Highlights on Validation of Project Results

SUSTRAIL Final Conference, Brussels, 21st May 2015

Infrastructure DemonstrationMultifunctional Geotextile – Chemnitz, Germany

The multifunctional geotextile includesprotection of the railway substructure bythe strengthening and stabilisation ofthe existing structures and monitoring oftheir performance with the possibility ofthe infrastructure owner being alerted byan alarm before structural failure occurs.

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Infrastructure DemonstrationPremium Rail – United Kingdom

To prove its benefits, Premium Rail hasbeen installed at seven trial sites acrossthe United Kingdom on Network Rail’sinfrastructureThe trial sites were selected based upontheir previous degradation history byNetwork Rail

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Infrastructure DemonstrationSupport stiffness site tests – Wooden Gates

Under Sleeper Pad trials undertaken atUK site with positive results forreduced ballast degradation.

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Infrastructure DemonstrationTrack based monitoring and limits for imposed loads

Wayside Monitoring has been furtherdeveloped and installed on several routes inSweden

– This one is placed on the Swedishwestern main line between Stockholmand Gothenburg

– The line carries a broad spectra of

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different vehicles, i.e. mixed traffic

Current Output

– Speed & axle counting

– Loco type identification

– Vertical & lateral forces per wheel

– Angle-of-attack

– Wheel defect counting

Test Site Demonstrations – Faurei, May 2015

Romanian Railway Authority (AFER)Railway Testing Centre at Faurei, Romania

Demonstration – The SUSTRAIL Vehicle

SUSTRAIL Vehicle – Manufactured by UVA

Bogie• Double Lenoir links• Under-frame suspension• Wheelsets with coated axles and disc brakes (LUCCHINI)• Bogie frame support for DAKO calipers

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Demonstration – The SUSTRAIL Vehicle

SUSTRAIL Vehicle – Manufactured by UVA

Wagon• KES EDS 300 brake control system• New optimised vehicle design (including couplers, spigots,…)• Use of high strength steel for lightweighting

(Tata Steel Long Products RQT 701)

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Demonstration – The SUSTRAIL Vehicle

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Demonstration – The SUSTRAIL Vehicle

Integrated Monitoring Systems• MERMEC

• Temperature sensors for axle box temperature monitoring• Accelerometers for vehicle stability monitoring

• KES• Sensor system for brakes

Portable Monitoring System

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Portable Monitoring System• UNEW

• Low-cost ‘rapid application’ sensor (3D accel/gyro)

Demonstration – The SUSTRAIL Vehicle

Vehicle Testing by AFER at Faurei Railway Test Centre

• Verifying the construction gauge (wagon dimensions, etc.)• Weighing• Static brake tests• Noise measurements of unloaded SUSTRAIL vehicle

(up to 120 km/h)

• Dynamic performance of unloaded SUSTRAIL vehicle

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• Dynamic performance of unloaded SUSTRAIL vehicle(up to 120 km/h) – verify safety of running

• Dynamic brake tests with unloaded SUSTRAIL vehicle(up to 120 km/h) – braking, and braking thermal capacity

• Dynamic performance of unloaded reference vehicle(up to 120 km/h) – benchmarking activity

• Dynamic performance of loaded SUSTRAIL vehicle(up to 140 km/h) – verify safety of running

• Dynamic brake tests with loaded SUSTRAIL vehicle(up to 140 km/h) – braking, and braking thermal capacity

Demonstration – The SUSTRAIL Vehicle

Brake Tests

• Static tests: filling and release times

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• Dynamic Tests• Unloaded wagon, at 100 km/h and 120 km/h• Loaded wagon (17 t/axle), at 100 km/h and 140 km/h

• After each test, temperatures were measured to determine thermalcapacity of pads and brake blocks

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Vehicle Testing by AFER at Faurei Railway Test Centre

• Quick comparison of vehicles – portable sensors on bogie

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Demonstration – The SUSTRAIL Vehicle

Vehicle and Track Testing at Faurei Railway Test Centre

Portable sensors on track• SUSTRAIL vehicle vs benchmark vehicle• Modernised track vs conventional track

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