NEW – ICRI Webmeeting on Development of a Modelling Tool for Predicting Wheel/Rail Interface Friction with Leaves (Presented 08OCT20)

• Presentation
• Video: LILAC Testing
• Meeting Recording

ICRI Webmeeting on Wheel-Rail Creep Forces and Testing and Modelling of TOR Friction Products (Presented 28JUL20)

• Survey and modeling of wheel-rail creep forces
• Modeling the Effects of Top-of-Rail Friction Modifiers (TOR-FM) on Creep Forces in the Wheel-Rail Interface
• Meeting Recording

ICRI Webmeeting on Pummeling Simulation and Broken Rails (Presented 14JUL20)

• Rolling contact fatigue in heavy haul railroads – conclusions from an extensive pummelling simulation
• An ICRI task: Broken Rails, Risk and Safety
• Meeting Recording

ICRI Webmeeting on Squats and Wheel Squeal (Presented 30JUN20)

• Rail maintenance and its impact on Squat mitigation
• Wheel squeal and flanging noise
• Meeting Recording

ICRI Webmeeting on Premium Rails (Presented 18JUN20)

• Initial Experiences of Premium Rail Steels on London Underground
• Use of Premium Rail Steels – An International Survey
• Meeting Recording

ICRI Webmeeting Deep Learning Applications in Railway Maintenance and Operation (Presented 28MAY20)

• Presentation PDF
• Meeting Recording

ICRI Webmeeting on Bezgin Method for impact force calculations (Presented 31MAR20)

• Presentation PDF
• Meeting Recording

ICRI Webmeeting on VTI Economics (Presented 25MAR20)

• Presentation PDF
• Meeting Recording

ICRI Webmeeting on Broken Rail Detection (Presented 30MAY19)

• Presentation PDF

ICRI Webmeeting on Damage Modelling (Presented 24OCT18)

• Meeting Recording (limited time available)
• Rail/Vehicle Simulations to Quantify Loading Environment for Damage Modelling (Huang, Woelfle and Jahagirdar)
• International benchmarking of track damage models (Nielsen and Spiryagin)

ICRI Webmeeting on Damage Modelling (Presented 08MAR18)

• Meeting Recording
• Review of past activities & new steps (Edwin Vollebregt)
• Modelling the Effects of Friction Modifiers on Creep Forces in the Wheel-Rail Interface (Lewis, Lee, Six, Trummer)
• Plasticity model in CONTACT (Wekken, Vollebregt)

ICRI Webmeeting (Presented 12DEC17)

• Meeting Recording
• Introduction
• Derailment Risk Calculation Incorporating Specific Track Maintenance Action
• Field Characterization of Rail Friction
• Quantifying Surface Damage

ICRI Webmeeting (Presented 06JUL17)

• Modelling of RCF (Daniel Szablewski)
• Residual cracks in rails (Eric Magel)

ICRI Workshop in London (01FEB17)

• Introduction (Eric Magel)
• Rail Welds – damage prediction (Peter Mutton)
• Damage modelling (Klaus Six)
• Moving CSX to a predictive grinding program (Dan Hampton)
• London Underground RCF monitoring (Andy Vickerstaff)
• Wheel damage (Adam Bevan)
• Friction Modelling (Klaus Six, Edwin Vollebregt)
• Scaling of small-scale to data to full-scale modelling (Roger Lewis)
• AWRISE, discussion and next steps

ICRI Webex Meeting (Presented 19JAN17)

• Grinding of New Rails (D. Bjork, B. Kerchof, R. Harris)
• Friction Modifier Material Evaluation Practices (W. Dombrow)
• Measurement of Residual Stress in Rails using Ultrasonics (H. Brunskill, R. Lewis)
• WebEx Conference Recording (first 8 minutes missed)

ICRI Damage Modelling Webex (Presented 20DEC16)

• Damage Modelling (K. Six)
• Damage Modelling (A. Bevan)
• WebEx Recording not available

ICRI RCF Webex (Presented 12DEC16)

• Reverse Transverse Defects / Detail Fractures (P. Mutton)
• Quantifying RCF in Rails (D. Szablewski)
• WebEx Conference Recording

Vehicle Track Interaction Strategic Model (VTISM)

• 09JUN16 – Demonstration, WebEx Recording
• 28APR16 – Review (A. Bevan)
• 28APR16 WebEx Recording