4th ADAMS/Rail Users’ Conference

List of Presentations:

  1. Welcome Address (Lex Frunt, NS Materieel Engineering)

  2. ADAMS/Rail - Users Community and Development Directions (Gabriele Ferrarotti, MDI)

  3. The Future of MEDYNA and its Integration in ADAMS/Rail (Walter Kik & Dirk Moelle, ArgeCare)

  4. Assessing the Track Maintenance by Calculated Vehicle Reactions (Edward de Jong & René van Marrewijk, NS Materieel Engineering, Joost de Decker & Hendrik-Jan de Graaf, NS Technisch Onderzoek)

  5. Modelling Russian Railroad Vehicles with ADAMS/Rail - MEDYNA (Yuri P. Boronenko, Alexander V. Tretyakov, Vitaly S. Lesnitchy & Anna M. Orlova, St. Petersburg State University of Means of Communication)

  6. Implementation of a Leaf Spring Model in ADAMS/Rail (Chris Verheul, Sayfield Int. in cooperation with NS Materieel Engineering)

  7. Improvement in Airspring Modelling (Jacek Grajnert, TU Wroclaw)

  8. Dynamic Analysis of the Electric Locomotive SS7CG with ADAMS/Rail (Xia Fujie, Fang Jian, Gong Zhiqiang, Lijan, Feng Quanbao, Zhu Zhou Electric Locomotive Institute & Da Tong Electric Locomotive Works)

  9. Simulation of the Tilting Train VT611/612 with ADAMS/Rail (Bernhard Morys, ADtranz Henningsdorf)

  10. Comfort Study of Railcar A-TER X 73500: Simulation with ADAMS/Rail (Pascal Geoffroy & Fabrice D'Ortona, Alstom DDF)

  11. Dynamic Simulation of a Friction-Damped Railway Vehicle (Antonio Gugliotta, Aurelio Somà & Salvatore Di Mauro, Politecnico di Torino)

  12. Simulation of a Locomotive as a Mechatronical System (Steffen Müller & Rüdiger Kögel, ABB Corporate Research Center Heidelberg)

  13. Development of a Semi-active Lateral Suspension for a New Tilting train (Mauro Montiglio, Andrea Stefanini, Fiat CRF)

  14. Dynamic Simulation and Estimation of Stress Spectra for Railway Components (Beretta, F.Cheli, Stefano Melzi & Maurizio Stanca, Politecnico di Milano in cooperation with ADtranz Italy)

  15. Dynamic Analysis of the New Double Deck Passenger Vehicle with Bogie PW200 (Zhenggang Lu, Shanghai Tiedao University & Prof. M. Hecht, TU Berlin)

  16. Stability Investigation and Narrow Curving Analysis of a Streetcar Model (Naim Kuka, Daniela Parena & Pierluca Vivalda, Fiat Ferroviaria in cooperation with Walter Kik, ArgeCare)

  17. Prediction of Rail Forces at Discontinuities and some Implications for Track Design and Maintenance (Simon Iwnicki & Julian Stow, Manchester Metropolitan University)

If you are interested in some of the papers, please send your request to:
Ute Stein, e-mail: ustei@mdi-ger.de