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Biography
After studying in France, Yann Bezin graduated with an honours degree in Mechanical Engineering from Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) and joined the Rail Technology Unit (RTU) at MMU at its inception in 1999 as a graduate engineer. He learned the fundamentals of mathematical modelling of freight and passenger railway vehicles, using a number of multibody dynamic simulation codes either commercially available or developed in-house. Yann became an expert in the field, contributing to numerous industry led projects for bogie suspension design modifications, vehicle acceptance and derailment investigation, as well as contributing to national research investigations such as that on head checks following the Hatfield incident. Yann published his first papers at national workshops and exhibitions in the UK and the software international user conferences. He contributed to organising the 1st international workshop on freight vehicle design at MMU in 2001.
Yann returned to France as a consultant engineer in 2002, collaborating with MSC Software in Italy on the development of the software Adams/Rail and running a number of expert training courses to national railway organisations overseas.
He then returned to MMU to act as the technical manager of a successful project funded by the UK national research council EPSRC and department for trade and industry DTI. The research program in collaboration with Corus (now Tata), MSC Software and Carillion Rail led to the completion of his PhD thesis in 2008 on the integration of Flexible Track System Models (FTSM) within vehicle multibody dynamic software.
Since Yann led the research efforts into several major collaborative EU FP6 and FP7 funded projects on track system innovation (Innotrack), vehicle homologation and cross-acceptance (Dynotrain) and sustainable freight (SustRail). He highly contributed to the successful organisation of the 22nd international IAVSD symposium in Manchester in August 2011 receiving more than 260 international delegates, expert in the field of vehicle dynamics on road and rail.
Yann joined the University of Huddersfield in July 2012 to set up the Institute of Railway Research (IRR) together with former colleagues from MMU. As part of the management team, Yann is acting as Head of research of the IRR.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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Research Expertise and Interests
- wheel-rail interface
- contact mechanics
- vehicle dynamics
- vehicle-track interaction
- track system design
- switches and crossings
- multibody dynamics
- materials technology
- Railway asset data collection and intelligence
- Railway track systems
- Wheel-rail contact
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Projects
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CAPACITY4RAIL: Increasing Capacity 4 Rail networks through enhanced infrastructure and optimised operations
1/10/13 → 30/09/17
Project: Research
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DYNAFREIGHT: Innovative technical solutions for improved train DYNAmics and operation of longer FREIGHt Trains
Iwnicki, S., Bezin, Y. & Shackleton, P.
1/11/16 → 30/06/18
Project: Research
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WRIST: Innovative Welding Processes for New Rail Infrastructures
Bezin, Y. & Neves, S.
1/05/15 → 31/01/19
Project: Research
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Challenges and methodology for pre-processing measured and new rail profiles to efficiently simulate wheel-rail interaction in switches and crossings
Bezin, Y., Sambo, B., Magalhaes, H., Kik, W., Megna, G. & Costa, J. N., 1 Mar 2023, In: Vehicle System Dynamics. 61, 3, p. 799-820 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access7 Citations (Scopus) -
Considering the interaction of switch and stock rails in modelling vehicle-track interaction in a switch panel diverging route
Sebes, M. & Bezin, Y., 1 Mar 2023, In: Vehicle System Dynamics. 61, 3, p. 765-781 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access6 Citations (Scopus) -
Editorial for S&C benchmark special issue
Pålsson, B. A. & Bezin, Y., 1 Mar 2023, In: Vehicle System Dynamics. 61, 3, p. 639-643 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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Finite element analysis of a crossing panel under dynamic moving load – effect of support conditions and implications on foot fatigue
Alizadeh Otorabad, H., Bezin, Y., Grossoni, I. & Mascarenhas Jorge, P., 1 May 2023, In: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit. 237, 5, p. 563-575 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus) -
Multibody simulation benchmark for dynamic vehicle-track interaction in switches and crossings: Modelling description and simulation tasks
Bezin, Y. & Pålsson, B. A., 1 Mar 2023, In: Vehicle System Dynamics. 61, 3, p. 644-659 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
Open Access26 Citations (Scopus)
Datasets
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Multibody simulation benchmark for dynamic vehicle-track interaction in switches and crossings
Bezin, Y. (Creator) & Pålsson, B. (Creator), University of Huddersfield, 15 Oct 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.34696/s60x-ay18, https://huddersfield.box.com/s/pbkqy5rv5miz7ojaxbwlqjyudf8zpqe3
Dataset
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Modelling the improved behaviour of a switch installed on ballast-asphalt track
Samuel Hawksbee (Speaker), Ilaria Grossoni (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Yann Bezin (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Benjamin Lee (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Geoff Watson (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), David Milne (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Louis Le Pen (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Taufan Abadi (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Pedro Mascarenhas Jorge (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)
24 Aug 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Designing an inset railway switch using a dedicated computational tool
Hugo Pacheco Magalhaes (Speaker), Pedro Mascarenhas Jorge (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Yann Bezin (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Andy Foan (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Phil Winship (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)
24 Aug 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Enhancement of a CEN56 acute crossing using an automated optimisation process
Yann Bezin (Speaker), Hugo Pacheco Magalhaes (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), Pedro Mascarenhas Jorge (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Phil Winship (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)
24 Aug 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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5th International Conference on Railway Technology (Event)
Joao Pombo (Member of editorial board), Paul Allen (Member of editorial board), Hamid Alturbeh (Member of editorial board), Pedro Antunes (Member of editorial board), Yann Bezin (Member of editorial board), Xiaocheng Ge (Member of editorial board) & Hugo Pacheco Magalhaes (Member of editorial board)
22 Aug 2022 → 25 Aug 2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Conference Peer-review
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How Research, Development and Innovation is changing maintenance activities and regimes
Yann Bezin (Speaker)
13 Jun 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Press/Media
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'Radical' Self-Guiding Trains Could Replace Railway Switches
8/06/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment