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CHARMEC

Chalmers Railway Mechanics is a Centre of Excellence in Railway Mechanics established at Chalmers University of Technology.

The formal agreement was signed at The Swedish National Board for Industrial and Technical Development (NUTEK) in Stockholm on 7 July 1995.

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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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Triennial report 2021
 
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