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EIS 93 Engineering Integrity in Rail Transport Sytems 1993

Papers presented at the Engineering Integrity Society’s International Conference on Rail Transport Systems Birmingham, 12th – 13th July 1993

DELIVERING THE PROMISE

Delivering the Promise
L.SHORE

TRACTION & ROLLING STOCK

Weight Saving, Safety & Comfort of Railway Vehicles
N H C E ZEEVENHOVEN
Development & Design Verification for Networker Vehicles
S P RICE

Advantages in Further Exploitation of the Integral Aluminium Construction of Car Bodies of Railway Vehicles
H HOFFMAN & M ZWICKE

Reliability of North American Freight Car Brake Systems and the Impact of Wheel Thermal Damage
D H STONE & F G CARLSON

Durability of Aluminium Alloy Coaches Due to Aerodynamic Impact
O MARTENSON

Managing the Train/ Signalling Interface
D R PHILLIPS

INFRASTRUCTURE

Knowledge-based Systems for Automatic Generation of Safety Signalling Data
R BARNARD & J W PALMER

Improving the Reliability of Insulated Rail Joints
T M PANG

The Ultrasonic Test Unit and the Integrity of the Rail
A J VEITCH

SAFETY

Performance Assessment of Wheel Impact Load Detectors
S F KALAY, D H STONE & A J REINSCHMIDT

Safety Assessment Techniques in Rail Transport Systems
A J BELFIELD & J C MILES

Interior Crashworthiness – Developments Within British Rail
P J HOWELLS

TAKING STOCK

Condition Monitoring
R J GOSTLING

Aspects of the Mass and Capacity of Trains
K W DISTIN & R A SMITH

Integrated Product Design and Development
B J DABELL

Instrumented Dummies for Crashworthiness Testing
D SOCIE & J BLAKER

THE WAY FORWARD

Integrity – An Integrated Approach
A R TAIG & S P BELL

Energy Dissipation, Injury Mechanisms and Occupant Risk Criteria in Crash Events
J F CARNAY

ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Fatigue Loads on Railway Bogies
W G RASAIAH & C J KAY

Non-linear FE Analysis of Aluminium Alloy Components of Railway Vehicles
J HOLT & E M STROVER

Maintaining Integrity
R A W ELLIOTT

Railways – The Vertically Integrated Business: The Impact of New Technology on the Bottom Line
G Harrison-Mee

Integrity of Electrical Power Equipment
A BRADWELL

Design for Variation
P D T O’CONNOR

The Role of Contracts in Promoting Structural Integrity
E HAIBACH

Bridge Bashing
B McGRANE