Advancement in Railroad Engineering: Track Maintenance/Regenerative Braking System

“Advancement in Railroad Engineering: Track Maintenance/Regenerative Braking System”  – 4 PDUs Each Session (Morning/Afternoon)

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Advancement in Railroad Engineering :Track Maintenance  – Morning Session 8:30am to 12:30pm

4 Professional Development Units

• What are the various components of a track structure?
• What are the functions of various components of a track structure?
• Illustration of different type’s railroad cross section
• What is conventional manual track maintenance?
• What are the three main modern methods of track maintenance?
• What is Mechanized Maintenance or Mechanical Tamping?
• What is Directed Track Maintenance (D.T.M.)?
• What is Measured Shovel Packing (M.S.P.)?
• What are the various factors affecting track maintenance cost?
• For advanced maintenance strategies, what are the recommendations from operators (railroad companies) point of view?
• What is the various preventive cost effective track maintenance practices?
• What is the various curative/crisis cost effective track maintenance practices?

Regenerative Braking System : Afternoon Session 1:00pm to 5:00pm

4 Professional Development Units

• What is a “Regenerative Braking System (RBS)”?
• What is the basic difference between “Conventional Braking System” and RBS?
• Concept of RBS in conventional railroad and Maglev system
• Potential of  use of  RBS in conventional railroad technology
• Potential of use of RBS in Maglev Technology
• Prospect of using RBS technology in the transportation industry (including Railroad Industry)
• Concept of magnetic braking
• Concept of regenerative braking characteristics of linear induction motor for Maglev
• Concept of Energy management in RBS
• Concept of Power management in RBS
• Scope of further research of using RBS technology in the transportation industry (including Railroad Industry)
• Feasibility study of On-Car RBS for electric rail applications

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.