Dr. Bernhard Barkow Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Bernhard Barkow - Curriculum Vitae Contact

Education

1992 - 1999
Studies in Technical Physics, Vienna University of Technology
October 1999
Graduation (Sponsion) in technical physics
Title of diploma thesis: “Various methods of controlling the deployment of a tethered satellite” supervised by Prof. Hans Troger, Institute of Mechanics, Vienna University of Technology
Winter semester 1999 -
Winter semester 2002
Ph.D. studies at the Vienna University of Technology supervised by Prof. Hans Troger, Institute of Mechanics
January 2003
Graduation (Promotion - degree: Doctor of technical sciences)
Title of Ph.D. thesis (Dissertation): “Targeting control of unfolding of space structures connected by strings”

Qualifications

Foreign language:
English
Computer literacy:
Unix, Mac, Windows; C, C++, Fortran, VB, etc.; LaTeX, Mathematica, etc.
since 2003
Trade license for services offered in electronic data processing and information technology
since 7/16/2008
Certified European Railway Engineer (EURAIL-ING) on the basis DIN EN ISO/IEC 17024

Employment

1999 - 2000
Assistent lecturer at the Institute of Mechanics, Vienna University of Technology;
Research on the dynamics of tethered satellite systems and the numerical analysis of dynamical systems, teaching in the field of mechanics
2003- 2004
Building physics analysis and software development for analyzing irradiated glazing in construction
2000- 2006
Cooperation in various projects on contractual basis for the Bureau of Applied Mechanics and Mathematics, Vienna
since 2001
Various projects in the domains of graphics design, photography, web-design
since 2005
Editorial secretary of the scientific Journal “Acta Mechanica”, Springer-Verlag Wien
since 2006
Scientific co-worker of the Bureau of applied Mechanics and Mathematics, Vienna; responsible for projects supported by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG):

  • SIMOOR – SIMulation of Out-Of-Round railway wheels
  • IonicRail – Systemic Rail Head Conditioning by Alternative Lubricants like Ionic Fluids and Application Equipment
  • RSS – Railway System Security
  • ECO – Efficient Assessment of Conformity in Railway Traffic
  • exSentric – Extending Sensor Technology for Rails in the City
  • StraWe – die STRAßenbahnWEiche (the tramway switch)
seit 2015
responsible for contract research projects :
  • Magic Wear Rate – Calculation and evaluation of measured track data (long-run analyses)
  • Glattkon - Wheel-rail-analysis
  • OOR - Out-of-Round Railway Wheels
  • IN2Track - Developing a new evaluation algorithm for PlasmaTram data
  • PMA - Evaluation of the track bed corresponding to EN 13848-6

Memberships

ÖVG
Austrian Association for Transport Sciences

Publications

  1. Barkow, B.: Chaotic Dynamics of a Tethered Satellite System. Diplomarbeit in Technischer Physik, TU-Wien, 1999.
  2. Technical Report: Dynamical Analysis of Tethered Systems using Continuum Modelling for the Tether, Report ESTEC Contract No.12540/97/NL/PA(SC), Institute of Mechanics, Vienna University ofTechnology, Vienna, 2000.
  3. Steindl, A., Barkow, B.: Optimal Control for the Deployment of a Satellite, ZAMM 81(Suppl.2), 261-262, 2001.
  4. Barkow, B., Troger, H.: A Simple Strategy for the Deployment of a Tethered Satellite System, ZAMM 81(Suppl.2), 177-178, 2001.
  5. Barkow, B.: A Targeting Strategy for the Deployment of a Tethered Satellite System. Dissertation TU-Wien, 2002.
  6. Barkow, B.: Controlled Deployment of a Tethered Satellite System, PAMM 2(1), 224-225, 2003.
  7. Barkow, B., Steindl, A., Troger, H., Wiedermann, G.: Various Methods of Controlling the Deployment of a Tethered Satellite, Journal of Vibration and Control 9, 187-208, 2003.
  8. Technischer Bericht: Ein einfaches Modell für die Feste Fahrbahn, BAMM TR04-01-B, Wien, 2004 (in German).
  9. Technischer Bericht: Berechnung des Temperaturverhaltens von Sonnenschutzverglasungen, WPR-04-01-SG, Wien, 2004 (in German).
  10. Barkow, B., Steindl, A., Troger, H.: Targeting Control of Unfolding of Space Structures Connected by Strings, Proceedings of the Third European Conference on Structural Control, Vol. 2 (Flesch, R.,Irschik, H., Krommer, M., Herausgeber), Schriftenreihe der TU-Wien, 1-135-S1-138, 2005 (ISBN-3-901167-90-0).
  11. Barkow, B., Steindl, A., Troger, H.: A Targeting Strategy for the Deployment of a Tethered Satellite System, IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics 70, 626-644, 2005.
  12. Barkow, B., Mittermayr, P., Presle, G.: Simulation von unrunden Eisenbahnrädern. Tagungsband der 9. Internationalen Schienenfahrzeugtagung RAD SCHIENE 2008, Dresden, 27.-29. Februar 2008 (pp. 22-23) (in German).
  13. Barkow, B. Mittermayr, P.: Identifying Causes of Out-of-Round Wheels: Measuring Field Experience Against Simulations. Interface Journal, October 2008. http://interfacejournal.com/archives/398
  14. Barkow, B., Mittermayr, P., Fischmeister, E., Oberhauser, A.: Die Leitschiene: Sinn oder Unsinn? Tagungsband der 11. Internationalen Schienenfahrzeugtagung RAD SCHIENE 2011, Dresden, 23.–25. Februar 2011 (pp. 38–40).
  15. Mittermayr, P., Barkow, B.: System Rad/Schiene – Tradition versus Innovation. ZEVrail Glasers Annalen 137 “Tagungsband 41. SFT Graz” (2013) (in German).
  16. Mittermayr, P., Barkow, B.: Equivalent Conicity: Measurement, Analysis and Sensitivity. Abstracts of the WRI-EU 2015 - 1st Wheel/Rail Interaction Conference, Derby, U.K., October 21-23, 2015. In: Interface Journal http://interfacejournal.com/archives/1646
  17. Skov-Petersen, H., Barkow, B., Lundhede, T., Bredahl Jacobsen, J.: How do cyclists make their way? - A GPS-based revealed preference study in Copenhagen. International Journal of Geographical Information Science 32(7), 1469-1484, 2018. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13658816.1436713
  18. Barkow, B., Kopetzky, P., Mittermayr, P.: Methoden und Erfahrung der Fahrzeugbeurteilung aus Sicht des Fahrwegs. Tagungsband der 16. Internationalen Schienenfahrzeugtagung RAD SCHIENE 2018, Dresden, 12.–14. September 2018 (pp. 190–192). (Methods and experience of vehicle evaluation from the track's point of view - in German)
  19. Mittermayr, P., Kopetzky, P., Barkow, B., Alten, K.: Die optische und vibro-akustische Beurteilung der Rillenschienenweiche. In: Tagungsband Weichentagung, Igls/Innsbruck, 16.11.2021, 11 pages (Optical and vibro-acoustical evaluation of the grooved rail switch – in German)
  20. Mittermayr, P., Kopetzky, P., Barkow, B., Alten, K., Fuchs, A.: Beurteilung der Rillenschienenweiche durch optische und vibro-akustische Messung. ETR Austria 70(12), 79–83, 2021. (Optical and vibro-acoustic investigation of switches in grooved rail networks – in German)

Conference Lectures

  1. GAMM, Göttingen, 2000 “Optimal Control for the Deployment of a Satellite”: A Simple Strategy for the Deployment of a Tethered Satellite System
  2. ARCTAM-2001, 8th All-Russian Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Perm, Russland, 23.–29.08.2001
  3. GAMM, Augsburg, 2002: Controlled Deployment of a Tethered Satellite System
  4. Wheel/Rail Interaction ’07, 13th Annual Seminar, Chicago, IL, 08.–09.05.2007: Identifying Causes of Out of Round Wheels
  5. RAD SCHIENE 2008, 9. Internationale Schienenfahrzeugtagung Dresden, 27.–29.02.2008: Simulation von unrunden Eisenbahnrädern
  6. Experten- und Vernetzungsworkshop ISB – Innovatives System Bahn, Wien, 15.–16.04.2008: Simulation of Out-Of-Roundness of Railway Wheels (Lecture slides)
  7. Wheel Rail Interaction 2009, 15th Annual Seminar, Chicago, IL, 06.–07.05.2009: Identifying Causes of Out of Round Wheels: Measuring Field Experience against Simulations
  8. Wheel Rail Interaction 2010, 16th Annual Seminar, Chicago, IL, 17.–20.05.2010: Track Measurement in Urban Light Rail Traffic
  9. RAD SCHIENE 2011, 11. Internationale Schienenfahrzeugtagung, Dresden, 23.–25.02.2011: Die Leitschiene: Sinn oder Unsinn? (The Guide Rail: Sense or Nonsense? – in German)
  10. 41. Tagung Moderne Schienenfahrzeuge, Graz, 07.–10.04.2013: System Rad/Schiene – Tradition versus Innovation (System Wheel/Rail – Tradition versus Innovation – in German)
  11. WRI-EU 2015: Wheel Rail Interaction EU, Derby, 21.-23.10.2015: Equivalent Conicity: Measurement, Analysis and Sensitivity
  12. RAD SCHIENE 2018, 16. Internationale Schienenfahrzeugtagung, Dresden, 12.–14.09.2018: Methoden und Erfahrung der Fahrzeugbeurteilung aus Sicht des Fahrwegs (Methods and experience of vehicle evaluation from the track's point of view – in German) Poster presentation - Barkow, B., Kopetzky, P., Mittermayr, P.
  13. WRI-EU 2019 – 2nd Wheel Rail Interaction Conference EU, Wien, 29.–31.10.2019: Magic Wear Rate – Gains from long-term wheel and rail profile measurement
  14. Weichentagung, Igls/Innsbruck, 16.11.2021: Die optische und vibro-akustische Beurteilung der Rillenschienenweiche (Optical and vibro-acoustical evaluation of the grooved rail switch – in German)