Development and evaluation of new concepts and systems for railway switches and crossings

Ramakrishnan Ambur; Saikat Dutta; Jou Yi Shih; Sakdirat Kaewunruen; Edward Stewart; Roger Dixon; Clive Roberts; Raif Lukas; Morata Miquel; Ward Christopher; Otto Plasek; Stefan Knittel; Kohout Martin

Development and evaluation of new concepts and systems for railway switches and crossings

Ramakrishnan Ambur, Saikat Dutta, Jou Yi Shih, Sakdirat Kaewunruen, Edward Stewart, Roger Dixon, Clive Roberts, Raif Lukas, Morata Miquel, Ward Christopher, Otto Plasek, Stefan Knittel, Kohout Martin

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Abstract

The Shift2Rail/Horizon2020 project “Switch and Crossing Optimal Design and Evaluation” (S-CODE) is a partnership of nine organizations who have come together to consider radical solutions for the future of railway switching. The project used horizon scanning and backcasting techniques to identify potential game-changing technologies and concepts that may feature in future switch designs. Technical development and evaluation work streams have elaborated and prototyped these elements, allowing evaluation of their suitability both in isolation and as integrated sub-system solutions. The project is currently developing subsystem demonstrators and recommendations for technological elements to be included in future switching solutions. This paper presents a subset of the concepts and some of the technological developments being considered across the different technical work streams. The paper considers: condition monitoring and fault-tolerant control, wheel/rail interface optimization, locking and actuation mechanisms, Neoballast, and self-healing concrete and composite bearers, in the context of three novel S&C concepts.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of TRA2020, the 8th Transport Research Arena
Subtitle of host publication	Rethinking transport – towards clean and inclusive mobility
Editors	Toni Lusikka
Pages	1-10
Number of pages	10
Publication status	Published - 30 Apr 2020
Event	8th Transport Research Arena TRA 2020 - Helsinki, Finland Duration: 27 Apr 2020 → 30 Apr 2020 Conference number: 8th https://traconference.eu/

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Conference	8th Transport Research Arena TRA 2020
Abbreviated title	TRA 2020
Country/Territory	Finland
City	Helsinki
Period	27/04/20 → 30/04/20
Internet address	https://traconference.eu/

Keywords

Switches and Crossings (S&C)
Railway Tracks
S-CODE project

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Ambur, R., Dutta, S., Shih, J. Y., Kaewunruen, S., Stewart, E., Dixon, R., Roberts, C., Lukas, R., Miquel, M., Christopher, W., Plasek, O., Knittel, S., & Martin, K. (2020). Development and evaluation of new concepts and systems for railway switches and crossings. In T. Lusikka (Ed.), Proceedings of TRA2020, the 8th Transport Research Arena: Rethinking transport – towards clean and inclusive mobility (pp. 1-10)

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Development and evaluation of new concepts and systems for railway switches and crossings. / Ambur, Ramakrishnan; Dutta, Saikat; Shih, Jou Yi et al.
Proceedings of TRA2020, the 8th Transport Research Arena: Rethinking transport – towards clean and inclusive mobility. ed. / Toni Lusikka. 2020. p. 1-10.

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