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INTERNATIONALHEAVY HAUL ASSOCIATION
STS CONFERENCE (IHHA 2019)‘Heavy Haul 4.0 – Achieving Breakthrough Performance Levels’
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OFFICIAL PROGRAMS FOR
NARVIK, NORWAY 10 – 15 JUNE 2019
PRELIMINARY
Time / DayMonday
10th June 2019Tuesday
11th June 2019Wednesday
12th June 2019Thursday
13th June 2019Friday
14th June 2019Saturday
15th June 2019
07:30-08:30RegistrationWorkshop
Registration Conference
08:30- 10:00Plenary session
The Arctic Univ. Of N.Parallel sessions
10:00-10:30 Coffee/Tea Coffee/Tea
10:30-12:30 Parallel sessions Parallel sessions
12:30-14:00 Lunch LunchClosing session
The Arctic Univ. Of N.12:30 - 14:00
14:00-15:40 Parallel sessions Parallel sessions Lunch
15:40-16:10 Coffee/Tea Coffee/Tea
16:10-17:30 Parallel sessions Parallel sessions
EveningWorkshop dinner
(19:00-23:00)Welcome event(19:00 - 21:00)
Free timeGala dinner
(19:00 - 22:00)
International Heavy Haul STS Conference 2019
Workshop:Heavy Haul Best Practice
and Technologies0800 -1645
Technical tour08:00-16:30
(Navvy trek 21:00)
Opening sessionNarvik Cultural Hall
Workshop:Heavy Haul Best Practice
and Technologies0800 -1730
Opening Exibition
HEAVY HAUL BEST PRACTICES & TECHNOLOGIES WORKSHOP
Narvik · Norway 10th to 11th June - 2019
DATE
SESS
ION
SLOT TIME (min) TOPIC SPEAKER/
PRESENTER
0800 - 0830 30
Welcome from IHHA / Course Outline Course Leader Michael Roney
Availability 4.0 – unlocking our assets’ potential through technology
Perpetuum Course Sponsor
Tony Ward
Day
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ays 1 0830 - 0915 45 Subgrade, Drainage, Transitions and Advanced
Track Support Analytics Dr. Hannes Gräbe
2 0915 - 1000 45 Vehicle/Track Interaction and Ballast Maintenance Rainer Wente
3 1000 - 1045 45 Key Elements of Track and Bridges for Heavy Haul Operations Dr. Nigel Peters
1045 - 1115 30 Coffee Break 4 1115 - 1200 45 Wheel/Rail Interaction Dr. Kevin Oldknow 5 1200 - 1245 45 Best Practices for Maintaining Rail Integrity Dr. Richard Stock
1245 - 1330 45 Lunch 6 1330 - 1430 60 Wheel Maintenance Best Practices Dr. Robert Frohling 7 1430 - 1515 45 Wayside Detectors and Rolling Stock Management Semih Kalay
1515 - 1545 30 Coffee Break
8 1545 - 1630 45 Distributed Power, Optimal Long Trains and Control of In-Train Forces Michael Roney
9 1630 - 1715 45 Service Design and the Integrated Operating Plan Mark Kirkpatrick 10 17:15 -18:00 45 Operations Planning Workshop Exercise Mark Kirkpatrick
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11 0800 - 0845 45 Health Monitoring of Switches & Crossings Arne Nissen
12 0845 - 0930 45 Five Years of Experiences Managing the Maintenance of the Iron Ore Line
Dr. Rikard Granström
13 0930 - 1015 45 Experience of Health Monitoring of Trains Jan Lundgren 1015 - 1045 30 Coffee Break
14 1045 - 1130 45 Road to the World’s First Large Scale Autonomous Freight Operations Shaun Robertson
15 1130 - 1215 45 A successful concept for testing of new Technologies – ePilot
Dr. Per-Olof Larsson Kråik
16 1215 - 1300 45 Transformative Maintenance Solutions for Railway Assets Dr.Uday Kumar
11300-400 60 Lunch
18 1400 – 1445 45 The Digital Revolution Transforming the Railroad Robert Foy, GE Transportation
19 1445 – 1515 45 Freight Wagons 4.0 Fredrick Kangas 20 1515 - 1600 45 Communications Based Train Control Teodor Gradinariu 21 1600 – 1645 45 Discussion and Lessons Learned Michael Roney
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Opening session programme International Heavy Haul STS Conference
Narvik, Norway, 12th June 2019
Narvik Cultural Hall
SESS
ION
SLOT TIME (min)
TOPIC SPEAKER/ PRESENTER
08:30 – 08:50 20 Entertainment Opening Entertainers
1 08:50 - 09:00 10 Welcoming Delegates to the Conference Mr. Thor Braekkan
2 Short introduction of the IHHA Board members Mr. Brian Monakali/Mr. Scott Lovelace
4 09:00-09:30 15 Official Opening address Ms. Vibeke Aarnes, Bane NOR
Mr. Stefan Engdal, Trafikverket Ms. Anne Husebekk, Arctic University of Norway
6 09:30-09:50 20 The Digital Railway in Norway Mr. Sverre Kjenne
7 09:50-10:10 20 Opportunities and Lessons from an Automated Railway Mr. Shaun Robertson
8 10:10-10:40 30 Coffee Break 9 10:40-10:45 5 The Ofoten Line in four minutes Groms Plass . Band
10 10:45-11:15 30 Heavy Haul Best practice book IV Mr. Semih Kalay 11 11:15-11:45 30 IHHA Hall of Fame Award Mr. Brian Monakali / Mr. Scott Lovelace
12 11:45-12:15 30 Emerging Railway Professionals presenting their papers.
Ms. Lisa Stabler Two Emerging Railway Professionals
13 12:15 – 12:50 35 Bus transfer from Narvik Culture Hall to Conference Venue at The Arctic University of Norway - UiT
Buses
14 12:50-13:00 15 Official Opening of the Exhibition Hall Ms. Vibeke Aarnes, Bane NOR Mr. Stefan Engdal, Trafikverket Ms. Anne Husebæk, Arctic University of Norway
15 13:00 60 Lunch All
IHHA2019 - V0.3 PROGRAMME Updated: 26 April 2019
07:30 - 08:30
08:30 - 12:30
Room 1 Room 2 Room 3 Room 4 Room 5
WEDNESDAY12 JUNE
TR1 Session HF - Human Factor Session Chair Phillip Tretton
Session RS - Locomotives & wagons Session Chair Lisa Stabler
Session IHHA 2019 - Maintenance 4.0 Session Chair Ramin Karim
Session OP - Modelling and simulation
Session Chair Mark Kirkpatrick
Session MPTE - Traction Session Chair Dan Larsson
14:00 - 14:20 227 Veronica Jägare, Ramin Karim, Per-Olof Larsson-Kråik and Peter Söderholm
53 Jingjing Chen, Zhongcheng Jiang and Bo Zhang
131 John McLeod and Ralph Zhang 11 Derel Wust and Mark Wood 264 Xiang Gao and Yang Lu
Change management in digitalised railway – a case study of Swedish railway
digitalisation
Multidisciplinary Joint simulation and Optimization of Electric Locomotive
Railway Level Crossing Risk Assessment and Maintenance Prioritisation Based on
the Big Data Analysis Approach
Next-Generation Rail Systems using Artificial Intelligence and Machine
Learning
Test Study on Adhesion Utilization of Heavy Haul Electric Locomotive
14:20 - 14:40 247 Siva Naidoo and Beng Oh 133 Ulrich Spangenberg 182 Siboniso Vilakazi, Ntombi Mathe and Lerato Tshabalala
219 Geoffrey Voss, Craig Cameron and Olivera Pavlovic
268 Yang Sile
Development of Augmented Reality (AR) models to improve efficiency during
maintenance and fault diagnosis in heavy-haul environments
Variable frequency drive interharmonics resulting in locomotive wheel
polygonisation
Feasibility of Additive Manufacturing for the South African Rail Industry
APPLICATION OF ETCS BASELINE 3 BRAKING CURVES IN HEAVY HAUL
Study on testing technology of digital traction substation of heavy-haul
railway
14:40 - 15:00 320 Hannes Gräbe 327 Raphael Pfaff, Bernd Schmidt, Julian Franzen, Daniela Wilbring and Manfred
Enning
187 Baoshuan Tian, Hongliang Wei and Gang Shen
325 David Lubinsky, Deon van Niekerk and Handre Williams
276 Guinan Zhang, Yang Lu, Jin Huang and Bo Chen
Improving Rail Safety through Occurrence Investigation Skills Training
Wagon4.0 – the smart wagon for improved integration into Industry 4.0
plants
Analysis on the development of railway heavy hual technology based on industry
4.0
Maximising throughput in a shared heavy-haul system by way of War Room
Support and Scheduling
Analyzing interharmonic propagation characteristics of traction drive system
under complicated operation conditions
15:00 - 15:20 417 Ulla Juntti, Veronica Jägare and Ramin Karim
330 Vivek Mohan 475 Florian Auer 459 Chen-Yu Lin and Christopher Barkan 301 Theolen Chetty, Tyrell Govender and Deolan Reddy
Enhanced collaboration models in eMaintenance projects
Big Data in Rail Freight sector of Indian Railways
Digitalisation lays the foundation for full transparency and sustainability in track
maintenance
Train presence probability modeling in the risk assessment of adjacent track accidents on multiple track territory
The future of traction substation maintenance management
WEDNESDAY 12 JUNEREGISTRATION
PLENARY SESSION - OPENING
AFTERNOON COFFEE/TEA
Room 1 Room 2 Room 3 Room 4 Room 5
WEDNESDAY12 JUNE
TR2 Session VTS - IoT and AI Session Chair Michael Roney
Session RS - Bearing & wagon Session Chair Semih Kalay
Session BT - Bridges and Tunnels Session Chair Mmmm Nnnnn
Session OP - Automated train operation
Session Chair Shaun Robertson
Session EC - Extreame Condidtions Session Chair Hallstein Gåsemyr
16:10 - 16:30 62 Han Junfeng, Li Hua, Zhao Tianjun and Lv Kewei
97 Maurizio Martinetti and Nils Ekholm 14 Xiyin Zhang, Xingchong Chen and Mingbo Ding
36 Helei Hu, Mingzhu Wang, Huazhen Yu, Yu Liu, Xi Wang and Youneng Huang
34 Zeng Yanjun, Zhang Hai, Jin Xihong and Xiao Qian
Discussion on framework and key technologies of intelligent heavy-duty
train
Maintenance interval extension evaluation for railway wheel-set
bearings
Seismic rehabilitation of railway bridge column by CFRP wrapping
Research on Heavy-haul Train Assistant Driving Strategy of Shuohuang Railway
Study on the Working State of the Coupler system of heavy haul
Locomotive Under long steep slope and its influence on Train Operation Safety
16:30 - 16:50 105 Bobby Gilbert 100 Dustin Clasby and Monique Stewart 15 Anna Rakoczy, Duane Otter and Stephen Dick
64 Xu Xianliang, Chen Jun, Han Tao and Feng Lei
118 Benjamin Bakkum, Richard Joy and Megan Brice
An Artificial Intelligence System to Find Rail Flaws
Diagnosis and Detection of Bearing Grease Degradation and Defects for
Freight Vehicles
Steel bridge fatigue life estimation using probabilistic method
A Lightweight ATO Solution for China’s Heavy Haul Rail Transport
Establishment of a Cold Weather Heavy Axle Load Revenue Service Test Site
16:50 - 17:10 140 Christer Stenström 127 Alan Buchanan 111 Stephen Dick 81 Yucheng Huang, Shuai Su and Xi Wang 373 Bob Coakley, Matthew Dick, John Furlong, Matt Foot and Jackie van der
Westhuizen
Condition Based Maintenance of Rail Infrastructure Using Internet of Things
Data Loggers
Optimizing heavy haul rail journal bearings, for artic conditions
Preliminary Screening of Railway Deck Girder Bridges for Fatigue
Intelligent control of the long heavy-haul trains
AUTOMATED TRACK INSPECTION FOR WINTER CONDITIONS
17:10 - 17:30 277 Saeed Hossein-Nia and Sebastian Stiche 176 Ntombi Mathe, Busisiwe Julia Mfusi and Lerato Criscelda Tshabalala
329 Hallstein Gåsemyr and Kameran Aziz 178 Luiz Hungria, Gleidson Soares and Filipe Mendes
485 Alireza Roghani, Ph.D.
Using Multibody Simulation as virtual twin to predict the wheel life for Iron-ore
locomotive wheels
Aluminium Additive Manufacturing for the South African Rail Industry
Dynamic modelling regarding stresses on existing bridges in Heavy Haul Operation
considering track irregularities on Ofotbanen, Norway
Study to finding the drag forces over specific model train operating with
double stack cars 40’
Studying the impact of freeze thaw cycles on performance of railway tracks
07:30 - 08:30
08:30 - 10:00
10:00 - 10:30 MORNING TEARoom 1 Room 2 Room 3 Room 4 Room 5
THURSDAY13 JUNE
TR3 Session VTS - Track and vehicles management
Session Chair Uday Kumar
Session MPTE - Energy & Augmented Reality
Session Chair Mmmm Nnnnn
Session BT+TR - Bridges, Tunnels, Rail material
Session Chair Mmm Nnnnn
Session OP - Capacity Session Chair Shaun Robertson
TR2 Session TR - Modelling & Simulation 1 Session Chair Rainer
Wently
10:30 -10:50 173 Chunsheng Li, Shihui Luo, Colin Cole and Maksym Spiryagin
32 Zhang Xinn, Zhang Xin and Tian Yi 102 Cong Liu, Li-Min Peng, Ming-Feng Lei, Cheng-Hua Shi and Ning Liu
26 Jinzhong Jia, Xianhong Meng, Youneng Huang, Bo Liu, Chunhai Gao and Tao
Tang
96 Hamid Khajehei, Alireza Ahmadi, Mohammad Haddadzade and Iman
Soleimanmeigouni
A fault detection and isolation (FDI) method for wedge dampers of heavy
haul wagons
Energy management of hybrid shunting locomotive based on Markov chains
Mechanical Characteristics & Fatigue Performances of
Heavy Haul Railway Tunnel Base Structures
Research and Application of Moving Block System in Shuohuang Heavy-haul
Railway
Application of Artificial Neural Network for track geometry degradation
modeling
10:50 - 11:10 234 C.C.E. Rossouw, R.D. Frohling and A.L. Nel 249 Scott Swenson 434 Fulvio Busatta 31 Ma Lin and Yuan Lei 103 Iman Soleimanmeigouni, Alireza Ahmadi, Hamid Khajehei, Arne Nissen
and Mohammad Haddadzade
Fault diagnosis in railway vehicle suspensions
A living product specification Heavy Haul Train Dominant Frequencies - Insights and Practical Use
Assessment and Improvement of the Capacity of Heavy-haul Railway
Optimization of track geometry inspection interval
11:10 -11:30 340 Antonio Merheb, Joseph Palese, Allan Zarembski and Liedi Bernucci
314 Arthur De Oliveira and Jean Carlos Dutra 110 Ananyo Bandyopadhyay and Joseph Lopresti
254 Bengt Bolsöy 358 Bjarne Bergquist and Peter Söderholm
Evaluation of continuous vertical track deflection and stiffness on track
degradation
Modelling and optimization of lead-acid batteries on rolling stock applications – A metaheuristic approach through big
data analysis.
Evaluation of High Strength Rails under Heavy Axle Loads
Breakthrough performance with a helix dumper system
Prediction Models for Track Deterioration
308 R. Ravitharan & J. Chevin, H. Chung, C.H. Vong & D. Zhang
470 Benoit Coulon, Joseph Kristan, Mark Richards and Greg Lehnhoff
483 Kennedy Phala 461 Daniel Buntine
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF UNMANNED AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS (UAS)
FOR RAILWAY INSPECTION
Ultra-Premium Rail Steel to Achieve Breakthrough Performance Levels –
Development and Performance Characterization
A Study into Intelligent Neutral Section Fault Monitoring System on the Coal Line Using Wireless Sensor Network
(WSN)
Extracting predictive insights from latent track condition data
PLENARY SESSION - OPENING
THURSDAY 13 JUNEREGISTRATION
LUNCH 12:30 - 14:00
Room 1 Room 2 Room 3 Room 4 Room 5
THURSDAY13 JUNE
TR1 Session TR - Ballast Session Chair Mmmm Nnnnn
Session - TR Monitoring Session Chair Alireza Ahmadi
Session TR - Wheel & Rail Management Session Chair Arne
Nissen
Session RS - Bogies & Braking Session Chair Colin Cole
Session TR - Track Design Session Chair Darrell Cantrell
14:00 - 14:20 220 André Broekman and Hannes Gräbe 204 Ivan Vidovic and Matthias Landgraf 5 Cristiano Jorge, Renata Cristina Do Carmo and Felipe Vidon
38 Xiao Weiyuan, Ou Dongfang, Xie Lei, Yang Jianping, Jiang Yong and Wu Jiheng
267 Andrei Khaidurov
Analysis and Interpretation of Mesoscale Ballast Particle Dynamics Using Kli-Pi
Higher Railway Track Availability achieved by innovative Data Analytics
Dual Gage & Double Track System: An innovative challenge to meet Friction Management Strategy in the Brazilian
Heavy Haul Railroad
Research system proposal of wagon brake monitoring with tow data
transmission paths
Using big data to derive dynamic load impact factors appropriate for a modern
heavy haul railway
14:20 - 14:40 262 Shuaihao Zhang, Lianheng Zhao, Dongliang Huang, Yibo Luo and Ming
Deng
217 Steven Moore. Dwayne Nielsen and Shah Ahmad
141 Christer Stenström 43 Yu Liu and Lei Yuan 281 Aleksander Pedersen, Tanita Fossli Brustad, Rune Dalmo and Børre Bang
Geometrical Information Extraction and Database Construction of Railway Ballast
Based on Digital Image Processing Technology
Track inspections using drones and machine vision
Applying Eurostat’s Quality Assurance Framework on Railway Operation and
Maintenance Data
Research on Optimization of Heavy Haul Train Speed Protection Algorithm Based
on Improved Braking Model
Alternative representation of railway track geometry
14:40 - 15:00 344 Shunturi Govender 371 Khuliso Mulaudzi, Bheki Biyela and Timothy Rangata
298 Giovanni Dias, Marcos Cotta, Jardeles Nunes, Rafael Lychowski, Kardilson
Rodrigues, Diego Freitas, Ricardo Schmitt and Leandro Lopes
125 Scott Cummings, Matt DeGeorge, Tony Sultana, Alexander Keylin and Jack
Schultz
478 Han Zi-Li
THE BALLAST OF THE FUTURE ON HEAVY HAUL LINES: ASSESSING THE VIABILITY OF NEOBALLAST ON THE COAL LINE IN
TERMS OF DURABILITY, TRACK PERFORMANCE AND MAINTENANCE
PROPERTIES
Automated, Real Time, Longitudinal Stress Management to Improve Safety
of Heavy Haul Operations
Railroad 4.0: Use Advanced Analytics and Big Data to predict rail wheel wear
Investigation of Undesired Emergency Brake Applications
A track and subgrade structure of railway suitable for 40-tons axle load
15:00 - 15:20 462 Yuanjie Xiao, Meng Wang, Zhenxing Chang and Keyang Zheng
374 Graham Curtis and Lucie Richardson 476 Björn Larsen and Dan Larsson 360 Carlos Casanueva, Visakh Krishna, Saeed Hossein Nia and Sebastian Stichel
479 Ma Zhan-Guo
Ballast Compaction Techniques and Quality Control Evaluated from Particle
Movement at Meso-scale Using SmartRock Sensors
Development of a simple to install, multi-element rail sensor and techniques to
monitor infrastructure and vehicle performance and safety risks in real
time
Macroscale Measurement of Wheel-Rail Forces under Heavy Haul Trains
FR8RAIL Y25 running gear for high tonnage and speed
Analysis of the Dynamic Performance of new track structure under 40-tons Axle
Load
COFFEE/TEA
Room 1 Room 2 Room 3 Room 4 Room 5
THURSDAY13 JUNE
TR2 Session TR - Modelling & Simulation 2 Session Chair Elias Kassa
Session TR - Rail Head Monitoring & Testing
Session Chair Mmm Nnnnn
Session TR - Welds Session Chair Hannes Grabe
Session RS - Bogies & Monitoring Session Chair Anna Orlova
Session VTS - Machine Learning & Testing
Session Chair Sebastian Stichel
16:10 -16:30 95 Luiz Alves, Décio Vicenzi, Ricardo Souza and Helio Goldenstein
86 Yu Zhang, Xiaorong Gao, Zhen Wang and Bo Zhao
117 Jörg Keichel, Daniel Liebenthal and Howard Smith
72 Yufeng Cao, Zhenming Liu, Wendong Shao, Shifeng Xu, Guodong Zhou and
Fengjun Mu
192 Leandro Lopes, Ada da Silva, Guilherme Arruda and Giovanni Dias
Mathematical Modeling to Predict and Optimize Mechanical Properties and
Microstructural Heterogeneities of Welds and the Heat-Affected Zones in Vale's
Thermite Welding Process
Research on Phased Array Flaw Inspection System for Heavy Haul Rail
Thermit® Welding 4.0 for Heavy Haul 4.0! Research and application of lightweight technology for china's heavy-duty
railway freight car bogies
Machine Learning Applied to Temperature Alarm Prediction in Train
Wagon Bearings
16:30 - 16:50 101 Sergey Zakharov and Nikita Gorshkov 87 Francois Burger and Philip Loveday 145 Luiz Alves, Moises Lagares, Roberto Moreira Filho, Tiago Tepedino and Hélio
Goldenstein
165 Esteban Bernal, Maksym Spiryagin and Colin Cole
216 Adam Barnes and Nicholas Keogh
STUDY AND SIMULATION OF SURFACE ROLLING CONTACT FATIGUE RAIL
DAMAGES
Ultrasonic Broken Rail Detector Technology Development
Predictive Mathematical Modeling of the Flash-Butt Welding Process to Optimize the Properties of Welds of Premium and
Super Premium Rails
Innovative Sensor-Node Hardware Architecture for Onboard Heavy Haul
Wagon Monitoring
Automation of track inspections through Machine Learning
16:50 - 17:10 319 Surendra Bisht, Ksenija Stanic-Colic and Maneesh Gupta
92 Richard Pagett, Hugh Wheelwright and Dr David Vincent
156 Thulani Sitimela, Siboniso Vilakazi, Leonard Msibi and Johan Van Aardt
181 Paul Bladon, Denis D'Aoust and Gustavo Barros Castro
230 Anna Orlova, Roman Savushkin, Aleksey Sokolov, Sergey Dmitriev, Evgenii
Semenov and Iurii Boronenko
Rail Alignment Re-baselining _ A Way to Improve Track Maintenance Effectiveness
Track defect and wheel damage: Detection and location
Comparative Analysis using Equivalent stress and fatigue properties on
aluminothermic and flash butt welds using Fine Element Fatigue based and durability
analysis method (N-Code)
Case study by VLI S.A. of lateral running position of wheelsets and the
symptomatic damages to wheelsets and bogie components, analysing heavy haul
rolling stock on metric gauge.
Operational testing of trains and monitoring of 1520 mm gauge
infrastructure under 27t per axle load freight wagons
17:10 - 17:30 393 David Herron and Steve Cox 128 Michael Conway, Michael Hendry and James Hogan
357 John Cookson, Anthony Micheletto, Cong Qiu and Peter Mutton
346 Colin Cole, Maksym Spiryagin, Qing Wu and Chris Bosomworth
399 Daniel Carmo and Celso Munaro
Assessment of the Standards for Laboratory Testing of Rail Fasteners for
Use on Heavy Lines
Dynamic and Quasi-Static Failure of Rail Steels
Determining weldability of rail steels for heavy haul railways
An adaptive train monitoring system using IoT technologies.
Data based models and machine learning classifiers applied to fault detection and diagnosis of Diesel-
electric locomotives
08:20 - 10:00 CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Room 1 Room 2 Room 3 Room 4 Room 5FRIDAY14 JUNE
TR3 Session TR - Design & Monitoring Session Chair Frode Teigen
Session TR - Sleeper & Fastener Session Chair Mmmm Nnnnn
Session VTS - Wheel/Rail Alalysis Session Chair Roger Lundén
Session RS - Monitoring Session Chair Matthias Asplund
Session RS - Wheel/Rail Interface Session Chair Anders Ekberg
08:30 - 08:50 121 Masanobu Kusuda, Tadashi Deshimaru and Hiroo Kataoka
77 Yin Gao and Michael McHenry 45 Guoyun Liu, Zhongcheng Jiang, Bo Zhang, Linfeng Wang and Xiaobo Zhong
205 Leandro Lopes, Guilherme Arruda and Camila Araujo
29 Ziqiang Xu and Xiaoqing Dong
A study on the design method for the ballasted track in consideration of
unsupported sleepers
MODELING AND FIELD INVESTIGATION OF SPIKE BREAKAGE ON ELASTIC
FASTENER TIE PLATES
Vibration characteristic analysis of heavy haul electric locomotive due to wheel
polygonalisation
Mapping of optimum Hot Box installation locations on a freight
railroad
Research and verification on the nonlinear characteristics of Wheel/rail
equivalent conicity
08:50 - 09:10 148 Thulani Sitimela, Thato Mahlatji and Siboniso Vilakazi
167 Ksenija Stanic-Colic and Justin Bagge 94 Peter Sroba, Dhaval Daftari, Charles Rudeen, Mark Lenihan, Rubim De Moura, Rafael Gaier Gomes and Damien Stubbs
347 Colin Cole, Maksym Spiryagin, Qing Wu and Chris Bosomworth
33 Zhang Hai, Xiao Qian and Lin Fengtao
Technical Requirements for Prefabricated Transition Closure Rails on Tangent Track
Using Finite Element Analysis
Improving sleeper stability in heavy haul track through the application of resilient
TPE rail pads
Using digital technology to advance preventative rail grinding on a 42-tonne
axle load railway.
A system for monitoring and managing wagon dynamic stability in long trains
Study on the Cause and Evolution of the Wear of Thread at the end of the Freight
Car Axle
09:10 - 09:30 413 Mikhail Levinzon and Boris Kharitonov 191 Josue Cesar Bastos, Marcus Dersch, J. Riley Edwards and Christopher Barkan
135 Raphael Marotta, Gustavo Castro, Mariana Costa and David Goldsman
452 Kambiz Nayebi and Chris Prebble 107 Anish Poudel, Matt Witte and Brian Lindeman
Evaluation criteria of wheel/rail interaction measurement results by
trackside control equipment
Water Damage in Cracked Prestressed Concrete Sleepers
Definition of a Maintenance Strategy Based on Combined Monitoring of Bogie’s
Geometry and Wheel/Rail Forces
The Impact of Machine Vision Technology in Heavy Haul Operations
Automated Monitoring of Sub-surface Fatigue Cracks in Railway Wheels in
Heavy Haul Operations
09:30 - 09:50 477 Dan Larsson and Christian Gustafsson 246 Renato Lataliza Vasconcelos, Luciano de Oliveira, Rodrigo Franco Rodrigues,
Vitor Martins Barbosa, Matheus Parreiras Andrade, André Bicalho
Messias Almeida, Glauco Ferreira Gazel Yared, Sarah Negreiros de Carvalho Leite, Carlos Henrique Nogueira de Resende Barbosa and Dalton Silva
392 Bengt Jonsson, Jesper Weterberg and Robert Pallari
471 Wolfgang Birk, Thomas Dittmann, Ramin Karim and Jesper Westerberg
409 Anders Ekberg and Stuart Grassie
Increasing Track Uptime by Using a Portable Equipment for Measuring Track
Alignment from Regularly Trains
Vibration Analysis for Crack Detection in Railroad Steel Sleepers
Analytics for Wayside-detector data in Sweden and Norway – Useful for LKAB’s
work in preventive maintenance
Experiences from the detection and prediction of wheel damages on railway
vehicles in operation
Surface damage of wheels and rails: Similarities, differences and effective
mitigation strategies
COFFEE/TEA
FRIDAY 14 JUNE
Room 1 Room 2 Room 3 Room 4 Room 5
FRIDAY14 JUNE
TR1 Session TR - Maintenance 4.0 Session Chair Wolfgang Birk
Session TR - Substructure Session Chair Alf Helge Løhren
Session VTS - Safety & Monitoring Session Chair Bjarne Bergqvist
Session - RS Wheels & Axles Session Chair Robert Fröhling
10:30 - 10:50 154 Ashley Toth and Leonard Msibi 3 Ralph Zhang, Helen Wu and John Mcleod
17 Stanislas Pinte, Robert Grant, Maurizio Palumbo and Emmanuel Fernandes
106 Matthew Witte, Anish Poudel and Brian Lindeman
A Conceptual Evaluation and Benefit of Additive Manufacturing Technology to
Improve Maintenance Tasks in the Railway Industry
Risk Assessment and Maintenance Prioritisation of Track “Bog Hole” Failure
Based on Big Data Analysis Approach
How to reduce the impact of track circuits failures
Thermography for Automated Cracked Axle Detection
10:50 - 11:10 232 Robert Grant and Markus Nottelmann 89 Taifeng Li, Feng Chen, Zhongguo Li and Dong Zhang
166 Zhichao Zhang, Gaofeng Chu, Honglin Zu and Gu Li
108 Kerry Jones and Gary Fry
Enriching Track Maintenance Planning with Data Fusion between Traditional and Emerging Inspection Technologies
Study of Transition Section Structure of 35t-40t Heavy Haul Railway with Foam
Light Weight Soil
Research on key running safety problems of heavy-haul locomotive
Testing next generation wheel steels
11:10 - 11:30 306 Katlego Lekala and Thula Khathi 90 Stephen Wilk, Colin Basye, Megan Brice and Jay Baillargeon
377 Daoxing Chen 282 Ronaldo Faria Antunes, Marco Tulio Coelho Bachour, Antonio Sergio
Medeiros Fonseca and Samuel Winiarski
Maintenance improvement of 210 km coal export yard though Integrated Track Condition Monitoring Solutions and track
Inspection
Influence of Rain Events on the Performance of Fine-Contaminated
Ballast
Analysis of Occurrence Big Data and Safety Margin in Multifactor Derailments
Operational benefit and maintenance assessment of new tubular axles
11:30 - 11:50 312 Mariana De Almeida Costa, David Goldsman and Hugo Almeida Ribeiro
91 Mohammad Haddadzade, Alireza Ahmadi, Hamid Khajehei and Iman
Soleimanmeigouni
460 Brandon Wang and Christopher Barkan 335 François Demilly, Stephane Salengro and Fabrice Fortin
Spatiotemporal Kriging Supporting Railroad Track Maintenance Decisions
Multi-objective optimization of scheduling of railway track tamping
using modified NSGA-II
Heavy Haul Freight Train Severity and Consequence Analysis in North America
Heavy Haul wheelset axle load optimisation, design and validation of a
45t/axle solution
12:00 - 14:00 CLOSING SESSION
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Plenary session programme International Heavy Haul STS Conference
Narvik, Norway, 13th June 2019
SESS
ION
SLOT TIME (min)
TOPIC SPEAKER/ PRESENTER
1 08:30-08:35 5 Opening Day 2 Mr. Scott Lovelace 2 08:35-10:00 115 Highlights from IHHA member countries Director Member country
10:00-10:30 30 Coffee/Tea Break 10:30 - Parallel sessions
Closing Session programme International Heavy Haul STS Conference
Narvik, Norway, 14th June 2019
SESS
ION
SLOT TIME (min)
TOPIC SPEAKER/ PRESENTER
1 12:30-12:55 25 Best Papers Awards Mr. Brian Monakali / Mr. Thor Braekkan 2 12:55-13:15 20 Heavy Haul 4.0 - 2030 Mr. Brian Monakali
13:15-13:35 20 Wrap up the Conference proceedings Mr. Michael Roney 13:35-13:40 5 Announcement of the Housing
Country for next Conference Mr. Brian Monakali
13:40-13:50 10 Words from the Country Director to host the next conference.
13:50-14:00 10 Vote of Thanks Mr. Thor Braekkan 14:00-15:30 30 Lunch
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Technical tour programme International Heavy Haul STS Conference
Narvik, Norway, 15th June 2019
Ofotbanen (with hike at Navvy road)
SESS
ION
SLOT TOPIC
07:30-08:00 Bus transfer from hotels to Quality Grand Royal Hotel
08:00-09:30
Presentations: • Ofoten line/Iron Ore Line• LKAB• Kaunis Iron/Narvik Bulk Terminal• Kiruna Wagon
09:30-11:30 Visit to LKAB and Narvik Bulk Terminal 3 buses - different routes 11:30-12:00 Narvik station – Rombaksbotn Model
12:00 Train departure -Narvik station 12:50-13:50 Lunch at Katterat station
13:50 Train departure – Katterat Station 14:50 Train departure – Bjørnfjell station 15:10 Train arrival – Katterat station
For technical tour only For hike to Rombaksbotn 15:30 Train departure Katterat station 16:20 Train arrival Narvik station 16:25 Bus transfer to hotels
15:10-18:30 Hike on The Navvy Road from Katterat to Rombaksbotn.
18:30-19:30 Dinner in Rombaksbotn 19:30-21:00 Boat and bus transport to Narvik
