William W. Hay Railroad Engineering Seminar

Friday, February 20, 2026

  • Graphic for the William W. Hay Railroad Engineering Seminar with speaker information for Kevin Oldknow from Simon Fraser University.

    Hay Seminar: Contact Matters: Wheel-Rail Interface Fundamentals and Frontiers

    12:15 - 1:15 pm
    Nathan M. Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory

    Railway vehicles and tracks are complex, sophisticated, and highly nonlinear systems. There is one, singular location where these dynamic systems meet & interact: the wheel-rail interface. The contact pressures and subsurface stresses generated in wheel-rail contact far exceed those seen in many engineering applications, as does the range of environmental conditions