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Vampire Virtual User Event - 16 July 2020

A big thank you to all those who presented at and attended our first Vampire Virtual User Event. It was a great success and good to see such a large cross-section of the Vampire community. In the sections below, you can find a full recording of the event as well as recordings of the individual presentations and Powerpoint slides.

Vampire User Event - July 2020 - Full Video

Full video of the complete event (3h:15). To jump straight to individual presentations of particular interest please see the separate videos below.

Part 2 - Industry View

Mark Oakley, Professional Head of Rolling stock, Rail Safety and Standards Body (RSSB)

Introduction by Mark Oakley outlining the use of Rail Vehicle Dynamics Simulation Software, Vampire and how it fits into and supports the rail industry today.

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Part 3 - Keynote Address

Mark Burstow, Principal Vehicle Track Dynamics Engineer, Network Rail

Keynote Address by Mark Burstow. Mark explores the use of modelling and simulation using Vampire from an infrastructure point of view at Network Rail and the continued development of its use throughout the years.

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Part 4 - Vampire Development Plans

Alan Minnis, Principal Consultant, Ian Hills, Vampire Technical Lead, Paul Molyneux-Berry, Principal Engineer, AtkinsRéalis

Alan, Ian and Paul present the latest version of Vampire from AtkinsRéalis (version 7.00), discuss the upcoming developments that are planned for Vampire versions 7.10 and beyond, and how the Vampire community can engage with AtkinsRéalis to request new features and report bugs.

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Part 5 - Interactive Vehicle Builder Demonstration

Alan Minnis, Principal Consultant, AtkinsRéalis

A demonstration of the Interactive Vehicle Builder (IVB) by Alan Minnis, showing just how quick it can be to build a complete vehicle model in Vampire. Here you can see Alan build a vehicle model in less than 15 mins. The speed and ease of build and simulation continue to be one of Vampire's greatest strengths.

Part 6 - Modelling Switches and Crossings

Peter Klauser, Vehicle Dynamics Group LLC

Peter discusses his recent work on Modelling Switches & Crossings. The presentation provides an insight into how modelling this complicated track-form and contact can be best achieved in Vampire and what to watch out for.

To download the abreviated slides used during this presentation please click here.

To download the full unabreviated version of Peter Kauser's presentation on Modelling Switches and Crossings please click here.

Part 7 - Automation with Vampire

Phil Shackleton, Institute of Railway Research (IRR), University of Huddersfield

Phil provides an inspirational presentation on how it is possible to automate tasks in Vampire both by using Vampire's in-house automation tools and through external automation tools utilising Vampire's easy to use text input formats and its ability to be run from the command line.

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Part 8 - Vampire Longitudinal Dynamics

Owen Evans, Principal Engineer, AtkinsRéalis

Introduction to the new and upcoming Longitudinal Dynamics features of Vampire by Owen Evans. Owen describes the new features and demonstrates an interesting case study used as part of the validation of the new features.

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Part 9 - Usersubs for Model Validation

Phil Rogers, Technical Director, Dynamics Gauging and Testing, AtkinsRéalis

Phil presents various methods to extend Vampire using User Subroutines (usersubs) to enable more accurate simulation of actual static test results for the purposes of Model Validation.

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Part 10 - Helpdesk and General Management

Yunshi Zhao, Vampire Product Manager, AtkinsRéalis

Yunshi Zhao introduces the new Vampire helpdesk system, Vampire website and various contact and support methods.

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Part 11 - Closing Remarks and Q&A

Farzana Hampshire, Vampire Product Lead, AtkinsRéalis

Closing remarks by Farzana Hampshire, followed by the Question and Answer sessions recorded throughout the event.