Advancement in Railroad Engineering & Turnout and Maglev

“Advancement in Railroad Engineering & Turnout and Maglev” – 4 PDU EachSession (Morning/Afternoon)

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Advancement in Railroad Engineering: Turnout – Morning Session Time: 8:30am to 12:30pm  EST –  4 PDUs

• What is a turnout in a railroad track structure?
• Why is turnout design more critical compared to other portions of track structure?
• What are the different features of turnouts and different types of special track works?
• What are the various turnout selection criteria?
• What is the necessity for turnout design-higher diverging speed in same footprint & low cost  modification of existing turnouts?
• General turnout configuration affecting diverging speed
• Proposed hypothesis for turnout design-concept  of optimal lateral force
• Effect of cant deficiency on design of turnout
• How is the concept of operation research useful in Turnout Design Optimization?
• What is the concept of “Turnout design – higher diverging speed in the same footprint with low cost modification of existing turnouts?
• Recommendation for low cost modification of existing turnouts for higher diverging speed

Advancement in Railroad Engineering: Maglev – Afternoon Session Time: 1:00pm to 5:0pm  EST – 4 PDUs

• What are the special challenges to the United States transportation industry?
• Why is high speed rail not effective for United States Transport?
• What is AMPS (Assisted Magnetic Propulsion System)?
• Concept of magnetic levitation (Maglev)
• Various laws related to Maglev
• What are the pros and cons of the Maglev System with respect to the conventional railroad system?
• Electromagnetic Suspension (EMS) and Electrodynamic Suspension (EDS) Systems
• Global advancement of Maglev Technology
• What is the prospect of Maglev in the US Transportation system?
• Technical feasibility of hybrid Maglev System
• Life cycle cost analysis of hybrid Maglev System

Instructor: Avinash Prasad, PE, LS, F.ASCE, FF, EMT

Mr. Avinash Prasad is a Licensed Professional Engineer and Land Surveyor with more than 25 years of civil engineering and project management experience. As a registered professional engineer and land surveyor (NJ, NY, CT, MA, RI), he specializes in bridge asset management and structural evaluation of bridges, particularly suspension bridges. He is currently researching bridge asset management for his doctoral dissertation at New York University.  He has received dual MS degrees in Civil Engineering and Engineering Management from NJIT and a BS degree in Civil Engineering from India. He has more than 1000 hours of continuing professional education as instructor/participating professional. He is a NJ state certified emergency medical technician (EMT), emergency medical responder (EMR), and firefighter (FF). He is also a certified CPR, AED administer. He is a fellow of American Society of Civil Engineers and an active member of several professional organizations such as: AREMA, PMI, AISC, NYSAPLS, IPWE, IRT and IIBE. The ASCE, Railway Age and Railway Track & Structure conference proceedings has accepted many of his technical papers for presentation and/or publication.

This program can be attended as either a :

*LIVE INTERACTIVE webinar: you will need an i-phone, i-pad, lap top, or desk top to view it.  You  need a microphone or webcam.

Webinar links are emailed one day prior to the class date.

or

*Attend at our School:  we follow all the CDC/State Guidelines for Vocational Schools