Current Practices & Recent Innovations in Rail Trackbed Engineering - A Global Perspective
Tuesday 23rd November, 08.00 - 13.30 GMT (UK Time)
The rail industry varies in forms and shapes globally, however its significance in most parts of the world is unquestionable.
At Tensar, we would like to invite you to a free online symposium, where globally recognised speakers from the rail industry and academia will share their knowledge and expertise on rail trackbed design, construction, maintenance and monitoring. They will give insight into the challenges and identify solutions to overcome these issues.
Case studies, full scale live line monitoring programmes, various engineering solutions and design techniques will be presented and discussed during the event.
Our impressive line up of speakers are from various countries, including UK, France, China, Czech Republic, Australia and USA.
Why attend this symposium?
- Find out more about techniques used in trackbed design, construction and maintenance to improve railway services
- Improve understanding of value adding solutions in rail trackbed engineering
- Improve knowledge on various techniques used globally in rail trackbed engineering
- Learn more about the new design technique used for rail trackbed
- Understand the needs of current and future development to address the engineering challenges in rail trackbed
Want to attend?
The session is free to attend and will be hosted on Microsoft Teams.
To book your place, simply register via the link below.
Can't make it? Still register and we will send you a link to watch the symposium on demand!
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Once you register in the form via the link above, you will receive an email confirmation directly from Microsoft Teams with a calendar request attached to add to your diary - please remember to download this to add to your diary as it will include the URL to join the Teams Meeting on the day.
Speaker Lineup & Programme Overview:
Current Practices & Recent Innovations in Rail Trackbed Engineering - A Global Perspective
Tuesday 23rd November, 08.00 - 13.30 GMT (UK Time)
Welcome & Tensar Experience (08.00 - 08.10 GMT)
- 08.00 - 08.10 - Introduction & Welcome
Hosted by Jacek Kawalec, Director of Technology - Tensar International, Poland
Trackbed Research & Development (08.10 - 10.00 GMT)
- 08.10 - 09.00 - Railway track substructure: Recent research and future directions
Professor William Powrie - Southampton University, UK - 09.00 - 09.05 - Q&A
- 09.05 - 09.50 - Stabilisation of ballasted trackbed by geogrid: Full scale model testing
Professor Xuecheng Bian - Zhejiang University, China - 09.50 - 09.55 - Q&A
- 09.55 - 10.00 - Break
Session chaired by Yuli Doulala Rigby, Chief Civil Engineer - Tensar International, UK
Current Research & Development and Practice (10.00 - 12.00 GMT)
- 10.00 - 10.30 - Inland rail: current practice and associated research
Dr Richard Kelly - SMEC, Australia - 10.30 - 11.00 - Research of the performance of geogrids and geocomposites in laboratory conditions and in the railway line
Dr Leos Hornicek - Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic - 11.00 - 11.30 - At last! A simple, performance based design method for railway track foundations
Dr Andrew Lees - Tensar International, Cyprus - 11.30 - 11.40 - Q&A
- 11.40 - 12.00 - Break
Session chaired by Anna Kuznetsova, Design Engineer - Tensar International, Russia
Current Practice (12.00 - 13.30 GMT)
- 12.00 - 12.30 - Improvement of Railway Trackbeds Using Geogrids - The French Context, Objectives & Outlook
Olatunde Alexandre Yaba - SNCF, France - 12.30 - 13.00 - Geosynthetics, Lessons Learnt
Levente Nogy - Network Rail, UK - 13.00 - 13.10 - Intelligent Solutions in Rail Trackbed Maintenance
John Wallace - Tensar Corporation, USA - 13.10 - 13.20 - Q&A
- 13.20 - 13.30 - Close
Jacek Kawalec - Tensar International, Poland
Session chaired by Mahesa Bhawanin, Regional Technology Support Engineer - Tensar International, Malaysia
Want to attend?
The session is free to attend and will be hosted on Microsoft Teams.
To book your place, simply register via the link below.
Can't make it? Still register and we will send you a link to watch the symposium on demand!
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Once you register in the form via the link above, you will receive an email confirmation directly from Microsoft Teams with a calendar request attached to add to your diary - please remember to download this to add to your diary as it will include the URL to join the Teams Meeting on the day.
To learn more from the speakers about their knowledge and expertise on rail trackbed design, construction maintenance and monitoring, please book your place to tune in!
The online sympoisum is free to attend and will take place on Microsoft Teams.
Can't make it? Still register and we will send you a link to watch the symposium on demand!
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Once you register in the form via the link below, you will receive an email confirmation directly from Microsoft Teams with a calendar request attached to add to your diary - please remember to download this to add to your diary as it will include the URL to join the Teams Meeting on the day.
Should you have any questions or require any further assistance, please contact:
Michelle Lee
Tensar International Ltd
mlee@tensar.co.uk
