NEWS:
Posted: 2024-10-23
Suchet Bysani will present his Licentiate thesis Influence of foreign objects on derailment risks in railway switches on Friday 2024-11-15 at 13:15 in seminar rooms Delta and Gamma. Discussion leader is Associate Professor Matti Rantatalo, Luleå University of Technology. See Chalmers calendar for more information.
Posted: 2024-10-11
The concluding technical report of In2Track3 is now available. The book which includes much research from CHARMEC is can be download in single page format or spread format.
Posted: 2024-09-21
Henrik Vilhelmson presented his Licentiate thesis Towards structural design optimisation of railway crossings 2024-09-20. Discussion leader was Dr Jou-Yi Shih, ZynaMic Engineering AB.
Posted: 2024-09-08
CHARMEC seminars Thursday 2024-09-12.
0930 Kourosh Nasrollahi, Jens Nielsen, Jelke Dijkstra och Magnus Ekh: Transition zone design for reduced track settlements (TS22)
0955 Elena Kabo, Michele Maglio, Lars Fehrlund, Pär Söderström, Anders Ekberg, Jens Nielsen och Tore Vernersson: Improved regulations and procedures for damaged wheels (SP37)
1020 Information from the director
1030 Coffee
1045 Pernilla Edlund, Trafikverket: In2Track3 – overview and examples of results
1110 Daniel Gren, Johan Ahlström och Magnus Ekh: Characterization of crack initiation and propagation in anisotropic material (MU35)
1135 Björn Andersson, Johan Ahlström, Lennart Josefson och Magnus Ekh: Numerical simulations of welding and other high-temperature processes (MU37)
1200 Lunch
Join in seminar room Delta, Hörsalsvägen 7, or on Teams LiveEvent.
Posted: 2024-09-01
Mohammad Salahi Nezhad presented his PhD-thesis Numerical investigations of rolling contact fatigue crack growth in a rail head 2024-08-30. The faculty appointed opponent was Professor Roger Lewis from the University of Sheffield in Sheffield, United Kingdom.
Abstract and summary are available at Chalmers' research site.
Posted: 2024-08-30
Nasrin Talebi presented her Licentiate thesis Predicting rolling contact fatigue crack initiation in highly deformed rail steel
Abstract and summary are available at Chalmers' research site.
Posted: 2024-06-15
Daniel Gren presented his PhD-thesis Fatigue crack behaviour in pearlitic railway steels subjected to large shear deformation on Friday 2024-06-14. The faculty appointed opponent was Doctor Anton Hohenwarter från University of Leoben, Department of Materials Science in Leoben, Austria.
Abstract and summary are available at Chalmers' research site.
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