Transformative knowledge: Institute of Railway Research securing future of our rail services
…rting important developments in a new era of high-speed rail travel in the UK. The Research and Enterprise team, led by Dr Paul Allen and Dr Adam Bevan, are working on the vehicle-track interaction of a number of high-speed vehicle concepts, which will run at speeds of up to 360km per hour. The team’s simulation work investigates aspects of the system performance, such as ride quality, the forces generated between the vehicle and the track and the…