Imperial College London
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Emeritus ProfessorRodSmith

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering

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+44 (0)20 7594 7007roderick.smith Website

 
 
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761City and Guilds BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Cornish A, Smith RA, Dear J, 2016, Monitoring of strain of in-service railway switch rails through field experimentation, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part F -Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, Vol: 230, Pages: 1429-1439, ISSN: 0954-4097

In the financial year 2009/10, the Great Britain (GB) rail infrastructure manager, Network Rail, spent £32 million on the failures within switches and crossings. Approximately 53% of those failures occurred within the switch panel. In addition, two major incidents in GB in recent years have highlighted a lack of understanding of the loads and vibrations experienced by, and the consequent rates of deterioration of, switch panels. This paper describes work which has been undertaken to help improve understanding of in-service loads experienced by switch panels and their consequent deterioration rate. Field experimentation has been designed and installed on four sites around GB, with the same design of switch. The change in response to loading, and the rate of deterioration, of the switch panels at each site was monitored over time. The effect of the vehicles and the deterioration were analysed individually before a comparison between the four sites. The analysis from the strain gauge measurements showed that there was an increase in the variance and maximum strains generated on the stock rail with the switch closed compared to when the switch is open. Finite element analysis was used to validate variation recorded by the strain gauges under similar loads.

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Read MG, Smith RA, Pullen KR, 2015, Optimisation of flywheel energy storage systems with geared transmission for hybrid vehicles, MECHANISM AND MACHINE THEORY, Vol: 87, Pages: 191-209, ISSN: 0094-114X

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Smith RA, Zhou J, 2014, Background of recent developments of passenger railways in China, the UK and other European countries, JOURNAL OF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY-SCIENCE A, Vol: 15, Pages: 925-935, ISSN: 1673-565X

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Smith RA, Watson R, Zhou J, 2012, ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF HIGH-SPEED RAIL, 2nd International Conference on Road and Rail Infrastructure (CETRA), Publisher: UNIV ZAGREB, FAC CIVIL ENGINEERING, Pages: 35-44, ISSN: 1848-9850

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Smith RA, 2011, Full speed ahead, MATERIALS WORLD, Vol: 19, Pages: 24-26, ISSN: 0967-8638

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Read MG, Griffiths C, Smith RA, 2011, The effect of driving strategy on hybrid regional diesel trains, PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART F-JOURNAL OF RAIL AND RAPID TRANSIT, Vol: 225, Pages: 236-244, ISSN: 0954-4097

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Zerbst U, Lunden R, Edel K-O, Smith RAet al., 2009, Introduction to the damage tolerance behaviour of railway rails - a review, Workshop on Fatigue and Damage Tolerance of Railway Rails, Publisher: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, Pages: 2563-2601, ISSN: 0013-7944

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Smith RA, 2008, Enabling technologies for demand management: Transport, ENERGY POLICY, Vol: 36, Pages: 4444-4448, ISSN: 0301-4215

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Smith RA, 2008, Hatfield Memorial Lecture 2007 Railways and materials: synergetic progress, IRONMAKING & STEELMAKING, Vol: 35, Pages: 505-513, ISSN: 0301-9233

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Lovell K, Smith RA, 2008, All Shook up: An Exploratory Study of Innovation Routes for UK Railway Rolling Stock, 5th International Conference on Innovation and Management, Publisher: WUHAN UNIV TECHNOLOGY PRESS, Pages: 2580-2587

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Xue X, Schmid F, Smith RA, 2007, Analysis of the structural characteristics of an intermediate rail vehicle and their effect on vehicle crash performance, PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART F-JOURNAL OF RAIL AND RAPID TRANSIT, Vol: 221, Pages: 339-352, ISSN: 0954-4097

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Hatano L, Smith RA, Hillmansen S, 2007, International railway comparisons, PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART F-JOURNAL OF RAIL AND RAPID TRANSIT, Vol: 221, Pages: 117-123, ISSN: 0954-4097

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Kayamori Y, Hillmansen S, Crofton PSJ, Smith RAet al., 2007, Ductile crack propagation characteristics in steel thin single edge notched tension specimens, 5th International Conference on Processing and Manufacturing of Advanced Materials, Publisher: TRANS TECH PUBLICATIONS LTD, Pages: 2180-+, ISSN: 0255-5476

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Kayamori Y, Hillmansen S, Crofton PSJ, Smith RAet al., 2007, Ductile crack propagation characteristics in thin steel tubes, Asian Pacific Conference for Fracture and Strength (APCFS'06), Publisher: TRANS TECH PUBLICATIONS LTD, Pages: 248-+, ISSN: 1013-9826

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Kayamori Y, Crofton PSJ, Smith RA, 2007, Two-parameter criteria for ductile crack initiation and propagation in high-grade line pipes, 6th International Conference on Fracture and Damage Mechanics, Publisher: TRANS TECH PUBLICATIONS LTD, Pages: 493-+, ISSN: 1013-9826

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Smith RA, 2005, Railway fatigue failures: an overview of a long standing problem, 1st Symposium on Structural Durability, Publisher: WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH, Pages: 697-705, ISSN: 0933-5137

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Santos-Reyes J, Beard AN, Smith RA, 2005, A systemic analysis of railway accidents, PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART F-JOURNAL OF RAIL AND RAPID TRANSIT, Vol: 219, Pages: 47-65, ISSN: 0954-4097

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Smith RA, 2005, Knowledge of service loads - The key to structural integrity, 4th International Conference on Advances in Experimental Mechanics, Publisher: TRANS TECH PUBLICATIONS LTD, Pages: 17-24, ISSN: 1660-9336

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Xue X, Smith RA, Schmid F, 2005, Analysis of crush behaviours of a rail cab car and structural modifications for improved crashworthiness, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CRASHWORTHINESS, Vol: 10, Pages: 125-136, ISSN: 1358-8265

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Hillmansen S, Smith RA, 2004, The management of fatigue crack growth in railway axles, PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART F-JOURNAL OF RAIL AND RAPID TRANSIT, Vol: 218, Pages: 327-336, ISSN: 0954-4097

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Smith RA, Hillmansen S, 2004, A brief historical overview of the fatigue of railway axles, PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART F-JOURNAL OF RAIL AND RAPID TRANSIT, Vol: 218, Pages: 267-277, ISSN: 0954-4097

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Smith RA, 2004, Railway speed-up: A review of its history, technical developments and future prospects, 3rd International Symposium on Speed-up and Service Technology for Railway and MAGLEV Systems, Publisher: JAPAN SOC MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, Pages: 444-450, ISSN: 1344-7653

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Xue X, Schmid F, Smith RA, 2004, A study of modelling approaches for rail vehicle collision behaviour, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CRASHWORTHINESS, Vol: 9, Pages: 515-525, ISSN: 1358-8265

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Smith RA, 2004, Railway bridges: some historical failures and current problems, 2nd international conference on structural engineering, mechanics and computation, Cape Town, South Africa, July 2004

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Smith RA, 2004, Railway technology - The last 50 years and future prospects, JRTR: Japan Railway and Transport Review, Vol: 27, Pages: 16-24, ISSN: 1342-7512

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Smith RA, 2003, Links between the Japanese and UK, The monthly newsletter from the Embassy of Japan, Pages: 6-6

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Smith RA, 2003, The wheel-rail interface - some recent accidents, 6th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/Wheel Systems, Publisher: BLACKWELL PUBLISHING LTD, Pages: 901-907, ISSN: 8756-758X

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Smith RA, 2003, Railways: how they may contribute to a sustainable future, World Congress on Railway Research, Publisher: PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING PUBLISHING LTD, Pages: 243-248, ISSN: 0954-4097

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Hillmansen S, Smith RA, 2003, Intelligent measurement of the in-service rail vehicle axle environment, Proceedings, implementation of heavy haul technology for network efficiency, Dallas, USA, 5 - 9 May 2003, Pages: 5.11-5.17

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Smith RA, 2003, High-speed railways for the UK, The Utilities Journal, Vol: 6, Pages: 36-38, ISSN: 1461-0256

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