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Program 2: Transportation Systems (TS)
The research into road and railway systems could in time expand into the broader issues of integrated transport planning and transport systems as a critical mass of multi-disciplinary expertise is developed across Faculties. Current strengths focus on the asset management of low volume roads and the complex contact interface between wheel and rail whilst an emerging theme is focussing on transport access for the elderly.
2.1 Road Pavement systems
- Knowledge management systems for asset management
- Modelling low volume road performance
- Road roughness and vehicle-driver interaction and behaviour
2.2 Railway systems
- Modelling wear and rolling contact fatigue
- Development of new rail and wheel materials to improve performance
- New thick rail coatings for reducing noise and extending asset life
- Axle fatigue modelling
- Development of maintenance strategies for ageing rail assets
- Residual life analysis for rail, wheel and axles
- Performance evaluation of railway components
2.3 Access to transport for the elderly
- Improving railway access issues for an ageing population
- Needs analysis for accessing railways and cars
- Improvements to car ingress and egress through analysis and design
- Wheel chair manoeuvrability on different surfaces including thick carpet
