State%of%the%Program%AddressRailTEC Infrastructure1Research1Program

Riley&Edwards,&Marcus&Dersch,&Yu&Qian,&and&Matthew& Csenge

FRA and1FTA Crosstie1and1Fastening1System Research1ProgramIndustry1Partners1(IP) Meeting

Bonita1Springs,1Florida261October 2016

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Outline

• Introduction• Vision and&Objectives• Pyramid• Current&Projects,&Sponsors,&and&Team

• Research&History&Timeline• Students,&Presentations,&and&Publications

• Accomplishments• New&Field&and&Laboratory&Experimentation

• Questions&and&Comments

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The1Most1Important1Resource1J StudentsRailTEC Infrastructure1 Research1 Team1July12016

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Infrastructure1Program1Vision

Investigate real,world engineering challengesrelated to railway infrastructure componentsand systems, serving the railroad industry andUniversity, while developing strong mentorleaders

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Foundation

Objectives

Goals

Vision

Teamwork

Proactiveness Attention1to1Detail

Produce6High6Quality6Research

Serve6Railway6 Industry6and6Scientific6Community

Thrive6as6a6Research6Team

Build6Lasting6Relationships

Build6into6the6Lives6of6Others

Develop5Mentor5 55555555555555Leaders

Gain6Additional6 Opportunities6 (New6Projects)

Grow6as6Individuals

Passion Teachability

IndustriousnessProfessionalism

Prepare6Each6Team6Member6for6Next6Phase6of6Life

Infrastructure1GroupPyramid

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Infrastructure1Program1Objectives• Solve&realQworld&design&and&performance&challenges&associated&with&railway&infrastructure&and&its&components

• Maintain&a&balanced&portfolio&of&research&projects– Projects&(and:the:resulting:experiments:and:models)should&be&traceable&to&specific&failure&modes&in&the&field

– Strive&for&a&healthy&balance&of&materials,&component,&and&systemQlevel&research&and&testing&projects

– Strive&for&balance&of&laboratory,&field,&and&analytical&(modeling)&projects

• Meet&railroad&industry&and&University&objectives• Foster&student&interest&in&the&subject,&training&future&mentor&leaders&in&the&fundamentals&of&railway&engineering

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Program1Elements1and1Integration

Materials&Research• Concrete&Mixture&Design

Component&Research• Crosstie&Flexural&Design

System&Level&Research• Fastening&System&&&Tie

Linked&together&using&field&and&laboratory&experimentation&and&FE&modeling

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Program1Flow1and1Implementation1of1Results

Obtain&Reliable&Data&from&FE&Model,&Field&and&Laboratory&Experimentation

Turn&Data&into&Information&that&is&Academic,&and&Relevant&to&AREMA&Chapter&30&(Ties)

Publish&Journal&Articles&and&Coordinate&with&AREMA&to&Implement&Changes&to&AREMA&Chapter&30&(Ties)

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Research1Program1Timeline20081August1– Hired&First&Graduate&Research&Assistant&(John&Zeman)

20081October1– Attendance&at&First&AREMA&CQ30&Meeting&in&Savannah,&GA20091January1– First&Research&Project&(CN&and&AAR&funding)

20091August1– Hired&Second&Graduate&Research&Assistant&(Mauricio&Gutierrez)

20091October1– Second&Research&Project&(Amsted&RPS&funding)

20101August1– Hired&Third&Graduate&Student&(Ryan&Kernes)

20111January1– Hired&FullQTime&Research&Engineer&(Marcus&Dersch)20111January1– Third&Research&Project&(NEXTRANS&CoQFunding)

20111June1– FRA&Tie&and&Fastener&BAA&awarded&(Hired&Graduate&Research&Assistants&(Sihang Wei,&George&Chen,&Justin&Grasse,&and&Brandon&Van&Dyk)

20111Summer1– Hired&Graduate&Research&Assistants&for&Amsted&RPS&and&NEXTRANS&Projects&(Chris&Rapp&and&Amogh Shurpali)20121January – Hired&Postdoctoral&Researcher&(Moochul Shin)

20121Summer1– Hired&Second&Research&Engineer&(Ryan&Kernes)&and&Graduate&Research&Assistants&(Thiago Bizarria,&Emily&Van&Dam,&and&Brent&Williams),& Two&Additional&FRA&BAA&Projects&Awarded

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Research1Program1Timeline1(Cont.)2013 Spring – FRA&BAA&Modification& #2&Awarded

20131Summer1– Hired&Graduate&Research&Assistants& for&Amsted&RPS&and&FRA&Tie&and&Fastener&BAA&Projects& (Matthew&Greve and&Kartik Manda)&and&FRA&BAA&Modification& #3&Awarded

20131Fall1– Hired&Graduate&Research&Assistants&Matthew&Csenge and&Andrew&Scheppe,&GIC&Project&Awarded

20141Spring1– Hired&Graduate& Research&Assistant&Henry&Wolf,&Marcus&DerschPromoted& to&Senior&Research&Engineer,& IntegriCo Project&and&FRA&RSD&Projects&Awarded

20141Summer1– Hired&Graduate&Research&Assistants&Bosco Munyaneza and&Donovan&Holder

20141Fall1– Hired&Graduate&Research&Assistants&Kaijun Zhu&and&Josue Bastos,&Hired&Research&Engineer&Yu&Qian,&NYCT,&UPRR,&and&Vossloh Projects&Awarded

20151Spring1– New&FRA&BAA&2014Q2&Project&Awarded

20151Summer1– Hired&Graduate&Research&Assistants&Zhengboyang Gao&and&Aaron&Cook,&New&RAIL.ONE,& NDT&Corp.,&and&Federal&Transit&Administration& (FTA)&Projects&Awarded20151Fall1through1Fall120161– Hired&Graduate&Research&Assistants&Alajandro Alvarez,&Arthur&Lima,&Alvaro&Canga&Ruiz,&Pengfei&Wang,&New&Amtrak&Project&Awarded

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Infrastructure1Program1Students/Staff

• Progression& of&students& into&industry&! Examples&of&students& that&are&already&in&the&industry&and&making&an&impact

2007

# Last)Name First)Name MS/PhD Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall

1 Sawadisavi Steven MS2 Zeman John MS3 Schlake Bryan MS4 Rickett Tristan MS5 Gutierrez Mauricio MS6 Molina Luis:Fernando MS7 Kernes Ryan MS/Staff Research)Engineer

Dersch Marcus Staff Research)Engineer Senior)Research)Engineer

8 Shurpali Amogh MS9 Rapp Chris MSGrasse Justin MS Lange)Advisee

Wei Sihang PhD Kuchma)Advisee

Chen George PhD Andrawes)Advisee

10 Van)Dyk Brandon MSShin Moochul PostDoc Andrawes)Advisee)L)Post)Doc

11 Bizarria Thiago MS12 Williams Brent MS Machine:Vision Inst.)Manager

Manda Kartik MS Crossties:and:Fastening:Systems Lange)Advisee

13 Scheppe Andrew MS Crossties:and:Fastening:Systems:(Not:Advised:Formally)Zhang Austin MS Andrawes)Advisee

14 Greve Matthew MS15 Csenge Matthew MS Manager)of)Inst.

16 Wolf Henry MS17 Holder Donovan MS18 Munyaneza Bosco MS19 Kaijun Zhu MS20 Bastos Josue MS

Qian Yu Staff Research)Engineer

21 Lin Xiao MS22 Ghosh Arkaprabha MS23 Cook Aaron MS24 Zhengboyang Gao MS25 Alvarez Alejandro MS

Master Abhishek MS Lange)Advisee

Singhvi Rishab MS Andrawes)Advisee

26 Lima Arthur MS27 CangaLRuiz Alvaro MS28 Wang Pengfei MS29 Quiros Ricardo MS

20132008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2018 20182014 2015 2016 2017

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Current1Infrastructure1Research1Sponsors• Governmental&Agency

– Federal&Railroad&Administration&(FRA)– Federal&Transit&Administration&(FTA)

• Railroad&/&Owner

– Union&Pacific&Railroad&(UPRR)– New&York&City&Transit&(NYCT)– Amtrak

• Concrete&Crosstie&Supplier– GIC– RAIL.ONE

• Fastening&System&Supplier– Progress&Rail&(PRS)– Vossloh Fastening&Systems&(VFS)

• Miscellaneous– National&University&Rail&Center&(NURail)– University&of&South&Carolina– NonQDestructive&Testing&(NDT)

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Industry1Partners

FTA1Tie1and1Fastener1Industry Partners:

FRA1Tie1and1Fastener1BAA1Industry Partners:

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Papers,1Posters,1and1PresentationsYear Conference*/*Meeting Papers Presentations Posters

2009 AREMA 1 1IHHA 1 1 0

2010

TRB 1 1 0AAR-Research-Review 1JRC 1 2 0AREMA 2 2

2011

TRB 1 0 1IHHA 3 0 2AAR-Research-Review 1JRC 0 2 0WCRR 2 0 2AREMA 1 1

2012

TRB 1 1 1AAR-Research-Review 1JRC 2 6 0WRI 1PCI 1 1 0AREMA 1 1ACerS-Concrete-Conference 0 0 1

2013

TRB 2 2 0IHHA 6 6 1AAR-Research-Review 4JRC 3 8 0WRI 1AREMA 1 1WCRR 4 1 3

Year Conference*/*Meeting Papers Presentations Posters

2014

TRB 4 3 1AAR-Research-Review 1JRC 4 8AREMA 1 1

2015

TRB 4 1 3JRC 2 6AAR-Research-Review 1APTA 1 1IHHA 5 4 1AREMA 2

2016

TRB 5 4 1JRC 3 6Crosstie-Symposium 5WCRR 5 1 4ASCE-T&DI 1AREMA 2 2

2017

TRB 4 1 3JRC 1 4BCRRA 2 2IHHA 4 4AREMA

Total 83 93 33

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Infrastructure1Team1Journal1Articles

• Good&progress&in&recent&years&! Relates&to&sustainable&research&program&and&academic&expectations

# Year Journal Topic Lead1Author Status1 2010 Journal+of+Rail+and+Rapid+Transit+(JRRT) Machine+Vision+Inspection+of+Railcar+UnderframesSchlake Published2 2011 Transportation+Research+Record+(TRR) Rolling+Stock+Inspection+and+Train+Delay Schlake Published3 2012 American+Concrete+Institute+(ACI)+MaterialsRSD+Mechanisms Zeman Published4 2013 Transportation+Research+Record+(TRR) Rail+Seat+Pressures Rapp Published5 2014 ASCE+Journal+of+Transportation+Engineering+(JTE)RSD+Materials+Research Shurpali Published6 2013 ASTM*Advances*in*Civil*Engineering*Materials*(ACEM)SSART*Abrasion Shurpali Final*Internal*Review7 2014 Journal+of+Rail+and+Rapid+Transit+(JRRT) Small+and+Large+Scale+Abrasion+Research Kernes Published8 2014 Journal+of+Rail+and+Rapid+Transit+(JRRT) Crosstie+and+Fastening+System+Modeling Chen Published9 2014 Tranportation+Research+Record+(TRR) Vertical+Wheel+Load+Quantification Van+Dyk Published10 2014 Engineering+Failure+Analysis Modeling Chen/Shin Published11 2015 Transportation+Research+Record+(TRR) RSD+Field+Testing Greve Published12 2015 Journal+of+Rail+and+Rapid+Transit+(JRRT) Lateral+Load+Quantification Williams Published13 2015 Electronic+Journal+of+Structural+EngineeringField+Experimentation Grasse Published14 2015 Journal+of+Rail+and+Rapid+Transit+(JRRT) Vertical+and+Lateral+Loading+Quantification Van*Dyk Published15 2015 Structure*and*Infrastructure*Engineering Modeling*L*Field*Validation Chen Draft*Submitted16 2016 International+Journal+of+Rail+TransportationModeling+Y+Longitudonal+Loads Zhang Published17 2015 International*Journal*of*Civil*Engineering Modeling*L*Long.*Loads*and*Field*Validation Zhang Final*Internal*Review18 2016 Journal+of+Rail+and+Rapid+Transit+(JRRT) Comparison+of+Dynamic+Factors+(Frieght) Van*Dyk Published19 2015 Transportation+Research+Record+(TRR) Joint+Bar+Modeling Zhu Published20 2016 International+Journal+of+Rail+TransportationRail+Seat+Load+Distributions Greve Published21 2016 Construction+and+Building+Materials Tie+curling Wolf Published22 2015 International*Journal*of*Rail*TransportationTie*support*condition Wolf loading...23 2015 Engineering*Structures Vossloh*Lab*Test Holder Draft*Submitted24 2016 Journal+of+Rail+and+Rapid+Transit+(JRRT) Comparison+of+Dynamic+Factors+(Transit) Lin Revised*Draft*Submitted25 2016 Construction+and+Building+Materials Rail*seat*stress*distribution Gao Draft*Submitted

14 2015 Journal*of*Rail*and*Rapid*Transit*(JRRT) Vertical*and*Lateral*Loading*Quantification Van(Dyk Published15 2015 Structure(and(Infrastructure(Engineering Modeling(<(Field(Validation Chen Draft(Submitted16 2016 International*Journal*of*Rail*TransportationModeling*C*Longitudonal*Loads Zhang Published17 2015 International(Journal(of(Civil(Engineering Modeling(<(Long.(Loads(and(Field(Validation Zhang Final(Internal(Review18 2016 Journal*of*Rail*and*Rapid*Transit*(JRRT) Comparison*of*Dynamic*Factors*(Frieght) Van(Dyk Published19 2015 Transportation*Research*Record*(TRR) Joint*Bar*Modeling Zhu Published20 2016 International*Journal*of*Rail*TransportationRail*Seat*Load*Distributions Greve Published21 2016 Construction*and*Building*Materials Tie*curling Wolf Published22 2015 International(Journal(of(Rail(TransportationTie(support(condition Wolf loading...23 2015 Engineering(Structures Vossloh(Lab(Test Holder Draft(Submitted24 2016 Journal*of*Rail*and*Rapid*Transit*(JRRT) Comparison*of*Dynamic*Factors*(Transit) Lin Revised(Draft(Submitted25 2016 Construction*and*Building*Materials Rail(seat(stress(distribution Gao Draft(Submitted

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2014J20151Accomplishments1– Personnel1• Improved&teamwork&(noted&both&internally&and&externally)• Good&communication&with&students&outside&of&RailTECresearch&students

• Continued&strength&in&building&relationships&with&industry– Good&examples&at&Crosstie&Symposium

• New&hires&and&key&support&staff:– Four&New&MS&Students& (Alejandro,&Arthur,&Alvaro,&and&Pengfei)

– Many&new&hourly&assistants&and&TALENTED&undergraduate& summer&employees

– Research&Engineers&Marcus&Dersch and&Yu&Qian&– Experimentation&Manager&Matthew&Csenge

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2015J20161Accomplishments1J Projects1• Completed&work&on&first&RailTEC transit&research&project&(NYCTA),&– New&phase&of&laboratory&testing&starting&soon

• Completion&of&Vossloh Field&and&Laboratory&Research

• Strong&field&experimental&programs:&Vossloh,&UPRR,&FTA• Continued&progress&on&FRA&BAA• Strong&start&on&FTA&Project!

• Award&of&Amtrak&Project

• Progress&Rail&! New&Research&Direction,&Ballast&Mats

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Transportation Technology Center (TTC) – Pueblo, CO

UIUC Research and Innovation Laboratory (RAIL) – Champaign, IL

RailTEC Infrastructure1Research1GroupField1and1Laboratory1Experimentation1Locations1Summer12014

Previous or Current LocationProposed Location

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Union Pacific – Ogallala, NE

BNSF Railroad –Sibley, MO

Transportation Technology Center (TTC) – Pueblo, CO

UIUC Research and Innovation Laboratory (RAIL) – Champaign, IL

RailTEC Infrastructure1Research1GroupField1and1Laboratory1Experimentation1Locations1Summer12015

Previous or Current LocationProposed Location

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Union Pacific Ogallala, NE

Union Pacific Donner Pass, CA

BNSF RailroadSibley, MO

Transportation Technology Center (TTC) – Pueblo, CO

NYC TransitNew York, NYMetra (UPRR)

Chicago, IL

MetroLinkSt. Louis, MO

RailTEC Research and Innovation Laboratory (RAIL) – Champaign, IL

RailTEC Infrastructure1Research1GroupField1and1Laboratory1Experimentation1Locations1Fall12016

BNSF Railway Crawford Hill, NE

Previous or Current LocationProposed Location

Amtrak Edgewood, MD

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Union Pacific Donner Pass, CA

NYC TransitNew York, NY

RailTEC Infrastructure1Research1GroupField1and1Laboratory1Experimentation1Locations1Fall12016

Previous or Current LocationProposed Location

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RAIL1J Large1Scale1Testing1Frame1(LSTF)

• Experimental1capabilities

– Conduct&component&and&system&level&experiments

– One&vertical&actuator• Functionality

– Ability&to&simulate&various&support&conditions&(e.g.&track&conditions)

– Ability&to&study&the&degradation&of&components&at&various&&time&intervals

• Current1Use1! FRA,&NYCTA,&and&Amtrak&projects

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RAIL1J Full1Scale1Test1and1Demonstration1Track

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Contact1Information

J.&Riley&Edwards,&P.E.Research&Scientist&and&Senior&LecturerUniversity&of&Illinois&at&UrbanaQChampaignRail&Transportation& and&Engineering& Center& (RailTEC)Phone:& 217Q244Q7417Email:&jedward2@iilinois.edu