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Tribology at the Wheel - Rail Interface

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Presentation
  • Session
  • Tuesday, 05 April 2016
  • 12:5 - 12:5
  • Duration: 23 mins
  • Publication date: 20 Apr 2016
  • Location: Kingston Lecture Theatre, The IET Birmingham:Austin Court, Birmingham, United Kingdom
  • Part of event New Challenges in Tribology

About the session

Tribology enables the control and optimisation of wear and friction in engineered products and systems. Tribology underpins industry, so it has great economic and social significance. It also contributes to meeting the growing demands for environmentally-sustainable technologies.

The competitiveness of UK industry depends on keeping ahead of new developments in Tribology. Future success depends on updating the knowledge and understanding of the workforce, so that these developments can be incorporated into future products and systems.

This inaugural event will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Jost Report, which coined the term “tribology” and focused strategic investment into this fascinating and challenging field.

It will provide a forum between industry and academia where new developments and the latest ideas in Tribology can be highlighted and where new and evolving challenges can be identified.

Keywords:
  • Lubrication
  • Rail interface
  • Tribology

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Speaker

  • Professor Simon Iwnicki

    Professor Simon Iwnicki

    University of Huddersfield, Professor of Railway Engineering

    Simon Iwnicki is Professor of Railway Engineering at the University of Huddersfield where he is Director of the Institute of Railway Research (IRR). The IRR has an international reputation for research and support to industry in the core area of railway vehicle dynamics modelling, wheel-rail interface engineering and vehicle-track interaction. Professor Iwnicki was the academic co-chair of RRUKA from its founding until 2014 and was the Chair of the Railway Division of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers from 2014 to 2015. He is Editor in Chief of Part F of the Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (the Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit) and Editor (responsible for railway matters) of the journal Vehicle System Dynamics. He has over 100 publications including the ‘Handbook of Railway Vehicle Dynamics’ which includes contributions from many of the leading experts is the established text in this field.
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