WAGON
UNLOADERS
- Remnant life studies involving FEA
- Field measurements
- Model validation
- Detailed engineering design
RAIL BRIDGE
- Structural assessment of steel, concrete and timber structures
- Advanced finite element analysis
- Remnant life assessment
- Rail tracking / compliance assessment
- Load testing, on-site measurement
- Real time monitoring
- Bearing analysis / remediation
- Structural Integrity Inspections and MSP Development
FASTENER
DESIGN
- Detailed design of rail fasteners subject to dynamic loading and millions of load cycles
- Highly nonlinear analysis including geometric nonlinearity, material nonlinearity, rubber and cast steel
- Fatigue analysis of elastomer and steel components
WHEEL AXLE
DESIGN AND AUDIT
- Investigation to improve geometry to minimise fatigue
- Materials studies
- Detailed FEA involving contact and nonlinearity
COUPLING
DESIGN AND AUDIT
- Rail coupling analysis
- Transient dynamic loading
- Non linear geometry with complex contact conditions
- Fatigue investigations
- Remnant life studies
- Specification of material properties to improve fatigue properties
ORE CAR
DESIGN AND AUDIT
- FEA studies used to improve remnant life
- Fatigue investigations
- DEM studies to improve flow ability of sticky ore and minimize hang up
- Studies to maximize carrying capacity and minimize car mass, refurbishment / production work inspections and
RAILS
- Rail crossover optimisation
- Rail compliance assessment to Australian Standards (AS1418)
- Rail / ride performance surveys using instrumentation and geographical logging