CM2006

CM2006 will be held in Brisbane, Australia 24-27 September 2006. The conference website is at: www.materialsaustralia.com.au/cm2006/

Questions & Answers

Quick facts

Following the conferences in:
Vancouver, Canada 1982; Kingston, Rhode Island, USA 1986; Cambridge, England 1990; Vancouver, Canada 1994; Tokyo, Japan 2000 and the mini-conferences in Delft, The Netherlands 1992 and in Budapest, Hungary 1996. The
6th International Conference on Contact Mechanics and Wear of Rail/Wheel Systems
took place in Gothenburg, Sweden, June 10-13, 2003.

• The conference
  • The focus of the conference is on the contact between wheel and rail and the phenomena that have their origin in this area.
  • The overall theme of the conference is "Enhancing safety, environment and economy through research".
  • The official language of the conference is English.
• Programme
  • The final programme for the conference is available for download (1 MB).
• Authors
  • Information for authors is available on our author's page
• Exhibiton and sponsoring
  • A description of exhibitors and sponsors is available on-line (4.3 MB)

More information

More detailed information is available on the following subjects

• Questions and answers from the presentations.
  
• Scope of the conference - theme and subjects discussed at the conference
• Authors' page - information for the authors
• Conference facilities - information about the conference halls, etc
• Organizers - information about the organizers of the conference
• Practical information - visa, weather in Gothenburg, tourist information, etc.
• Exhibition - a list of the companies that will participate in the conference exhibition
• Pictures from the conference are now available

Related topics

• A special issue of FFEMS devoted to rail fatigue will be released shortly. If you were a CM2003-delegate, it is possible to order your copy at areduced price by using the linked order sheet (pdf-file).
• ESIS have several activities related to Wheel/Rail contact. See the ESIS homepage and the ESIS news page for more information.
  

Sponsors

We are very happy to announce that the conference was sponsored by the following companies:

Main sponsor

Lucchini Sweden

Sponsors

SweMaint voestalpine

Speno International

Railway Technical Research Institute

National Research Council Canada -
Centre for Surface Transportation Technology (NRC-CSTT)