Highlights on Validation of Project Results

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Infrastructure Demonstration Multifunctional Geotextile – Chemnitz, Germany The multifunctional geotextile includes protection of the railway substructure by the strengthening and stabilisation of the existing structures and monitoring of their performance with the possibility of the infrastructure owner being alerted by an alarm before structural failure occurs.

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Infrastructure Demonstration Premium Rail – United Kingdom To prove its benefits, Premium Rail has been installed at seven trial sites across the United Kingdom on Network Rail’s infrastructure The trial sites were selected based upon their previous degradation history by Network Rail

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Infrastructure Demonstration Support stiffness site tests – Wooden Gates Under Sleeper Pad trials undertaken at UK site with positive results for reduced ballast degradation.

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Infrastructure Demonstration Track based monitoring and limits for imposed loads Wayside Monitoring has been further developed and installed on several routes in Sweden – This one is placed on the Swedish western main line between Stockholm and Gothenburg – The line carries a broad spectra of different vehicles, i.e. mixed traffic Current Output – Speed & axle counting – Loco type identification – Vertical & lateral forces per wheel – Angle-of-attack – Wheel defect counting 5

Test Site Demonstrations – Faurei, May 2015 Romanian Railway Authority (AFER) Railway Testing Centre at Faurei, Romania

Demonstration – The SUSTRAIL Vehicle SUSTRAIL Vehicle – Manufactured by UVA Bogie Double Lenoir links Under-frame suspension Wheelsets with coated axles and disc brakes (LUCCHINI) Bogie frame support for DAKO calipers

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Demonstration – The SUSTRAIL Vehicle SUSTRAIL Vehicle – Manufactured by UVA Wagon

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• KES EDS 300 brake control system • New optimised vehicle design (including couplers, spigots,…) • Use of high strength steel for lightweighting (Tata Steel Long Products RQT 701)

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Demonstration – The SUSTRAIL Vehicle

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Demonstration – The SUSTRAIL Vehicle Integrated Monitoring Systems • MERMEC • Temperature sensors for axle box temperature monitoring • Accelerometers for vehicle stability monitoring • KES • Sensor system for brakes

Portable Monitoring System

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• UNEW • Low-cost ‘rapid application’ sensor (3D accel/gyro)

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Demonstration – The SUSTRAIL Vehicle Vehicle Testing by AFER at Faurei Railway Test Centre • • • •

Verifying the construction gauge (wagon dimensions, etc.) Weighing Static brake tests Noise measurements of unloaded SUSTRAIL vehicle (up to 120 km/h)

• Dynamic performance of unloaded SUSTRAIL vehicle (up to 120 km/h) – verify safety of running

• Dynamic brake tests with unloaded SUSTRAIL vehicle (up to 120 km/h) – braking, and braking thermal capacity

• Dynamic performance of unloaded reference vehicle • Dynamic performance of loaded SUSTRAIL vehicle (up to 140 km/h) – verify safety of running

• Dynamic brake tests with loaded SUSTRAIL vehicle (up to 140 km/h) – braking, and braking thermal capacity SUSTRAIL Final Conference, Brussels, 21st May 2015

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(up to 120 km/h) – benchmarking activity

Demonstration – The SUSTRAIL Vehicle Brake Tests

• Dynamic Tests • Unloaded wagon, at 100 km/h and 120 km/h • Loaded wagon (17 t/axle), at 100 km/h and 140 km/h • After each test, temperatures were measured to determine thermal capacity of pads and brake blocks SUSTRAIL Final Conference, Brussels, 21st May 2015

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• Static tests: filling and release times

Demonstration – The SUSTRAIL Vehicle Vehicle Testing by AFER at Faurei Railway Test Centre

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• Quick comparison of vehicles – portable sensors on bogie

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Demonstration – The SUSTRAIL Vehicle Vehicle and Track Testing at Faurei Railway Test Centre Portable sensors on track

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• SUSTRAIL vehicle vs benchmark vehicle • Modernised track vs conventional track

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