16:20	Question and Answer Session
16:40	PLENARY SESSION: Keynote Presentation Professor John Miles, Cambridge University
17:10	Question and Answer Session
17:15	Chairs Closing Remarks
17:30	Close of Conference Day One
18:00 – 19:00	EVENING DRINKS RECEPTION

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Day 2

08:30 - Programme

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08:30	REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS
09:00	CHAIR’S OPENING REMARKS
09:05	‎Keynote Presentation Carlo Borghini, Executive Director, SHIFT2RAIL
09:30	Question and Answer Session
	STREAM SESSION 1: VEHICLE/ INFRASTRUCTURE DYNAMICS
09:40	Modelling Of Heavy Haul Train-Bridge Dynamic Interactions And Parametric Studies Using Multi-Body Dynamics Approaches Yan Quan Sun, Maksym Spiryagin and Colin Cole, Central Queensland University
10:05	A Three-Dimensional Vehicle-Track Coupled Dynamic Model Based On The Green’s Function Method Yu Sun, Yu Guo, Mei Chen and Wanming Zhai, Southwest Jiaotong University, China
10:30	Question and Answer Session
	STREAM SESSION 2: TRACK 1
09:40	Optimising Ground Improvement On New High Speed Rail Lines David P Connolly, Heriot Watt University
10:05	CASE STUDY: High Speed Asset Mapping Ingmar Posner and Anita Hancox, Oxford Robotics
10:30	Question and Answer Session
	STREAM SESSION 3: DIGITAL RAIILWAY 2
09:40	The Technical Challenges In Designing A Telematics Architecture For The System-Wide Monitoring Of Train And Infrastructure Assets Ronnie Beggs, Luca Fornasiero and Marco Bussi, Comtest Wireless Ltd
10:05	Contribution Of Artificial Intelligence In Risk Prevention Of Railway Accidents Habib Hadj Mabrouk, French Institute Of Science And Technology For Transport, Development And Networks (IFSTTAR)
10:30	Question and Answer Session
	STREAM SESSION 4: ECONOMICS AND SUSTAINABILITY
09:40	Saving Weight In The Railways Mark James Singleton and John Anthony Hutchinson, Startlink Systems Ltd
10:05	Social Sustainability Of HSR-Comparative Study Inara Watson; Amer Ali; Ali Bayyati, London South Bank University
10:30	Question and Answer Session
10:40	NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
	STREAM SESSION 1: WHEEL/RAIL ADHESION
11:10	Development Of An Adaptive Top-Of-Rail Friction Modification System Milan Omasta, Radovan Galas, Jiri Knapek, Martin Hartl and Ivan Krupka, Brno University of Technology
11:35	The Effect Of Sanders In Improving Train Braking Performance When Adhesion Is Low Alan Peter Lawton, ALEC Ltd
12:00	CASE STUDY: Risk and opportunities from the application of sand during braking Paul Gray, RSSB
12:25	Question and Answer Session
	STREAM SESSION 2: TRACK DEGRADATION
11:10	Development of new measurement principle for truly portable track geometry recording trolley Yasukuni Naganuma and Taro Yada, Central Japan Railway Company
11:35	Assessment Of The Short And Long Term Behaviour Of The Track On Railway Transition Zones Cristina Alves Ribeiro and Rui Calçada, University of Porto, Faculty of Engineering
12:00	Identifying The Factors Influencing Track Degradation On The UK Rail Network Darren Prescott, University of Nottingham
12:25	Question and Answer Session
	STREAM SESSION 3: ROAD AND RAIL: FRIEND OR FOE?
11:10	CASE STUDY: Road Versus Rail Professor John Miles, Arup
11:35	Automotive To Rail: Can Technologies Cross The Gap? James Winnett, Athanasios Iraklis, Elspeth M Keating, Andy McGordon, Tony Ridler and Darren J Hughes, University of Warwick
12:00	When Do Connected Autonomous Vehicles (CAVS) Become A Train? Challenges And Opportunities Of Integrated Transport Rebeka Sellick and Nick Reed, TRL Ltd
12:25	Question and Answer Session
	STREAM SESSION 4: SAFETY
11:10	Sled tests using the Hybrid III Rail Safety ATD and workstation tables for passenger trains David Hynd, Robert Hunt and Philip Martin; TRL, UK Kristine Severson; Volpe Center, United States Department of Transportation, USA
11:35	Development Of An Assistance System For Secured Shunting Operations Julian Franzen, Udo Pinders, Walter Schreiber and Kuhlenkoetter Bernd, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
12:00	A Novel Risk-Based Inspection Planning Model With Condition Monitoring Data: Case Study Of Rolling Stock Pantographs Fateme Dinmohammadi, Babakalli Alkali, Glasgow Caledonian University and Mahmood Shafiee, Cranfield University
12:25	Question and Answer Session
12:40	NETWORKING LUNCH
	STREAM SESSION 1: TRAIN CONDITION MONITORING
13:40	Towards Implementing Condition Based Maintenance Policy For Rolling Stock Critical System Babakalli Alkali, Fateme Dinmohammadia and Abhinay Raman, Glasgow Caledonia University
14:05	CASE STUDY: MRX - Wheel Crack Measurement Device Barry Winchester, MRX/Univeristy of Huddersfield
14:30	A Signal-Based Fault Detection Method For Heavy Haul Wagons Chunsheng Li, Shihui Luo, Colin Cole, Maksym Spiryagin and Yanquan Sun, Central Queensland University
14:55	Question and Answer Session
	STREAM SESSION 2: TRACK COMPONENTS AND TESTING
13:40	Full-Scale Testing Of Laser Clad Railway Track For Wear/RCF, Bend Fatigue And IBJ Lipping Resistance Stephen Robert Lewis, Roger Lewis, Paul Stuart Goodwin, Sandra Fretwell-Smith, David Ian Fletcher, Keith Murray and Jay Jaiswal, University of Sheffield
14:05	Bullhead Trackform Into The 21st Century: An Underground Challenge Paul Bewes Molyneux-Berry, University of Huddersfield
14:30	Speaker to be announced
14:55	Question and Answer Session
	STREAM SESSION 3: AERODYNAMICS
13:40	The Aerodynamics Of Freight Trains Christopher James Baker, David Soper and Dominic Flynn, University of Birmingham
14:05	Aeroliner3000 – Double-Decker High Speed Train For GB Gregor Malzacher, Jens König, Joachim Winter and Andreas German Aerospace Center
14:30	Ballast Flight Under High-Speed Trains – Aerodynamic And Geotechnical Studies Christopher James Baker, David Soper and Dominic Flynn, University of Birmingham
14:55	Question and Answer Session
	STREAM SESSION 4: CAPACITY
13:40	Development Of Innovative Capacity Solutions For The Great Western Main Line Julian Crawford Ross, Network Rail
14:05	Minimisation of Train Traction Energy Consumption under Maximum Speed and Coast Control with Genetic Algorithm Bayandy Sarsembayev and Tatiana Kalganova, Brunel University London
14:30	CASE STUDY: Minimisation Of Train Traction Energy Consumption Under Maximum Speed And Coast Control With Genetic Algorithm Bayandy Sarsembayev and Tatiana Kalganova, Brunel University London
14:55	Question and Answer Session
15:10	NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
	STREAM SESSION 1: WHEEL/RAIL WEAR
15:40	CASE STUDY: Risks And Benefits Of Economic Tyre Turning Julian Stow, University of Huddersfield
16:05	Question and Answer Session
16:10	Actively Steered and Guided Wheelmotor Demonstrator Vehicle Neil Cooney, SET Ltd; Julian Stow, University of Huddersfield; Rebeka Sellick, TRL Ltd
16:35	Question and Answer Session
	STREAM SESSION 2: POINT MACHINES
15:40	Design, Construction, Deployment And Testing Of A Full-Scale Repoint Light Track Switch M. L. Sarmiento-Carnevali, T. J. Harrison, S. Dutta, S. D. Bemment, C. P.Ward, R.Dixon, Loughborough University
16:05	Question and Answer Session
16:10	Fault Analysis Of The Switch And Point Machine To Improve Railway Reliability Dr. Ning Zhao, The University of Birmingham
16:35	Question and Answer Session
	STREAM SESSION 3: VEHICLE STRUCTURE STRENGTH
15:40	Novel Expansion-Splitting Energy Absorber And Performance Comparison To Expansion, Splitting And Progressive Buckling Tubes Carlos Moreno, Richard A Beaumont and Terry Williams, Oleo International
16:05	Question and Answer Session
16:10	Computer Modelling The Dynamics And Strength Of A Rail Tank Car With Liquid Cargo Artur Putsiata and Illia Arkhutsik, Belarusian State University of Transport
16:35	Question and Answer Session
	STREAM SESSION 4: INDUSTRY INSIGHTS
15:40	Robust Automated Servicing Of Passenger Trains- Fluids Stuart Adam Hill, Mark Atherton, Marco Ajovalasit and David Harrison, Brunel University
16:05	Question and Answer Session
16:10	PLENARY SESSION: Railway Electrification: Considerations For The Improvement Of Design Of Short Neutral Sections John Christopher Morris, Newcastle University
16:35	Question and Answer Session
17:25	CHAIR’S CLOSING REMARKS
18:30	NETWORKING DINNER

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Day 3

08:30 - Programme

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08:30	REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS
	STREAM SESSION 1: Rolling Stock Reliability
09:00	Developing Rolling Stock Fault Analysis And Key Performance Indicators Using Statistical Modelling Stephanie Louise Coates, Nicholas Wray and Graham Dutton, Fishbone Solutions
09:55	CASE STUDY: Docklands Light Railway Door Guide Improvement Mitixa Jani, Keolis Amey Docklands
10:20	Question and Answer Session
	STREAM SESSION 2: TRACK COMPONENTS
09:00	Asset Clamp Force Measurement And Remote Condition Monitoring Using A Smart Washer: A Case Study Of Railway Research, Innovation And Technical Delivery In The Early 21st Century Greg Horler, Ezra Morris and Jack Hughes, Smart Component Technologies Ltd
09:55	A Unified Elastoplastic Bond Model For Prestressing Steel Reinforcements Used In Railroad Concrete Crossties Dr. Hailing Yu, U.S. DOT/Volpe Center
10:20	Question and Answer Session
	STREAM SESSION 3: TRAIN CONTROL
09:00	S2PTC: A New Track Circuit Based On Software Without Electrical Or Mechanical Isolating Components Dr. Jerome De Reffye, PI-Ramses Cy
09:55	Case Study: A Systems Engineering Framework For Railway Control And Safety Systems: The Mainline Challenge Karl Michael King, Clive Roberts and Felix Schmid, WSP Parsons Brinkerhoff
10:20	Question and Answer Session
	STREAM SESSION 4: TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY
09:00	Technology development strategies in a rail system problem context Dominic Johnson, Network Rail
09:55	Optimising Strategy Selection For The Management Of Railway Assets Claudia Fecarotti and John Andrews, University of Nottingham
10:20	Question and Answer Session
10:30	NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
	STREAM SESSION 1: Power and Braking Systems
11:00	Application Of Kalman Filter On Train Control Circuit In Order To Reduce The Shuddering Effect During Stopping Monish Sengupta, Daniel Woodland and Benjamin Heydecker, Ricardo Rail
11:25	LoCoFlyER: Low Cost Flywheels for Efficient Railways Prof Keith Pullen and Dr Matthew Read, City University of London; Rebeka Sellick, TRL Ltd; Arnold Fenocchi and Shahram Etemad, DBS
11:50	Inter-Disciplinary Approach For Simulation Of Railway Vehicle Driveline Naim Kuka, Andrea Dolcini, Caterina Ariaudo and Riccardo Verardi, Alstom
12:15	Question and Answer Session
	STREAM SESSION 2: Bridges
11:00	Bridge Asset Management Using Petri-Nets Panayioti Yianni, Luis Neves, Dovile Rama, John Andrews,; Robert Dean and Dr. Luis Canhoto Neves, University of Nottingham