12th RAILWAY TALK
19 February 2026
17:00 CET
Friction Management in the Wheel/Rail Interface
Programme:
Chair: Dott.-Ing. Marco Corradini, EURAIL Ing
FIRST PRESENTATION
Friction Management in the wheel/rail Interface
- Why do we need to control friction in the wheel/rail Interface
- Equipment and consumables
- Benefits of friction management
- Case studies
Speakers:
- Jackie Butterfield BEng CEng FIMMM,
Principal Applications Engineer, L.B. Foster - Volker Streim
Senior Applications Engineer, L.B. Foster
SECOND PRESENTATION
Simulation of friction management in railway operation
- Boundary conditions & challenges
- Lab testing vs. railway operations
- Coupling with multi-body dynamics simulations of railway vehicles
Speaker:
- Gerald Trummer, Dr.
Lead Researcher, Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH