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International Railway Research International Railway Research Board (IRRB)Board (IRRB)

Toru MIYAUCHIToru MIYAUCHI

Senior Technical Advisor, UICSenior Technical Advisor, UIC

International Cooperation for ResearchInternational Cooperation for Research

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Aims of IRRB

� Share information of railway research experiences face to face in the railway organisations all over the world.

� Disturb duplications of the experiences.

Participants

France, UK, Germany, Poland, Russia, USA,India, China, Korea, Japan, Australia, South

Africa etc.

AimsEstablished in November 2005

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Executive Board Members of IRRB

Support organisation (UIC )

Executive members

Title Name Organisation

Chairman Yoshio ISHIDA EJR (Japan)

Vice-Chairmen Joachim MAYER DB AG (Germany)

Robert C VANDERCLUTE AAR (USA)

David H George CRC for Rail Innovation

Andy Doherty Network Rail

Title Name

Deputy Chief Executive Vipin SHARMA

Director, Technology System Dep. Gabriele MAFFEI

Senior Advisor for Research Dennis SCHUT

Senior Technical Advisor Toru MIYAUCHI

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History of IRRB meeting (1)

2nd : Montreal, 6th June 2006, 1 Day

�Information Exchange

�Improving safety at level crossings

�Reducing maintenance costs of rolling stock

�Information Exchange

�Research & Development

1st : Paris, 21st November 2005, 1 Day

IRRB meeting has taken place twice in a year.

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3rd : Paris, 5-6th December 2006, 2 Days�Information Exchange

�Customer Satisfaction

�Environment/ Energy

� IRRB Charter including collaborative research was proposed and finalised.

4th : Moscow, 19-20th June 2007, 2 Days�Information Exchange

�Security for rail transport

�Optimum utilisation of Rail Network

�Network Rail proposed collaborative research on composite materials.

History of IRRB meeting (2)

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History of IRRB meeting (2)

5th : Paris, 5-6th December 2008, 2 Days�Information Exchange�Reducing derailment incidents (5 th)�Improving in training methodologies (5 th)

�Collaborative research on composite materials have been started.

6th : Japan, 23-24th May 2008, 2 Days�Information Exchange�Maintenance and Inspection of infrastructure

�KRRI proposed new collaborative research “Fire-Driven Flow Simulation Railway Tunnel”.

Technical visits: East-i which is an inspection car for High Speed trains and Hybrid car

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Collaborative research on composite materials-Project Objectives-

• For international railways to share their experience and learning of the application of composite materials in their railway, including the sharing of design codes and application guides.

• The deliverable will be a synthesized general best practice guide which may then lead into the development of UIC fiches in this area or the identification of areas needing further research.

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• Network Rail (UK)- Project Manager• EJR (Japan)• KRRI (South Korea)• CRC for Rail Innovation (Australia)• RDSO (India)• RTRI (Japan)• VNIIZhT (Russia)

Collaborative research on composite materials-Project Participants-

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Collaborative research on composite materials-Area of interest-

• Civil EngineeringBridge StrengtheningBridge New BuildBuildingsPlatform StructuresEquipment Support StructuresGeotechnics

• Track • Electrification Systems• Rolling Stock• Signalling• Telecommunications

Aqueduct – 100% FRP(Network Rail)•Lightweight, Durable

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• Phase 1 – Data gathering with experience to date in the design of composite materials in the railway environment by the end of June 2008

• Phase 2 – A technical analysis and review of responses by December 2008

• Phase 3 – Production of best practice guideMarch 2009

Collaborative research on composite materials-Project Outline-

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• Address: http://extranet.uic.asso.fr

• � Workspaces

• � International Rail Research Board

• � Collaborative Research on Composite Materials

Collaborative research on composite materials- How to progress this project -

The difficulty to cooperate all over the world is a distance.UIC Extranet is a powerful tool to share informatio n.

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All UIC members can register UIC Extranet. “http://extranet.uic.asso.fr/ ”.

Extranet 1

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Extranet 2

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Extranet 3

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Extranet 4

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Extranet 5

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7th IRRB Meeting

Date: 3 rd -4th December, 2008

Venue: UIC HQ in Paris

Contact person: Toru MIYAUCHIE-mail: miyauchi@uic.asso.fr