Abstract:
In the 1970ties FFU – fibre reinforces foamed urethan - was developed by Japanese Railways in cooperation with Sekisui Chemical Co. Ltd. Here you will get information about the production process, the summery of many material performance tests done by technical Universities. As well as lateral resistance in the track, minus 65-degree Celsius full body performance of the material and how it act under vandalism fire tested in a lab. As well as the performance of this technology after 30 years used in track tested and reported by the Railway Technical Research Institute of Japan.
Biography:
Dr. Gunther Koller studied civil engineering at the technical University in Vienna and graduated as Dipl.-Ing. In 1991. Then he became assistant at the technical University at the Institute of Construction Process and Construction Economics. He referred his PhD (Dr. techn.) in 1994 at the same institute. After that he build bridges in Austria, Germany and Ireland, Metros in Vienna and Munich. Two Hydro power stations in Turkey, Railway tunnel in Switzerland. In 2004 he become head of railways at Rhomberg. In 2006 he opened koocoo technology & consulting GmbH. It does business development for technologies like synthetic sleeper, ground stabilization, noise and vibration. He did more than 60 professional articles and 40 presentations on international symposiums.
