Events

Announcement: Big Success for the MODTRAIN Final Conference!

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Salons du Relais, Paris: April 1st - 2nd, 2008

After four years of project existence, the MODTRAIN partners presented the results of their work at the MODTRAIN final conference that took place in Paris on the 2nd of April in presence of Industry and Operators representatives, Infrastructure managers, ERA delegates and journalists. More than 100 people were present.

Mr. Sgarbi from the European Commission opened the floor by underlining the role of MODTRAIN as the initiator of a new concept. He highlighted the excellent results of the overall project and the Mod-family projects. He pointed out the development of new relations between Industry and Operators for future voluntary standardisation. This point was reinforced by Mr. Fontanel, General Manager of UNIFE and Mr. Mayer, DB (chairman of the UIC PTR).

An overview of the four technical sub-projects' archievements (MODPOWER, MODBOGIE, MODCONTROL, MODLINK) were presented to the audience. The results were then further developed during a workshop where all participants had the chance to circulate between each sub-project stand, testing the new driver desk or having the opportunity to learn more on simulations.

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MODBOGIE present at the Bogie07 conference in Budapest!

September 3rd - 6th, 2007

Polimi & Fraunhofer Institute, partners of Modbogie, presented the work performed within the subproject on Numerical simulation for improving the design of running gear.

The aim of this work is to show the capabilities of multi body and FEM numerical models in the design and verification phase of the railway running gear. The treatment of this subject has been divided for a better comprehension into two parts: in the first one a numerical analysis performed using a multi body model will be presented, with the aim of showing the importance of such model in the tuning of vehicle’s parameters. Moreover Multi Body model can be able to provide useful information complementing the experimental tests and being able to extend the range of the experimental results accounting for the variation of input parameters such as vehicle or operational constraints.

In the second part structural integrity analyses will be presented, taking the advantages of the adoption of numerical multi body and FEM simulations: FEM codes allow to deeply investigate structural phenomena, such as crack propagation: the clear understanding of such phenomena should lead to lighter vehicles and to increased performance and reliability.

Numerical simulation for improving the design of running gear presentations

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EUCAB industrial design mock-up photo
Hartmut Mehdorn presentation photo
Ake Wennberg presentation photo
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MODLINK Midterm Conference, 14 February 2006

Berlin, German Museum of Technology

During this event, the EUCAB industrial design mock-up, the first tangible hardware result from the MODTRAIN project, was presented for the first time. Approx. 70 participants discussed about the results already achieved by midterm and on the way ahead for the coming two years. According to feedback from participants the MODLINK Midterm Conference was a valuable event to promote team spirit and to disseminate an important milestone towards future rail system in Europe.

High level speakers Hartmut Mehdorn (representing the operators) and Ake Wennberg (Bombardier, representing rail industry) provided the strategic roadmaps for the rail system to cope with the future challenges. Importance for further harmonisation and standardisation has been expressed by both industry and operators during press briefing. Journalists and TV team took their chance to learn more about the future of railways in Europe. Further presentations illustrated current project achievements, the consensus building collaboration and the coming milestones for MODLINK, e.g. InnoTrans in September 2006.

According to feed back from participants the MODLINK Midterm Conference was a valuable event to promote team spirit and to disseminate an important milestone towards future rail system in Europe.

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