A Science Based Approach to Improved Wheel / Rail

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Cheyenne Mountain Resort

Sunday, August 30, 2015

3:00 pm to

5:00 pm CM Board Meeting White River I & II on Conference Level

5:00 pm to

7:00 pm Registration Stairwell / Foyer on Conference Level

7:00 pm to

9:00 pm Welcome Reception Grand Rivers Terrace on Conference Level

Monday, August 31, 2015

8:00 am to

9:00 am Registration Stairwell / Foyer on Conference Level

9:00 am to

10:00 am

Opening Session Safety Brief Harry Tournay Welcome Semih Kalay Sponsor Acknowledgements Harry Tournay Contact Mechanics Chair Address Dr. Stuart Grassie Keynote Address Lisa Stabler Organizational Issues Harry Tournay

Colorado I, II & III

10:00 am to

10:30 am Coffee


10:30 am to

12:30 pm

Session: AEM 1 Analytical & experimental models to predict wheel & rail damage

Session: MWRI 1 Management of the wheel / rail interface

Session: WRM 1 Wheel & rail materials

Room Colorado I, II & III White River I & II Platte, Rio Grande, Gunnison

Chair

10:30 am

Fast Wear Calculation for Wheel Profile Optimization Saeed Hossein Nia Sub ID # 90

Wheel Re-Profiling Periods Optimization Based on Long Term on-Board Tests for High Speed Trains Wang Jianbin Sub ID # 106

Temperature-Dependent Evolution of the Cyclic Yield Stress of Railway Wheel Steels Anders Ekberg Sub ID # 88

11:00 am

Research on Wheel Flat-Rail Normal Contact and its Effects on High-Speed Vehicle Dynamics Guoyun Liu Sub ID # 143

Improvement of Structural Performance of the Switch Panel by Enhancing Track Friendliness of Trains Martin Hiensch Sub ID # 16

Development and Evaluation of the Rail Steel Grade for Damage Restraint to the High Rail in Curve Sections Yoshikazu Kanematsu Sub ID # 126

11:30 am

A Numerical Wear Prediction Model of High-Speed Trains and its Measurement Verification Peng Han Sub ID # 86

Causes of Locomotive Wheel Climb at Switch Point Protectors Huimin Wu Sub ID # 14

Surface Modification of Rail Materials for Wear and Fatigue by UNSM Seky Chang Sub ID # 44

12:00 pm

Study on Wear and Rolling Contact Fatigue Behaviors of Wheel/Rail Materials Under Different Slip Ratio Conditions Wen-jian Wang Sub ID # 84

Performance Assessment of Solid Stick Flange Lubricant Products Martin Evans Sub ID # 138

3D Characterization of RCF Crack Networks Casey Jessop Sub ID # 54

12:30 pm to

1:30 pm Lunch


1:30 pm to

3:30 pm


Session: CP 1 Contact problems associated with specific railways operations

Session: FA 1 Friction and Adhesion


Chair

1:30 pm

The Potential for Suppressing Rail Defect Growth through Tailoring Rail Thermo-Mechanical Properties David Fletcher Sub ID # 157

Wheel Tread Damage Wheel Rim Failure Modes in Heavy Haul Operation in North America Harry Tournay Sub ID # 11

A New Method for the Assessment of Traction Enhancers and the Generation of Organic Layers in a Twin-Disc Machine Stephen Lewis Sub ID # 121"

2:00 pm

Rail Head Checks Propagation Model Using Computed Tomography and the Extended Finite Element Method Yu Zhou Sub ID # 18

Stochastic Analysis of Underhead Radius Failures in High Axle Load Condtions Sagheer Abbas Ranjha Sub ID # 163

Development of a Third Generation Tribometer Harold Harrison Sub ID # 130

2:30 pm

Modelling of Track Wear Damage Due to Changes in Friction Conditions: a Comparison Between Ac and Dc Electric Drive Locomotives Sheng Liu Sub ID # 113

An Innovative Contact Partitions Model for Wheel/Rail Normal Contact Stress Xinwen Yang Sub ID # 45

Adhesion Dependence on Water Dispersion and Rail Wettability David Fletcher Sub ID # 49

3:00 pm

Study on Rail Corrugation in High-Speed Tracks Guangxiong Chen Sub ID # 30

Study on Rail Corrugation on the Transitional Section of Different Track Support Structures on a Sharp Curved Track Xiaolu Cui Sub ID # 37

A Study into the Effect of the Presence of Moisture At the Wheel/Rail Interface During Dew and Damp Conditions Roger Lewis Sub ID # 134

3:30 pm to

4:00 pm Coffee


4:00 pm to

6:00 pm


Session: CS 1 Case studies demonstrating contact mechanics fundamentals

Session: FS 1 Fundamental studies in contact mechanics and material behavior


Chair

4:00 pm

Computation of the Flash-Temperature At the Wheel-Rail Contact Using a 3d Finite Element Model and its Comparison With Analytical Methods Meysam Naeimi Sub ID # 80

Three-Dimensional Finite Element Elastic-Plastic Model for Wheel-Rail Rolling Contact Fatigue Prediction Loïc Saint-Aimé Sub ID # 110

Thermal Cracking of Railway Wheels – A Combined Experimental and Numerical Approach Tore Vernersson Sub ID # 148"

4:30 pm

Railhead Surface and Sub-Surface Damage With Reference to Nylon Endpost Material of Insulated Rail Joints Nirmal Mandal Sub ID # 78

a Numerical Procedure for Analysis of Wheel-Rail Contact Using Explicit Finite Element Method Yuewei Ma Sub ID # 46

Application of X-Ray Fourier Analysis to Quantification of Cumulative RCF in Rail Motohide Matsui Sub ID # 76

5:00 pm

Predicting Wheel Tread Surface Damage under High Tractions in Heavy Haul Operations using CONTACT Harry Tournay Sub ID # 10

Wheel/Rail Contact Experiment Method Design and Results Analysis Ruiying Chen Sub ID # 20

High Pressure Torsion Testing of the Wheel/Rail Interface Martin Evans Sub ID # 136

5:30 pm

Experimental Investigation of Wear Modes of Hardened Rail Material Used in Australian Heavy-Haul Railways Asitha Chandimal Athukoralalage Sub ID # 115

Studs and Squats: the Evolving Story Stuart Grassie Sub ID # 19

Crack Growth Rate and Direction Under Wheel/Rail Contact Using Elastic-Plastic Material Description Werner Daves Sub ID # 168

6:00 pm Evening at Leisure

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

8:00 am to

10:00 am



Session: WRM 2 Wheel & Rail Materials


Chair

8:00 am

Experimental Analysis of Wheel/Rail Interaction in Turnout Crossing Xiangming Liu Sub ID # 151

Gauge Corner and Flange Root Degradation Estimated from Rail, Wheel and Track Geometry Kalle Karttunen Sub ID # 99

The Influence of Wheel and Rail Material on the Wear of the Respective Contact Partner Rene Heyder Sub ID # 31

8:30 am

Prediction of Wheel Profile Wear and Crack Propagation – Comparisons with Measurements Babette Dirks Sub ID # 55

Study on the Influence of Rail Grinding Profile Under Mixed Transportation Mode on Passenger and Freight Car Wheels Wear Qian Xiao Sub ID # 109

A Comparative Study of Two High Performance Railway Wheel Steels Angelo Mazzu' Sub ID # 43

9:00 am

Effect of Elevated Temperature on Shelling Property of Railway Wheel Steel Takanori Kato Sub ID # 36

Influence of Track Grinding Process on Rail Surface and Subsurface Topology Eckart Uhlmann Sub ID # 172

Ratcheting and Wear Behaviour of Australian Rail Steel: Experimental Investigation of Material Properties and Sampling Method Asitha Chandimal Athukoralalage Sub ID # 147

9:30 am

The Effect of Non-Uniform Train Speed Distribution on Rail Corrugation Growth in Cornering Paul Meehan Sub ID # 74

Effect of Lubrication and Initial Roughness on the Tribological Performance of a Rolling - Sliding Pair Using a Disc-on-Disc Tribometer Jaime Alberto Jaramillo Carvalho Sub ID # 160

Performance of Improved Wheel Steels in Heavy Haul Operations in North America Kerry Jones Sub ID # 6

10:00 am to

10:30 am Coffee


10:30 am to

12:30 pm



Session: FA 2 Friction and Adhesion


Chair

10:30 am

Detection of White Etching Layer Causing Rail Defects Makoto Ishida Sub ID # 96

On the Behaviour of Rail Welds in Wheel-Rail Contact Peter Mutton Sub ID # 2

Influence of Thermal Effects on the High-Speed Wheel/Rail Adhesion Under Wet Condition Using a Three-Dimensional Model with Surface Roughness Bing Wu Sub ID # 146

11:00 am

Evaluation of Developing Wheel Tread Wear by Block-Wheel-Rail Contacted Dynamometer Experiments Katsuyoshi Ikeuchi Sub ID # 114

The Squat-Condition of Rail Materials - A Novel Approach to Squat Prevention Albert Joerg Sub ID # 81

On the Iron Oxide Between Railway Wheels and Rails Using Laboratory Tests Yi Zhu Sub ID # 24

11:30 am

Wheel-Rail Wear Investigation on a Balloon Loop Track Through Simulation of Slow Speed Wagon Dynamics Yan Sun Sub ID # 65

Effect of Rotating Flexible Wheelset on Wheel/Rail Rolling Contact at High Speed Shuoqiao Zhong Sub ID # 72

Optimization of a Railway Sanding System Stephen Lewis Sub ID # 122

12:00 pm

Interaction of Multiple Cracks in Railheads Adam Beagles Sub ID # 137

Implementation of the Temperature Calculation Model in a Multibody Code for the Investigation on Frictional Heating Processes at the Wheel-Rail Interface for Heavy Haul Locomotives Maksym Spiryagin Sub ID # 38

Optimization of a Railway Sanding System, Part 2: Adhesion Tests Stephen Lewis Sub ID # 123

12:30 pm to

1:30 pm Lunch [Poster Session, Arkansas Room]


1:30 pm to

3:30 pm



Session: FS 2 Fundamental studies in contact mechanics and material behavior


Chair

1:30 pm

Field Analysis Campaign on Head Check: Multi-Technical and Multi-Scale Characterization of RCF Defects - Microstructural Investigations of Deformed Rails Benoît Dylewski Sub ID # 162

Contact Mechanics Issues of a Vehicle Equipped with Partially Independently Rotating Wheelsets Andrea Bracciali Sub ID # 8

Wheel-Rail Contact Modelling for Damage Predictions in Dynamics Simulation Software Sh. Sichani Matin Sub ID # 50

2:00 pm

Prediction of Rolling Contact Fatigue Life Based on Ratcheting Analysis Chung Lun Jerome Pun Sub ID # 26

Effect of Grinding Quality, Lubrication Quality and Rail Hardness on Flaking Defects on High Rails Frédéric Fau Sub ID # 17

Influence of the Initial Surface State of the Contacting Bodies on Wels Birth Under Dry Sliding Conditions Pierrick Merino Sub ID # 165

2:30 pm

Numerical Procedure for Fatigue Life Prediction of Rails Using Sub-Modelling Technique Yuewei Ma Sub ID # 83

Wheel-Rail Contact Analysis of the Light Rail Vehicle Turnout Passing Cheng Zhou Sub ID # 128

Study on Importance of Wheel-Rail Contact Modeling in Wheel Wear Simulation Gongquan Tao Sub ID # 116

3:00 pm

A Study on Transient Responses of a Cracked Rail to Frictional Wheel-Rail Rolling Contact Xin Zhao Sub ID # 164

A Test Study on Treating Short-Pitched Rail Corrugation for Beijing Metro Weifeng Liu Sub ID # 82

FEA Study of Hysteresis Loop of Heavy Duty Vehicle Axle Nilesh Gadre Sub ID # 22

3:30 pm to

4:00 pm Coffee


4:00 pm to

6:00 pm



Session: VN 1 Vibration & Noise


Chair

4:00 pm

Rail Wear in Curves on a Heavy Haul Line—Numerical Simulations and Field Measurements Xia Li Sub ID # 87

Rolling Contact Fatigue, Wear and Broken Rail Derailments Eric Magel Sub ID # 108

Numerical Study on Generation Mechanism of Flange Squeal by an Explicit Integration Finite Element Method Zhen Yang Sub ID # 58

4:30 pm

Characteristics of Inner Rail RCF Cracks Initiation and Spalling Defects Compared with Outer Rail in Heavy Haul Railway Shaofeng Wang Sub ID # 91

Controlled Metal Removal to Maintain Crack-Free Rails – Theory and Practice Wolfgang Schoech Sub ID # 29

Mechanisms and Treatment Solutions for Rail Corrugation on Beijing Metro Hougui Zhang Sub ID # 140

5:00 pm

Simulation of Rail Profile Evolution Due to Non-Uniform Wear in a Railway Turnout Jingmang Xu Sub ID # 34

Effects of Key Parameters of Emu Bogie on Rail Gauge Wear Dabin Cui Sub ID # 142

Effect on the Axle Box Bearing Life of the Elastic Vibration of Metro Vehicle Wheel Yang Chen Sub ID # 39

5:30 pm

Development of White Etching Layers on Rails: Simulations and Experiments Christof Bernsteiner Sub ID # 67

The Technical Background for Precise Measurements and Post Analysis of Wheel and Rail Profiles Using Two-Encoder System Shen Gang Sub ID # 68

Investigation of the Effect of Humidity, Temperature and Friction Modifiers on Railway Rolling Noise Shijie Jiang Sub ID # 75

6:00 pm Break

6:45 pm Cocktails (Pavilion)

7:15 pm to

9:30 pm Gala Dinner

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

8:00 am to

10:00 am



Session: WRM 3 Wheel & rail materials

Session: VD 1 the influence of contact mechanics on vehicle dynamics

Room Colorado I, II & III White River I & II Rio Grande / Gunnison Arkansas / Platte

Chair

8:00 am

Stress Gradient Effects in Surface Initiated Rolling Contact Fatigue of Rails and Wheels Anders Ekberg Sub ID # 89

Traction Coefficient and Energy Dissipation at Wheel/Rail Interface: a Fast Experimental Approach Hamed Ronasi Sub ID # 70

Wheel-Rail Contact Problems With Plastically Graded Materials Andrzej Myslinski Sub ID # 153

Measurements and Simulations of an ET423-Train With Respect to Rolling Contact Fatigue of Rails Manfred Zacher Sub ID # 77

8:30 am

The Competitive Role of Wear and RCF: Full Scale Experimental Assessment of Artificial and Natural Defects in Railway Wheel Treads Steven Cervello Sub ID # 156"

Rail Grinding Practices in North America Scott Cummings Sub ID # 15

Ratcheting Behavior of Class C Wheel Steel Prediction by Modified Abdelkarim-Ohno Model Radim Halama Sub ID # 152

Experimental and Numerical Study of the Parameters Leading to Dispersion in the Measured Creep Force - Creepage Curves Moncef Toumi Sub ID # 60

9:00 am

Study on Post-Derailment Dynamic Behavior of China Railway High-Speed 3 Based on Computer Simulation Haotian Li Sub ID # 103

the Influence of Friction Coefficient and Wheel/Rail Profiles on Energy Dissipation in the Wheel/Rail Contact Guillermo Andres Idarraga Alarcon Sub ID # 120

Experimental Research and Development of Forging New High Manganese Steel (Mn13v) Frog Core Zheng Gu Sub ID # 159

Theoretical Investigation on the Effect of Rail Cleaning by Wheels on the Tractive Effort Achieved by a Heavy Haul Locomotive Colin Cole Sub ID # 40

9:30 am

Numerical Analysis of Rolling Contact Fatigue Crack Initiation and Fatigue Life Prediction of the Railway Crossing Lizuo Xin Sub ID # 98

A Rail Grinding Method of Switch Based on the Wheel/Rail Contact Position Xiaochuan Ma Sub ID # 23

Microstructure Characterization of High Strength Rail Steels by Using Nanoindentation and Sem Wenyi Yan Sub ID # 48

A Comprehensive Study of the Influence of Rail Welds and Vehicle Speed on Wheel-Rail Forces Ernesto Vadillo Sub ID # 66

10:00 am to

10:30 am Coffee


10:30 am to

12:30 pm


Session: CP 4 / VN / CS Contact problems / Vibration & Noise / Case studies

Session: FA 3 Friction and adhesion

Session: FS 3 Fundamental studies


Chair

10:30 am

Switch Panel Design Based on Simulation of Accumulated Rail Damage in a Railway Turnout Jens Nielsen Sub ID # 33

Normal Contact Stress Analysis for the Wheel-Rail of Railway Vehicle Using Non-Hertz Method Feng Gan Sub ID # 107

Influence of Axle Load on Adhesion of Wheel and Rail Under Wet Conditions Chen Hua Sub ID # 112

Crack Initiation Caused by Repeated Local Heating Events – Modelling of Possible Mechanisms Johan Ahlstrom Sub ID # 144

11:00 am

Modeling Wear and Rolling Contact Fatigue: Parametric Study and Experimental Results Gerald Trummer Sub ID # 57

Investigation of the Effect of Crabbing Velocity on Squeal Noise Based on a Rolling Contact Two Disc Test Rig Xiaogang Liu Sub ID # 21

Geospatial and Temporal Analysis of Wheel Slide Events Andrew Arnall Sub ID # 41

Evaluation of Wheel/Rail Interaction and Wear on Wheels Hardness Jacek Konop Sub ID # 145

11:30 am

Rail Head Check Initiation Prediction Considering Rail Wear and Profile Changing Yu Zhou Sub ID # 53

Realistic Modelling of Squat Cracks Bill Daniel Sub ID # 51

Wheel-Rail Impact-Like Interaction at Turnouts Zilong Wei Sub ID # 61

A Finite Element Model to Simulate the Physical Mechanisms of Wear and Crack Initiation in Wheel/Rail Contact Werner Daves Sub ID # 169

12:00 pm

Influence of the Steady-State Response of Wheel/Rail on the Polygonal Wear of Railway Wheels Xingwen Wu Sub ID # 171

Intentionally Left Vacant Intentionally Left Vacant Intentionally Left Vacant

12:30 pm to

1:30 pm Lunch


1:30 pm to

3:00 pm

Session: VN 2 Vibration & noise


Session: WRM 4 / FA Wheel & rail materials / Friction and adhesion

Session: VD 2 the influence of contact mechanics on vehicle dynamics


Chair

1:30 pm

High Railway Rolling Noise Reduction by Combining Existing Track Based Solutions Patrick Vanhonacker Sub ID # 111

Material Concepts for Top of Rail Friction Management – Classification, Characterisation and Application Richard Stock Sub ID # 150

Mechanical Properties and Fatigue Behavior of Railway Wheel Steels as Influenced by Mechanical and Thermal Loadings Dimitrios Nikas Sub ID # 69

Integrated Analysis of Dynamic Vehicle‒Track Interaction and Plasticity Induced Damage in the Presence of Squat Defects Robin Andersson Sub ID # 42

2:00 pm

Study on Grinding Marks to Control Rolling Noise After Rail Grinding Kiyotaka Ogiso Sub ID # 124

Study on the Effect and Mechanism of Top of Rail Friction Modifier on Energy Saving in Heavy Haul Transportation Lei Wu Sub ID # 139

Improving Rail Wear and Rcf Performance Using Laser Cladding Stephen Lewis Sub ID # 149

Wheel/Rail Contact Geometry Parameters in Regard to Vehicle Behaviour and Their Alteration With Wear Oldrich Polach Sub ID # 28

2:30 pm

Correlation Between Corrugation and Wheel Squeal Kam San Wong Sub ID # 141

Wheel Wear Behaviour of the Imperfect Railway Vehicle Ding Junjun Sub ID # 102

The Correction of Adhesion Coefficient of Locomotive Wheels With Rails Which Is Connected With Changes of Operational Weather Factors Yury Mikhaylovich Luzhnov Sub ID # 56

Study on the Mechanism of High Order Out of Round Wear of High-Speed Railway Train's Wheel Huanyun Dai Sub ID # 95

3:00 pm to

3:30 pm Coffee


Room Colorado I, II & III

Chair

3:30 pm Closing Ceremony

Closing from CM 2015 Team including arrangements for TTCI Site Tour Harry Tournay Announcement of CM 2018 conference, Delft Zili Li Final remarks Dr. Stuart Grassie

4:30 pm Evening at Leisure

Thursday, September 3, 2015

Pre - 7:30 am Delegates to breakfast at leisure at Cheyenne Mountain Resort

7:30 am Busses depart for TTC, Pueblo

7:30 am to

9:00 am Travel to TTC

9:00 am to

9:15 am Safety Briefing Harris Hall

9:15 am to

12:30 pm

Tour of TTC

12:30 pm to

2:00 pm Busses return to CMR

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A Science Based Approach to Improved Wheel / Rail