Theme-1

Permanent Way, Rail Maintenance, Signalling & Electrification

Theme-2

Railway Structures & Geotechnics

·         Assets:

      Asset databases

      Systems engineering

      Whole-life costing

      Reliability analysis

      Maintenance resourcing

 

·         Management:

Track asset management

Journey time improvement

Pricing policy & methodology

 

·         Track:

      Investigation & analysis

      Track design

      High speed track, including tilting trains

      Track maintenance & monitoring

      Ballast life & maintenance

      Heavy Haul issues

      Formation treatment

      Ballastless track

      New concepts of track bed

      Sleeper/Tie design & track fastening

      Points/switch maintenance and failures

 

·         Light Rail:

Design

      Maintenance

      Cost savings

 

·         Rail:

      Performance and failures

      Rail maintenance & improvement

      Rail inspection technology

      Rail steels - metallurgy & hardening

      Gauge corner cracking

      Wheel/rail interaction

      Heavy Haul issues

      Rail grinding

      Life prediction

 

·         Signalling:           

      New technology in Signalling

      TPWS & ETCS

      Computer based interlocking

      Economics of Signalling

      Safety

 

·         Electrification & Lighting

 

·         Safety Integrity Levels (SILs)

 

·         Heavy Haul Issues

 

·         Case Studies

 

·         Assets:

      Asset databases

      Whole-life costing

      Reliability analysis

 

·         Bridges:

       Investigation of Railway Bridges

       Steel & Iron Railroad Bridges

       Concrete & Post-tensioned Concrete Bridges

       Masonry Arch Rail Bridges

       NDT of Rail Bridges

       Heavy Haul Bridges      

       Repair Procedures

       Advanced Composites in Rail Bridge Repair

 

·       Retaining Walls

      Investigation & Repair

 

·         Tunnels:

       Investigation & Repair

       Fire in Rail Tunnels

 

·         Earthworks:

       Embankments & slopes

       Heavy haul embankments

       Condition monitoring of embankments

       Stabilising earthworks

       Control of vegetation

 

·         Foundation solutions

      Piled foundations

 

·         Heavy Haul issues

 

·         Contamination Clean-up

 

·         Station Renewal

 

·         Safety & Access Issues

 

·         Case Studies

Short to medium length contributions from practising engineers will be particularly welcome - in addition to papers from university researchers.

 

Deadline: Abstracts of Papers (200 words) should be submitted not later than 30th November 2008 to:

 

Professor M.C. Forde, PhD, FREng, FRSE, CEng, FICE, FIET

Carillion Professor

University of Edinburgh

School of Engineering & Electronics

The Kings Buildings, Edinburgh EH9 3JL, UK

 

Fax: +44-(0)131-452-8596

 

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