RISSB Wheel Rail Interface Forum 2014

The RISSB Wheel Rail Interface Forum will review the fundamentals of what happens between wheel and rail and examine the complex issues around the wheel rail interface.

Responding to feedback from the inaugural Wheel Rail Interface forum, we have extended the 2014 forum to feature more interactive sessions.

The two day forum will review the fundamentals of what happens between wheel and rail before focusing on the practicalities of monitoring, interventions, maintenance, management and the critical importance of the interdisciplinary cooperation.

It will feature a number of expert technical presentations and case studies covering key issues including:

WHEEL RAIL DYNAMICS: Looking at the basics of wheel rail interaction
DESIGN: Suspension designs to optimize curving and hunting
CONTACT MECHANICS
WHEEL AND RAIL PROFILES
TRACK: Matching the track to the load
CONDITION MONITORING

SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
Dr Stephen Marich, Director, Marich Consulting Services
Laurie Wilson, Manager Infrastructure and Engineering, RISSB
Steven McKee, Condition Monitoring Analyst, Pacific National
Glenn Donaldson, Project Manager, Downer Infrastructure
John Paff, Lead Track Engineer, Assets Standards Authority, Transport NSW
Dr Jiandong Jiang, Noise Specialist, Transport for NSW
Dr Martin Murray, Director, KCPM Consulting
Darrien Welsby, Institute of Railway Technology, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University
Dr Dhamodharan Raman, Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow, CQUniversity
Dr Nirmal Mandal, Senior Lecturer, Centre for Railway Engineering, CQUniversity
Graeme Templer, Consultant, Australasian Transport Risk Solutions (ATRS)