1. Ingeniería

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM*
SATURDAY 20 JUNE 2015
0800 – 1730
Management of the Wheel Rail Interface Workshop
Venue: Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre
SUNDAY 21 JUNE 2015
0800 – 1200
Management of the Wheel Rail Interface Workshop,
Venue: Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre
1200 - 1800
Registration Desk Open
1730 - 1930
Welcome Reception
Venue: To be confirmed
MONDAY 22 JUNE 2015
0730 - 1800
Registration Desk Open
0930 – 1830
Exhibition Open
0830 – 1030
OPENING SESSION
Combined opening plenary session with the ARA 5th Heavy Haul Australia Conference
Conference Co-Host Welcome
Stephen Cathcart, Chair, IHHA and Graham Holden, Executive Chair, RTSA
IHHA Welcome
Scott Lovelace, CEO, IHHA
5th Heavy Haul Australia Welcome
Bryan Nye OAM, Chief Executive Officer, Australasian Railway Association
Official Opening
Her Excellency the Honourable Kerry Sanderson AO, Governor of Western Australia (invited)
Opening video of Heavy Haul Railways
IHHA Best Practice Book Update
Roy Allen
Keynote Address: Operational Excellence in Heavy Haul Railroading
Mark Manion, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Norfolk Southern Corporation, USA
Heavy Haul Research and Technology by IHHA Board members
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Australia HH Update

North America HH Update

South Africa HH Update

Nordic HH Update
*Organisers reserve the right to alter the program as circumstances dictate
1
1030 – 1100
MORNING TEA
1100 – 1230
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Session TS 1: Rail Flaw
Inspection
Session RS 1: Wheel
Performance
Improved Rail Inspection
Using Phased Array
Ultrasonic Technology
Matthew Witte
TTCI, USA
High Temperature Tread
Braking Simulations
Employing Advanced
Modelling of Wheel
Materials
Ali Esmaeili
Chalmers University of
Technology, SWEDEN
Application of Phased
Array Ultrasonic Testing
for Enhanced Quality
Assurance of Flashbutt
Welds
Peter Mutton
Institute of Railway
Technology, Monash
University, AUSTRALIA
Assessment of
Overheated Wheels for
Increased Serviceability
Using the Ultrasonic
Birefringence Residual
Stress Measurement
Technique
Iman Salehi
Institute of Railway
Technology, Monash
University, AUSTRALIA
Locomotive Wheels
Defects and Measures
of Wheel Tyres Life
Extention
Sergey Zakharov
JSC 'Railway Research
Institute', RUSSIA
Allowable Wheel Loads,
Crack Sizes and
Inspection Intervals to
Prevent Rail Breaks
Anders Ekberg
CHARMEC, Chalmers
University of Technology,
SWEDEN
Study of the
Development and Growth
of Transverse Defects in
Transnet Freight Rail
Network
Justice Ngoato
Transnet Freight Rail,
SOUTH AFRICA
Analysis on Thermal
Fatigue Crack Growth
Characteristics of HeavyHaul Wheel Tread Based
on 3D FEM
Lan Li
China Academy of Railway
Sciences, CHINA
1230 – 1330
LUNCH
1330 - 1530
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Session RS 6: Wagon
Design
Session RS 2: Wheel
Materials
Wagon Design
Processes Differences to
AAR Specifications in
160 Tonne Gondalas
David Gillard
Bradken, AUSTRALIA
Microstructure and
Mechanical Properties of
Micro-Alloy Wheel Steels
for Heavy-Haul Rolling
Stock
Tao Cong
Metal & Chemistry
Research Institute, China
Academy of Railway
Sciences, CHINA
Session VTS 3:
Automated Asset Health
Monitoring Systems
Assessing the Impact of
Increased Axle Loads
Using Continuously
Measured Performance
Data
Paul Reichl
Institute of Railway
Technology, Monash
University, AUSTRALIA
Cape Gauge Track
Geometry Quality - “
What is Acceptable?
Robert Frohling
Transnet Freight Rail,
SOUTH AFRICA
Improving the Efficiency
of Vale's EFC Line
Through the use of
Continuously Measured
Operational Data
Paul Reichl
Institute of Railway
Technology, Monash
University, AUSTRALIA
Expanded Use and
Evaluation of
Autonomous
Vehicle/Track Interaction
Equipment
Rafael Maldonado
ENSCO, Inc., USA
Session VTS 4:
Wheel/Rail Profile
Performance
Wheel Squeal and the
Relationship Between
Bogie Geometry and
Asymmetrically Worn
Wheels, An Investigation
Keith Bladon
Bladon Enterprises Pty.
Ltd., AUSTRALIA
*Organisers reserve the right to alter the program as circumstances dictate
Session OPS EX 5: ECP
Brakes
Session SF 1:
Derailment Analysis
Optimising ECP in
Queensland, Preventing
Brake Block Metal Pick
Up
Clinton Smalley
Pacific National,
AUSTRALIA
Hunting and Derailment
Analysis of a PartlyFilled Railway Tanker
Iman Hazrati Ashtiani
Concordia University,
CANADA
ECP Brake Design
Changes, System
Impovements and
Technology Progression
Karen Carriere
Wabtec Corporation,
CANADA
An Analysis and
Solution of a Railway
Vehicle Speed
Restriction
Guilherme Santos
Vale S.A., BRAZIL
Research and Test of
ECP Braking System in
China
Hui Lin
CHINA Academy of
Railway Sciences, CHINA
Optical Fiber Sensors for
Dynamic Monitoring of
Level Crossings
Guilherme Bissoli
Pereira De Mello
All América Latina
Logistica, BRAZIL
Implementation of ECP
Brakes: Challenges from
a North American
Context
Monique Stewart
Sharma & Associates
Engineering Consultants,
USA
Heavy Haul Trains With
Hazardous Materials: An
Approach for Evaluating
the Risk Reduction
Associated with
Mitigating Strategies
Anand Prabhakaran
Sharma & Associates
Engineering Consultants,
USA
Session OPS EX 2:
Extreme Weather Heavy
Haul Operations
The Global Rail Heavy
Haul Infrastructure
Project in Saudi Arabia
Kent Donaldson
Saudi Rail Company,
SAUDI ARABIA
Session SF 2: Safety
and Derailment
Prevention
Fatality Prevention in
Heavy Haul - Know Your
Top Five to Stay Alive
Tiri Sanderson
Rio Tinto Iron Ore,
Railways Division,
AUSTRALIA
2
Quality Assurance of a
Heavy Haul Vehicle
Project Through its
Whole Lifetime
Jan Olovsson
LKAB, SWEDEN
Recent Improvements in
Wheel Manufacturing
and Implications for
Heavy Haul Service
Jay Galbraith
Standard Steel, LLC, USA
Use of Switch Profile
Data for Enhanced
Analysis of Wheel Rail
Behavior at Switch Point
Joseph Palese
Harsco Rail, USA
Designing a Heavy Haul
Desert Railway: Lessons
Learned
Thomas Hewitt
CANARAIL Consultants
Inc., CANADA
Full Scale Laboratory
Based Accelerated
Fatigue Test of Coal
Wagons
Firdausi Irani
Transportation Technology
Center, Inc. (TTCI), USA
Research on Key
Technologies of Wheel
Optimal Design
Pengpai Zhang
Metals and Chemistry
Research Institute, China
Academy of Railway
Sciences, CHINA
Mitigating Severe Side
Wear on 1:20 Tangential
Turnouts
Ulrich Spangenberg
Transnet Freight Rail,
SOUTH AFRICA
Paradigm Change in
Hopper Design for Iron
Ore and Bulk Materials
Kris Kilian
Lynx Engineering
Consultants Pty Ltd,
AUSTRALIA
Research and
Application of MicroAlloying Steel Axle Used
for Heavy Axle Load
Rolling Stock
Xingui Liu
Developing Criteria For
Efficient Mitigation of
Rockfall Hazards Based
on Meteorological
Conditions: A Case
Study
Renato Macciotta
University of Alberta,
CANADA
Heavy Haul in Sand
Environment
Klaus Riessberger
Graz University of
Technology, AUSTRIA
Strategies Implemented
at Iron Ore Company of
Canada to Improve
Railway Safety and
Rollingstock Availability
Denis D'Aoust
Wayside Inspection
Devices Inc., CANADA
Why do we Still Have
Derailments?
Ron Mitchell
Ausenco, CANADA
Lessons from Australian
Derailment
Investigations
Ross Mitchell
Rail Matters, AUSTRALIA
China Academy of Railway
Sciences Metals&
Chemistry Institute, CHINA
Successful Train
Qualification in Extreme
Temperatures
Edward Gaughan
Wabtec Corporation,
CANADA
1530 – 1600
AFTERNOON TEA
1600 – 1730
Session TS 10: Special
Trackwork/Crossings
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Session RS 3: Fatigue
Session TS 2: Bridge
Performance of Draft Gear
Design & Analysis
Components
Determination of Dynamic
Adaptability Test Of
Characteristics of Draft
Existing Reinforced
Gears of Heavy Haul Train
Concrete Bridges Under
Using Impact Simulations
Freight Train of 27-Ton
Yan Sun
Axle Loads
Central Queensland
Yonghua Su
University, AUSTRALIA
China Academy Of Railway
Sciences, CHINA
A New Test Method to
Effect of Heavy Haul Train
Assess the Fatigue
on Longitudinal Behavior
Performance of Yokes
of Bridges
John Cookson
Li Dong-Sheng
Monash University,
Neering Research Institute,
AUSTRALIA
China Academy of Railway
Sciences, CHINA
Performance of Different
Materials in a Frog of a
Turnout
Sven Eck
Materials Center Leoben
Forschung GMBH,
AUSTRIA
Better Understanding of
Stability of Turnouts in
CWR Track by In-Field
Measurement and
Numerical Study
Ralph Zhang
Australian Rail Track
Corporation, AUSTRALIa
Evaluation of Improved
Performance Foundations
for Special Trackwork
Under 35-Tonne Axle
Loads
David Davis
Transportation Technology
Center, Inc., USA
Study on Processing In
Increasing Fatigue Life of
Heavy Haul Coupler
Knuckle
Hao Wang
Qiqihar Railway Rolling
Stock Co., Ltd., CHINA
Structural Rehabilitation
of Bridge and Culvert
Structures Under
Operational Heavy Haul
Railways
Peter Marchant
ITS Pipetech Pty Ltd,
AUSTRALIA
*Organisers reserve the right to alter the program as circumstances dictate
Session OPS EX 4: Heavy
Haul Capacity
Assessment
Research on the Influence
of Increasing Axle Loads
of Freight Train on the
Carrying Capacity of
Conventiomal Lines
Xiao Zheng
China Academy of Railway
Science, CHINA
Capacity of Single-Track
Railway Lines with Short
Sidings to Support
Operation of Long Freight
Trains
Ivan Atanassov
University of Illinois At
Urbana-Champaign, USA
Improving Capacities and
Operational Excellence
Through the Application
of Distributed Powered
Trains
Justice Ngwenyama
Transnet Freight Rail,
SOUTH AFRICA
Session ENRG 1:
Alternative Fuels & Fuel
Consumption
Emission Reduction and
Critical Aspects of Using
Biodiesel from Palma oil
at Vale's Locomotives
João Gilberto
Campagnaro
VALE SA, BRAZIL
Analysis of Component
Life Based on Energy
Efficiency
Magno Silva
MRS Logistica, BRAZIL
Quantification of Aging
Fleet Impact at Fuel
Consumption
Bernardo Abreu
MRS Logística S.A.
BRAZIL
3
“Improving the Breed”
Latest Developments for
Heavy Haul Turnouts in
Australia
Warwick Kinscher
Vossloh Cogifer Australia
Pty. Ltd., AUSTRALIA
Study on Relationship
Between Strength and
Toughness and Effect of
Relationship on Fatigue
Performance for Heavy
Haul Coupler Material
Xiaofeng Qin
Qiqihar Railway Rolling
Stock Co., Ltd., CHINA
1730 – 1830
POSTER COCKTAIL HOUR
Capacity Assessment
Regarding Network and
Yard Interaction via
Simulation Model
Thales Augusto Dos
Santos
MRS Logística S.A.
BRAZIL
Inertial Tractive Effort as
an Explanatory Variable
in the Analysis of
Locomotive Fuel
Savings
John Cotter
L.B. Foster Rail
Technologies, CANADA
TUESDAY 23 JUNE 2015
0730 - 1700
Registration Desk Open
0930 – 1700
Exhibition Open
0830 - 1030
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Session TS 13: Rail
Welding
Session VTS 1:
Detector-Based Rolling
Stock Maintenance
Session VHAL 2: Track
Performace Under Heavy
Axle Loads
Session OPS EX 3:
Emerging Heavy Haul
Technologies
Session TS 8: Rail
Performance
Qualification of Flashbutt
Welds for Heavy Haul
Service
John Cookson
Monash University,
AUSTRALIA
Condition-Based
Maintenance With
Wayside Detectors
Lisa Stabler
Transportation Technology
Center, Inc, USA
Performance of
Improved Track
Components and
Designs Under A Heavy
Axle Load Train with
35.4-Tonne Axle Loads
Joseph LoPresti
TTCI, USA
Estimation of Rail Wear
Limits Using Finite
Element Analysis and
Fracture Mechanics
Iman Salehi
Institute of Railway
Technology, Monash
University, AUSRALIA
Analysis of Causes for
Defects of Flash Joints
and Diccussion of its
Influencing Factors
Yajuan Xu
Metals & Chemistry
Institute, China Academy
Of Railway Science,
CHINA
Rail Joining Under Heavy
Haul Conditions
Paul Radmann
Thermit Australia Pty Ltd,
AUSTRALIA
Cloud-Based
Emaintenance Solutions
for Condition-Based
Maintenance of Wheels
In Heavy Haul Operation
Ramin Karim
Luleå University Of
Technology, SWEDEN
Assessment of VHAL on
Track and Structures:
Short Term Test of 41
and 45 Tonne Axle Loads
David Davis
Transportation Technology
Center, Inc., USA
The Evolution and
Operational Impact of
Ac-Dc Wire Distributed
Powered Trains on the
South African Coal
Export Line
Pragasen Pillay
Transnet Freight Rail,
SOUTH AFRICA
Dynamic DAS/ATO for
DP Heavy Haul Operation
Per Leander
Transrail Sweden AB,
SWEDEN
The Challenges of
Integrating Novel
Wayside Rolling Stock
Monitoring
Technologies: A Case
Study
Paul Bladon
Wayside Inspection
Devices Inc., CANADA
Development of a
Condition Reporting
System Based on
Experience Gained From
a Prototype System
Georg Hettasch
Transnet Freight Rail,
SOUTH AFRICA
Increasing the Axle Load
In a Heterogeneous
Heavy-Haul Railway: A
Brazilian Experience
Valente Lucas
MRS LogÃ-stica S.A.,
BRAZIL
Development of
Guidelines for Safe
Operation of Long Trains
in Canada
Yan Liu
National Research Council
Canada, CANADA
Implementation of Rail
Life Extension Methods
in Heavy Haul Railways
Jay Baillargeon
TTCI, USA
Fatigue and Fracture
Risk Analysis of Rails in
High Axle Load
Conditions
Sagheer Abbas Ranjha
Swinburne University Of
Technology, AUSTRALIA
A Case Study of the
Assessment of an
Exsiting Rail Line For
Increased Traffic and
Axle Loads
Alireza Roghani
University Of Alberta,
CANADA
Rail Fatigue and the Role
of Impact Forces
Martin Murray
KCPM Consulting Pty Ltd,
AUSTRALIA
Aluminothermic Welding
Management Using Lean
Six Sigma Methodology
on the South African
Coal Export Line
Kihisha Suleman
Transnet Freight Rail,
AUSTRALIA
*Organisers reserve the right to alter the program as circumstances dictate
Estimation of Remaining
Useful Life of Rail Using
Neural Network
Stephen Mayowa
Famurewa
Luleå University of
Technology, SWEDEN
4
Improvement of
Aluminothermic Welding
Cycle Life
Luke Cherviakov
Railtech International,
FRANCE
Condition-Based
Maintenance of
Rollingstock, is it Worth
the Effort?
John Phelan
Lynxrail, AUSTRALIA
1030 – 1100
MORNING TEA
1100 – 1230
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Latest Stage of
Evolution: Turnouts for
Extreme Heavy Haul
Operations
Heinz Ossberger
Voestalpine VAE GmbH,
AUSTRIA
Sophisticated Rail
Maintenance: The Role
of Quality Indices
Wolfgang Schoech
Speno International SA,
SWITZERLAND
Session TS 4: Track
Buckling Prevention
Session VHAL 1: Rolling
Stock Technologies for
Very Heavy Axle Loads
Session VTS 5:
Longitudinal Train
Dynamics
Session VTS 6:
Wheel/Rail Interface
Management - Friction
Control
Session RS 4: Car
Coupling Design and
Cast Materials
Determining the Neutral
Temperature of
Continuous Welded Rail
- New Insights and
Observations
Hannes Grabe
University Of Pretoria,
SOUTH AFRICA
Improving Hot-Weather
Speed Restrictions for
Track Buckling
Derailment Prevention
Andrew Kish
Kandrew Inc. Consulting
Services, USA
Study on CWR Stability
of Sharp Curves in Shuohuang Heavy-Haul
Railway
Ma Zhanguo
China Academy Of
Railway Science,
CHINA
Strategies and
Technology for the
Management of Track
Stability
Ian Marks
RailCom Pty Ltd,
AUSTRALIA
1230 – 1330
AUSBRID® Plus™ and
Mega-Tonne™ - New
Bearings for Increased
Reliability and Capacity
in Iron-Ore Operations
Mark Fetty
Amsted Rail - Brenco, USA
Longitudinal Train
Dynamics During Indexer
Train Unloading
Operations
Colin Cole
CQUniversity,
AUSTRALIA
Increasing the Service
Life of the 10" Head
Alliance Coupler and
Knuckle
Joshua Steed
Rail Industry Supplies,
AUSTRALIA
Improving the Draft
System Components
Performance for Iron Ore
Transportation
Luiz Henrique Dias Alves
MRS Logística SA,
BRAZIL
Development of 45
Tonne Axle Load Heavy
Haul Wheel
Andrew Hemsworth
Comsteel, AUSTRALIA
Method of Calculating
Longitudinal Dynamic
Forces in Freight Trains
with Distributed Traction
Lev Muginstein
JSC VNIIZHT, RUSSIA
Field Evaluation of
Multiple Gauge Face
Lubricants: New
Methods and Results
Donald Eadie
LB Foster Rail
Technologies Corp,
CANADA
Challenges in Rail Gauge
Face Lubrication
Ajay Desai
Aurizon, AUSTRALIA
1330 - 1530
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Session TS 14:
Infrastructure Condition
Monitoring
Session CS 1: Customer
Service
Implementation of Rail
Track Condition
Monitoring System
Mark Fletcher
Roy Hill., Australia
Australian Freight
Railways for a New
Century
Philip Laird
University of Wollongong,
AUSTRALIA
Up to 50T Per Axle for
Heavy Haul Wheels for a
Higher Transportation
Performance
François Demilly
MG VALDUNES, FRANCE
The Effect of Energy and
Time Efficient Driving
Strategies on
Longitudinal Heavy Haul
Train Dynamics
Mitchell McClanachan
Central Queensland
University, AUSTRALIA
Longitudinal Dynamics
in Connected Trains
Maxim Keyno
Far Eastern State
Transport University,
RUSSIA
Drawgear System Design
for Improved Yoke
Fatigue
Adam Jones
Aurizon, AUSTRALIA
Comparison of Tor
Lubrication Systems on
the Iron Ore Line
Matthias Asplund
Luleå University Of
Technology, SWEDEN
High Performance Car
Couplings and Castings
Devin Sammon
Transportation Technology
Center Inc., USA
Justifying Top-of-Rail
Friction Control on
Norfolk Southern
Tom Schnautz
Norfolk Southern Railway,
USA
Drawgear Development
in 30,000+ Tonne Train
Service
Scott Simson
Bradken, AUSTRALIA
Session OPS EX 6:
Productivity and
Efficiency of Heavy Haul
Session VTS 9:
Vehicle/Tracks Dynamics
Session VTS 7: Rolling
Contact Fatigue-Wheels
Fuel Efficiency
Enhancement Focused
on Operational
Productivity
Bernardo Abreu
MRS LogÃ-stica S/A,
BRAZIL
The Effect of HollowWorn Wheels on
Dynamic Performance of
Freight Radial Bogie
Hengli Li
Southwest Jiaotong
University, CHINA
The Root Causes for
Wheelset Removals In
Heavy Haul Service in
North America
Harry Tournay
Transportation Technology
Center Inc., USA
LUNCH
*Organisers reserve the right to alter the program as circumstances dictate
5
Vertical Track Deflection
Measurement Targets
Track Maintenance
Funds
Robert Newman
MRail, USA
Unmanned Aerial
Vehicles for Asset
Condition Monitoring
Alex Hamby
Aurizon, AUSTRALIA
Structural Health
Monitoring of the
Olifants River Railway
Viaduct
Pilate Moyo
University of Cape Town,
SOUTH AFRICA
Optimizing Location and
Length of Passing
Sidings on Single-Track
Lines for Long HeavyHaul Freight Trains
Mei-Cheng Shih
University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign, USA
Implementation of EMaintenance Concept on
the Iron Ore Line in
Sweden
Ulla Juntti
Luleå University of
Technology, SWEDEN
Research and Test of
Key Technology of
Heavy Haul Train Control
Systems
Zhiyang Yu
China Academy of Railway
Sciences,
CHINA
Autonomous Track
Geometry Measurement
System
Pierre Rasoldier
Transport Canada,
CANADA
1530 - 1600
LUNCH
1600 - 1730
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Session TS 7: Rail Steels
Session VHAL 3: Track
Design & Maintenance
Under Very Heavy Axle
Loads
Implementation of
Preventive Rail Grinding
on Fortescue Metals
Group 40 TonneAxle Load
Railway
Peter Sroba
Sroba Rail Services,
AUSTRALIA
A Multi-Layer Formation
Design For 32.5 T Axle
Load
Rajendra Verma
Indian Railways, INDIA
Hyper-Eutectoide Rail
Steels. Best in Class and
Still to be Further
Developed
Albert Joerg
Voestalpine Schienen
GmbH, AUSTRIA
Appropriate Applying Heat
Treated Rail on Heavy
Haul Railway
Xinwei Zhan
China Academy Of Railway
Sciences, CHINA
Development of High
Performance Pearlitic Rail
for Heavy Haul Railways
Minoru Honjo
JFE Steel Corporation,
JAPAN
Track Strengthening
Measures Under 30-Ton
Axle Load Hopper Car In
Shuohuang Railway
Xue Jilian
Shenhua Group Corporation
Limited,
CHINA
Understanding and
Optimising Production
Efficiency in a Heavy
Haul Railway
Adam Smith
Aurizon Network,
AUSTRALIA
Simulation of Slow
Speed Wagon Dynamics
and Curve Wear on
Balloon Loops
Dwayne Nielsen
CQ University,
AUSTRALIA
Study of the Long Term
Evolution of Low-RCF
Wheel Profiles for LKAB
Iron-Ore Wagons
Saeed Hossein Nia
KTH - Royal Institute of
Technology, SWEDEN
Rio Tinto Cape Lambert
Trip Service Facility
Project
Nigel Johnson
Calibre Global,
AUSTRALIA
Identification of Drag
Resistance of Derailing
Cars in Train Dynamics
Modeling
Daoxing Chen
Transportation Safety
Board of Canada,
CANADA
Heavy Haul Coal Car
Wheel Load Environment
- Rolling Contact Fatigue
Investigation
Sabri Cakdi
Transportation Technology
Center, Inc., USA
Optimization of
Production Throughput
for Heavy Haul Trains in
a Car Dumper
Amir Shamdani
Institute of Railway
Technology - Monash
University, AUSTRALIA
Wagon Dynamics from a
Combination of Faults
and External Forces
Maksym Spiryagin
Central Queensland
University, AUSTRALIA
Improved RCF and Wear
Properties of Railway
Wheel by New Micro
Alloyed Steel
Takanori Kato
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo
Metal Corporation, JAPAN
Session OPS EX 7:
Special Operations in
Heavy Haul
Session RS 5: Freight Car
Bogies
Session RS 7: Rolling
Stock Maintenance
Evaluation of Mixed
Traffic Impacts in a Heavy
Haul Corridor
Thales Augusto Dos
Santos
MRS LogÃ-stica S.A.,
AUSTRALIA
The Development of a
Bogie for Predictable
Performance in Heavy
Haul Service In North
America
Harry Tournay
Transportation Technology
Center Inc., USA
Breaking Shackles!
Innovative Bogie Design
Challenges Long-Held
Constraints
Linden Bradfield
Global Railway Engineering,
Pty Ltd,, SOUTH AFRICA
Study on the 30t AxleLoad Self-Steering Bogie
in China
Shuping Pan
CSR Meishan Co., Ltd,,
CHINA
A Rams Management
Design in Rolling Stock
System: Development,
Implementation and
Optimization
Jing Lin
Luleå University Of
Technology, SWEDEN
Automating Ore Car
Maintenance in Remote
Location
Luke Taylor
Fortescue Metals Group,
AUSTRALIA
Operation of Long Freight
Trains in Passenger
Intensive Corridors
Parmeshwar Funkwal
Indian Railway, INDIA
Heavy Haul and Route
Knowledge: Towards
developing a more
Standardised and
Sustainable Mental Model
Anjum Naweed
Australasian Centre For Rail
Innovation, AUSTRALIA
*Organisers reserve the right to alter the program as circumstances dictate
Case Study - FMI Program
(Field Modification
Implementation) of
Recapture of Locomotive
Carajás Railroad
Reliability
Mykeandeson Portela De
Araujo
Vale, BRAZIL
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Development of Rails
With Improved Fracture
Toughness, Ductility and
Corrosion Resistance
Sanjeev Kumar
Steel Authority of India
Limited, INDIA
Use of Instrumented
Revenue Vehicle to
Manage a 40 Tonne Axle
Load Operation at
Fortescue Metals Group
Ltd.
Glenn Hardie
Institute of Rail
Engineering Monash
University, AUSTRALIA
Planning The Operation
of Trains in Search of
Operational Excellence
Heavy Haul
Luiz Felipe Trinchinato
MRS Logistica S.A.,
BRAZIL
Development of Frame
Brace Bogie of Heavy
Haul Freight Car in China
Guodong Zhou
Dalian R&D Center,
Qiqihar Railway Rolling
Stock Co., Ltd., CHINA
1900 – Late
CONFERENCE DINNER
Venue: BelleVue Ballroom, Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre
Restructuring of
Inspection Process of
Locomotive in Workshop
at São Luis Vale
Vladimir Crisóstomo
Pinto
VALE, BRAZIL
WEDNESDAY 24 JUNE 2015
0800 – 1700
Registration Desk Open
0930 – 1700
Exhibition Open
0830 - 1000
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Session OPS EX 1:
Communication Based
Train Control Systems
Session VHAL 4: Rolling
Stock Design for Very
Heavy Axle Loads
Session VTS 2:
Automated Wagon
Health Monitoring
Systems
Recent Advances in
Automated Wagon
Health Monitoring and its
Effects on Safety
Semih Kalay
Matthew Witte
TTCI, USA
Positive Train Control:
What it is and How US
Railroads are
Progressing with its
Implementation
Joe Brosseau
Transportation Technology
Center, Inc., USA
Study on Key
Technologies of Heavy
Haul Freight Car of 40t
and Above Axle Load
Junfeng Han
Dalian R&D Center,
Qiqihar Railway Rolling
Stock Co., Ltd., CHINA
CBTC Applications for
International Heavy Haul
Railways
Robert Kull
Wabtec Railway
Electronics, USA
Study and Application of
Manufacturing Process
FR 40t Axle Load Iron
Ore Car
Jianjun Li
Qiqihar Railway Rolling
Stock Co., Ltd., CHINA
Auditing and Certifying
the Accuracy of Wayside
Wheel Measurements
Kris Kilian
Lynx Engineering
Consultants Pty Ltd,
AUSTRALIA
Multi-Constellation
Railway SBAS Interface:
A Common Platform for
Advanced Signalling
Compliant With SIL 4
World-Wide
Ales Filip
University of Pardubice,
Faculty of Electrical Eng.
And Informatics,
CZECH REPUBLIC
CQ Heavy Haul Coupler
for BHPB
Yan Jiang
Dalian R&D Center,
Qiqihar Railway Rolling
Stock Co., Ltd.,
CHINA
Application of Vision
Based Condition
Monitoring in Aurizon's
Train Maintenance
Operations
Chris Prebble
Beena Vision Systems Inc,
AUSTRALIA
*Organisers reserve the right to alter the program as circumstances dictate
Session VTS 8: Rolling
Contact Fatigue-Rails
Session TS 12: Track
Foundation Remediation
Improving Track
Friendliness of Rolling
Stock in the Netherlands
(Combating Rolling
Contact Fatigue Through
Vehicle Design
Optimisation)
Martin Hiensch
Plurel, THE
NETHERLANDS
Managing the Transition
From Rail Wear to
Rolling Contact Fatigue
in a Heavy Haul
Environment
Leon Wessels
Institute of Railway
Technology, Monash
University, AUSTRALIA
The Effects of Friction
Management Materials
on Rail With Pre Existing
RCF Surface Damage
Christopher Hardwick
L.B. Foster Rail
Technologies (UK) Ltd.,
UNITED KINGDOM
Remediation of Railway
Embankment Involving
Soft Soils and Ballast
Pockets Under Heavy
Axle Loads
Colin Basye
Transportation Technology
Center, Inc., USA
Design and Development
of Ballastless Track- A
Fundamental Approach
Vipul Kumar
Research Designs and
Standards Organisation
(RDSO, INDIA
Using Hard Durable
Rock-Fill and Multi-Layer
Geosynthetic Strengthen
Heavy Haul Track
Subgrade on Swampy
Area
Adrian Karsten
Australian Rail Track
Corporation,
AUSTRALIA
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Ansaldo STS Heavy Haul
Train Control System
Vijay Kumar
Ansaldo STS,
AUSTRALIA
Structural Requirements
to Design New Very
Heavy Haul Wagons
Bruno de Brito Silva
Vale S.A., BRAZIL
Research on 5T
Application System
Based on Dynamic
Detecting Data for Daqin
Railway
Hui Jiang
Institute of Computing
Technology China
Academy of Railway
Sciences, CHINA
Studs and Squats: The
Evolving Story
Stuart Grassie
Railmeasurement Ltd,
UNITED KINGDOM
‘TAMP’- A
Comprehensive
Modelling Tool that
Incorporates Both Track
Geometry Car Data and
Trackbed Condition
Philip Sharpe
URS Corporation,
UNITED KINGDOM
The use of Triaxial
Geogrids in Rail
Trackbed Stabilisation
John Buckley
Tensar International,
AUSTRALIA
1000 – 1030
MORNING TEA
1030 – 1200
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Session TS 9: Track
Maintenance
The Practical Application
of Asset Management to
Enable Future Iron Ore
Throughput
Gary Wyse
Leighton Contractors,
AUSTRALIA
Session TS 6: Cross Tie
(Sleeper) and Fasteners II
Characterizing Rail Seat
Load Distributions Under
Rail Seat Deterioration
on Heavy Haul Freight
Railroads
Matthew Greve
University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, USA
Semi-Automatic
Condition-Based Track
Rehabilitation Planning
Mika Silvast
Roadscanners Oy,
FINLAND
Quantification of Lateral
Forces in Concrete
Sleeper Fastening
Systems Under Heavy
Haul Freight Trains
Donovan Holder
RAILTEC - UIUC, USA
Rail Life-Cycle Asset
Management
Dwight Clark
Union Pacific Railroad,
USA
Quantifying Heavy Haul
Lateral Wheel Loading
Variation Using Truck
Performance Detectors
Andrew Scheppe
University of Illinois, USA
Towards Perfected Rail
Maintenance Combining Routine and
Long-Term Research
Activities
Matthias Asplund
Luleå University of
Technology, SWEDEN
Heavy Haul Sleeper
Design - A Rational
Cost-Saving Method
Martin Murray
KCPM Consulting Pty Ltd,
AUSTRALIA
1200 – 1300
LUNCH
Session ENRG 2: Green
Motive Power
Technologies
Federal Railroad
Administration Research
in Support of the
Development of Next
Generation of Natural
Gas Locomotive
Melissa Shurland
Federal Railroad
Administration, USA
Green Power Concept for
Rebuilding Diesel Locos
Thomas Nordmark
Luleå University of
Technology, SWEDEN
Operational
Considerations of
Transitioning to
Emerging Ultra-Low
Emission Locomotive
Technologies for HeavyHaul Freight Rail
Applications
Garrett Fullerton
University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign, USA
*Organisers reserve the right to alter the program as circumstances dictate
Session RS 10: Freight
Car Braking
Session RS 8: Bearings
Automated Brake
Testing and the Benefits
of Four Pressure Test
Karen Carriere
Wabtec Corporation,
CANADA
New Heavy Haul Rail
Journal Bearing; Design
& Laboritory / Service
Testing
Alan Buchanan
Australian Timken,
AUSTRALIA
CWDB - Alarm Braking
Deficiency in Wagon
Eduardo Campolina
Martins Siano
MRS LogÃ-stica S.A.,
BRAZIL
Proposal to Minimize
Damages in the NonSuspended Components,
Particularly in the
Bearings
José Carneiro
Viatech Indústria Comércio
e Prestação de Serviços
LTDA, BRAZIL
Early Bearing Fatigue
Initiation by the
Identification and
Selection of Bearings
With Near Race Defects
Brent Wilson
Amsted Rail, USA
Influence Law of Braking
Heat Load on Wheel for
Railway Heavy-Haul
Freight Car
Xiao Nan
China Academy of Railway
Sciences, CHINA
Effect of Air Brake
System Chracteristics on
Heavy Haul Longitudinal
Impact
Wei Wei
Dalian Jiaotong University,
CHINA
Bearing Heating
Monitoring
Heleno Paiva
MRS Logã•Stica S.A.,
BRAZIL
8
1300 - 1430
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Session TS 3: Bridge
Strengthening
Strengthen the Track Bridge
Transition Area on Heavy Haul
Line by New Generation
Geosynthetic
Adrian Karsten
Australian Rail Track Corporation,
AUSTRALIA
Reinforcement of Bridges and
Culverts Under 30-Ton Axle
Load Hopper Car in Shuohuang
Line
Xue Jilian
Shenhua Group Corporation
Limited, CHINA
Retrofitting an Existing Rail
Bridge with a Ballastless Deck
in an Operational Coal Rail
Environment
Evan Lo
Aurizon, AUSTRALIA
Session TS 11: Track
Foundation Designs
Use of Elastic Design Methods
to Design Pavements for Heavy
Haul Rail
Mike Martin
Aurizon, AUSTRALIA
Session RS 9: Rolling Stock
Inspection
Axle Defects Detection
Optimizing by Phased Array
Ultrasonic
Chaoyong Peng
Southwest Jiaotong University,
CHINA
Session TS 5: Cross Tie
(Sleeper) and Fasteners - I
Composite Railway Sleepers:
New Developments and
Opportunities
Wahid Ferdous
University Of Southern
Queensland, AUSTRALIA
Analysis of Track Tamping
Effectiveness Using
Continuously Measured
Performance Data
Amir Shamdani
Institute of Railway Technology Monash University, AUSTRALIA
Finnish Research Program ‘LifeCycle Cost Efficient Track’• Highlights of Substructure and
Concrete Sleeper Research
Antti Nurmikolu
Tampere University of
Technology, FINLAND
Heavy Haul Track Structure
Design - An Opportunity to Save
Cost
Surendra Bisht
AECOM Pty Ltd, AUSTRALIA
Application of Ultrasound
Phased Array Method for
Identifying Cracks in Couplings
and Draw Bar
Dennis Vieira Lemos
VALE S.A., BRAZIL
Rail Fastening System Design
Considerations to Reduce the
Stress State Within Heavy Haul
Track Superstructure
Brandon Van Dyk
Vossloh Fastening Systems
America, USA
Slab Track Performance Under
Heavy Haul Revenue Condition
and its Remediation Method
Adrian Karsten
Australian Rail Track Corporation,
AUSTRALIA
1430 – 1500
AFTERNOON TEA
1500 - 1600
CLOSING SESSION
Conventional Ultrasonic Array
Technology and its Application
in Dynamic Wheel Inspection
Bo Zhao
Chengdu Lead
Science&Technology Co., Ltd,
CHINA
Flexural Analysis of
Prestressed Concrete Sleepers:
Comparison of Current
Methodologies and Sensitivity
to Support Conditions
Henry Wolf
University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign, USA
12th IHHA Presentation
Best Paper Awards
Conference Close
Stephen Cathcart, Chair, IHHA
*Organisers reserve the right to alter the program as circumstances dictate
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