Analysis of design and performance of tram-train profiles for dual-operation running
- Submitting institution
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The University of Huddersfield
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 35
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1177/0954409716679448
- Title of journal
- Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit
- Article number
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- First page
- 578
- Volume
- 231
- Issue
- 5
- ISSN
- 0954-4097
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- May
- Year of publication
- 2017
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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2
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- Using a novel approach, we developed a dual-operation wheel profile for the UK's first Tram-Train vehicle. Mathematical modelling was applied to perform a robust analysis of wheel-rail interaction and address the incompatibility between light and heavy rail systems. The resulting wheel profile was optimised in terms of derailment safety and track damage for both system types. The design is implemented on Tram-Train vehicles running passenger services between Sheffield City Centre and Rotherham (http://www.sypte.co.uk/tramtrain/). In 2017 this publication won the IMechE Railway Division T A Stewart-Dyer Prize/Frederick Harvey Trevithick Prize for the most meritorious paper on the subject of railway engineering.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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