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

Discussion