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Smart Planning and Virtual Certification

PROJECTS
Funding
European
European Union
Duration
-
Status
Complete
Geo-spatial type
Other
EU Contribution
€823 644
Project Acronym
PLASA-2
STRIA Roadmaps
Network and traffic management systems (NTM)
Transport mode
Rail icon
Transport policies
Safety/Security
Transport sectors
Passenger transport,
Freight transport

Overview

Link to CORDIS
Objectives

In Europe, different and often not perfectly suitable tools are in use today to simulate railway operations. This leads to results which may not be comparable and to a data landscape that has no proper data interfaces between different countries implemented. This renders the simulation of cross-border connections difficult. Moreover, no tool has yet been implemented that is able to simulate large networks and that can also be used for large networks.

In PLASA, the concept and a first prototypical implementation for an integrated Smart Planning simulation is being developed, addressing tactical to daily capacity planning. In PLASA-2, a new integrated Smart Planning simulation approach will be developed, which will be capable of analysing entire networks. The possibilities of interplay between microscopic and macroscopic simulation will be particularly evaluated and a concept for applying the PLASA model for capacity analysis will be defined in view of enabling strategic capacity planning to support investment and reinvestment decisions.

In the field of Virtual Certification, a reduction of the duration and cost of the process for an appropriate authorisation to put a new train into service is needed. Today, the authorisation process for putting new rolling stock into service is largely based on full-scale field and line tests, which is expensive, time and capacity consuming. A breakthrough in performance can only be made if numerical simulations are progressively introduced in a mixed virtual/experimental authorisation process, resulting in less field tests.

In PLASA-2, a very lean structure will be created to coordinate the activities related to virtual certification within the relevant TDs of IP1 and IP2, to define comprehensive practical industrial processes for validation of rolling stock sub-systems/systems. Hence, a common interface with standardisation and regulatory bodies will be proposed to steer the projects outcomes in the standards and guidelines.

Funding

Parent Programmes
Institution Type
Public institution
Institution Name
European Commission
Type of funding
Public (EU)

Partners

Lead Organisation
Organisation
Deutsche Bahn Ag
Address
Postdamer Platz 2, 10785 BERLIN, Germany
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€391 961
Partner Organisations
Organisation
Trafikverket
Address
RodaVagen 1, 781 89 BORLANGE, Sweden
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€1 500 000
Organisation
Trafikverket
Address
RodaVagen 1, 781 89 BORLANGE, Sweden
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€177 760
Organisation
Siemens Mobility Gmbh
Address
OTTO-HAHN-RING 6, 81379 MUNCHEN, Germany
EU Contribution
€44 413
Organisation
Bombardier Transportation Uk Ltd
Address
Litchurch Lane, Derby, DE24 8AD, United Kingdom
EU Contribution
€93 324
Organisation
Hacon Ingenieurgesellschaft Gmbh
Address
Lister Strasse 15, 30163 HANNOVER, Germany
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€38 994
Organisation
Sncf
Address
2 Place Aux Etoiles, 93200 Saint Denis, France
EU Contribution
€41 640
Organisation
Construcciones Y Auxiliar De Ferrocarriles Investigacion Y Desarrollo Sl
Address
JOSE MIGUEL ITURRIOZ 26, 20200 BEASAIN, Spain
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€35 553

Technologies

Technology Theme
Infrastructure management
Technology
Virtual reality to support planning processes
Development phase
Research/Invention

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