Invited Participants

 Affiliation

Title of presentation
 

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Patrick Selvadurai

McGill University, Canada

Fragmentation of Ice During Contact

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Lothar Gaul

Institute of Applied and Experimental Mechanics, University of Stuttgart, Germany

Prediction of the Vibration Behaviour of Structures with Joints

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Kai Willner
Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg, Germany

Constitutive Contact Laws in Structural Dynamics

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Jerzy Piotrowski Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Vehicles, Poland

Kalker's algorithm Fastsim solves the tangential contact problems with slip dependent friction and friction anisotropy

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Cees Vuik Delft University of Tehnology, The Netherlands Numerical methods for algebraic problems from structural mechanics

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Klaus Knothe Technical University of Berlin, Germany Some new aspects of 150 years of history of wheel/rail contact mechanics Summary
Ken Johnson University of Cambridge,
United Kingdom
An experimental study of creepage in rolling contact Summary
Irina G. Goryacheva Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Modelling of worn profile evolution and contact fatigue in rail/wheel interaction

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Michael Kaliske Dresden University of Technology, Germany
Issues in tire-pavement contact modelling
 
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Tod A. Laursen Duke University Pratt School of Engineering, USA New mortar/finite element algorithms for large sliding contact analysis Summary
A. Troy Pauli Western Research Institute , USA Application of nano-Contact Mechanics Methods via AFM to Study the Adhesive Properties of Asphalt Thin-Film Coatings  Summary
Simon Iwnicki
 
Manchester Metropolitan University,
United Kingdom
A rail roughness growth model for a wheelset with non-steady, non-Hertzian contact

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Hans van Benthem Vredestein Banden B.V., The Netherlands Issues on tyre-road interaction at Vredestein Tyres. Summary
Edwin Vollebregt Vortech Computing, The Netherlands Survey of programs on contact mechanics by Prof. J.J. Kalker Summary
Ihor Skrypnyk The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, USA Challenges of tire contact mechanics Summary
Hans True
 
Technical University of Denmark, Denmark Rolling Contact Mechanics research at The Technical University of Denmark

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Zili Li Delft University of Tehnology, The Netherlands Rolling contact at rail top geometry defects: reality and simulation Summary
Makoto Ishida Railway Technical Research Institute, Japan Some practical issues based on wheel/rail rolling contact Summary
Khaled Zaazaa ENSCO, Inc., USA Review of Joost Kalker’s Wheel-Rail Contact Theories and Their Implementation in Multibody Codes Summary
Thijs Roeleveld Lloyd's Register Rail, The Netherlands Measurement of wheel-rail contact forces

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Hans Pacejka Delft University of Tehnology, The Netherlands The Delft semi-empirical dynamic tyre model Summary
Jean-Pierre Pascal France

 

Multi-Hertzian Method for simulating Conformal Wheel-Rail Pairs - Application to S1002/UIC60 pair - Proposal of a Physical Laboratory Test for assessing the Method
 
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Francois Nicot Universite Joseph Fourier, France The role of contact mechanical model on the overall bahaviour of granular materials Summary
Yoshihiro Suda University of Tokyo, Japan Friction Control between wheel and rail -modeling and application-

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Yoshiaki Terumichi Sophia University, Japan Numerical studies on various corrugation development mechanisms in a rolling disk on flexible rail Summary
José Escalona University of Seville, Spain Efficient on-line calculation of the wheel-rail contact forces in multibody dynamics  Summary
Erno Keskinen Tampere University of Technology, Finland Dynamic analysis of elastic cylinders in rolling contact  Summary
Louis Saes Océ Tecnologies B.V., Venlo, The Netherlands Application of contact mechanics to paper transport in copiers and printers

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Ivan Shevtsov ProRail, The Netherlands ProRail research on wear and rolling contact fatigue problems in the railway switches Summary
David Ewins Imperial College London, United Kingdom Experimental Contributions to the Prediction of the Dynamics of Structures with Contact Interfaces Summary
Andrew Drescher University of Minnesota, USA On Modeling a Rolling Wheel as a Two- or Three-dimensional Process Summary