Triennial Report 2003 - CHARMEC

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CONTENTSCHARMEC research 1995–2006 3–4Foreword 5Executive summary 6Introduction 7Vision and goals 8Board and director 8–9Quality assessment and knowledge transfer 9Programme areas CHARMEC Stage 3 10Summary of CHARMEC Stage 3 11–12Projects and results 13Programme area 1Interaction of train and track (TS)TS1. Calculation models of track structures 14TS2. Railhead corrugation formation 15TS3. Sleeper and railpad dynamics 15TS4. Lateral track dynamics 16 –17TS5. Out-of-round wheels 18 –19– causes and consequencesTS6. Identification of dynamic forces in trains 20TS7. Dynamics of track switches 21TS8. Integrated track dynamics 22TS9. Track dynamics and sleepers 22Programme area 2Vibrations and noise (VB)VB1. Structural vibrations from 23railway trafficVB2. Noise from tread braked 23railway vehiclesVB3. Test rig for railway noise 24VB4. Vibrations and external noise 25from train and trackVB5. Wave propagation under 26–27high-speed trainsVB6. Interaction of train, soil and buildings 28VB7. Vibration transmission in 29railway vehiclesVB8. Ground vibrations from railways 30Programme area 3Materials and maintenance (MU)MU1. Mechanical properties of ballast 31MU2. New materials in wheels and rails 32MU3. Martensite formation and damage 33around railway wheel flatsMU4. Prediction of lifetime of railway wheels 33MU5. Mechanical properties of 34–35concrete sleepersMU6. Rolling contact fatigue of rails 36MU7. Laser treatment of wheels and rails 37MU8. Butt-welding of rails 38MU9. Rolling contact fatigue of 39railway wheelsMU10. Crack propagation in railway wheels 40MU11. Early crack growth in rails 41+45MU12. Contact and crack mechanics for rails 42MU13. Wheel and rail materials at 43low temperaturesMU14. Damage in track switches 44MU15. Microstructural development 45during laser coatingMU16. Alternative materials for 46wheels and railsProgramme area 4Systems for monitoring and operation (SD)SD1. Braking of freight trains 46–47– a systems approachSD2. Sonar pulses for braking control 47SD3. Computer control of braking systems 48for freight trainsSD4. Control of block braking 49–50SD5. Active and semi-active systems 51in railway vehiclesProgramme area 5Parallel EU Projects (EU)EU1. EuroSABOT – Sound attenuation 52by optimised tread brakesEU2. Silent Freight – Development of 52new technologies for low noisefreight wagonsEU3. Silent Track – Development of 53new technologies for low noiserailway infrastructureEU4. ICON – Integrated study of 53rolling contact fatigueEU5. EUROBALT II – European research 54for an optimised ballasted trackEU6. HIPERWHEEL – Development 55of an innovative high performancerailway wheelsetEU7. INFRASTAR – Improving railway 56infrastructure productivity by sustainabletwo-material rail developmentEU8. ERS 57Programme area 6Parallel Special Projects (SP) 58–59Academic awards 60International conferences 61Conference CM2003 at Chalmers 62–63Results and effects in industry 64–65Partners in industry 66–67Partners in EU projects 68–69Special events and achievements 70–75Financial reportReport per party 76Report per programme area 78Management and administration 78CHARMEC Stage 4 79Concluding remarks 79Collage of photos 80–81
CHARMEC RESEARCH 1995–2006Status as of December 2003TSProgramme area 1Interaction of train and trackVBProgramme area 2Vibrations and noiseMUProgramme area 3Materials and maintenanceSDProgramme area 4Systems for monitoring and operationEUProgramme area 5Parallel eu projectsTS1Calculation models oftrack structures 3Prof Thomas AbrahamssonMr Johan Oscarsson 2VB1Structural vibrations fromrailway traffic 3Prof Sven Ohlsson/Prof Thomas AbrahamssonMr Johan Jonsson 2MU1Mechanical propertiesof ballastProf Kenneth RunessonMr Lars Jacobsson 1MU9Rolling contact fatigueof railway wheelsDr Anders Ekberg/Dr Elena KaboProf Roger LundénSD1Braking of freight trains– a systems approachProf Göran GerbertMr Daniel Thuresson 1EU1EuroSABOT 3Prof Roger LundénMr Tore Vernersson/Mr Martin PeterssonTS2Railhead corrugation formation 3Prof Tore Dahlberg 4Ms Annika Igeland 2 (now Annika Lundberg)VB2Noise from tread brakedrailway vehiclesProf Roger Lundén/Dr Peter MöllerMr Martin Petersson 1 /Mr Tore Vernersson 1MU2New materials in wheelsand rails 3Prof Birger KarlssonMr Johan Ahlström 2MU10Crack propagation in railway wheelsProf Hans Andersson/Dr Elena Kabo/Dr Anders EkbergMs Eka LanslerSD2Sonar pulses forbraking control 3Prof Bengt SchmidtbauerMr Hans SandholtEU2Silent Freight 3Doc Jens NielsenMr Martin Petersson/Mr Markus WallentinTS3Sleeper and railpad dynamics 3Prof Tore Dahlberg 4Ms Åsa Fenander 2 (now Åsa Sällström)VB3Test rig for railway noise 3Prof Roger LundénMr Tore Vernersson 1MU3Martensite formation and damagearound railway wheel flats 3Prof Roger LundénMr Johan Jergéus 2MU11Early crack growth in railsDr Jonas Ringsberg/Prof Lennart JosefsonMr Anders BergkvistSD3Computer control of brakingsystems for freight trainsMr Håkan Edler/Prof Jan TorinMr Roger Johansson 1EU3Silent Track 3Doc Jens NielsenMr Clas AnderssonTS4Lateral track dynamics 3Prof Thomas AbrahamssonMr Clas Andersson 2VB4Vibrations and external noisefrom train and trackProf Roger Lundén/Dr Anders Frid/Doc Jens NielsenMr Carl Fredrik Hartung 1MU4Prediction of lifetime ofrailway wheels 3Prof Roger LundénMr Anders Ekberg 2MU12Contact and crackmechanics for railsProf Peter HansboMr Per Heintz 1SD4Control of block brakingProf Roger LundénMr Tore Vernersson 1EU4ICON 3Prof Lennart JosefsonMr Jonas RingsbergTS5Out-of-round wheels– causes and consequencesDoc Jens Nielsen/Prof Roger LundénMr Anders Johansson 1VB5Wave propagation underhigh-speed trainsProf Nils-Erik WibergMr Torbjörn Ekevid 2MU5Mechanical properties ofconcrete sleepers 3Prof Kent GylltoftMr Rikard Gustavson 2 (now Rikard Bolmsvik)MU13Wheel and rail materialsat low temperaturesDr Johan Ahlström/Prof Birger KarlssonSD5Active and semi-active systemsin railway vehiclesProf Jonas SjöbergMs Jessica FagerlundEU5EuroBALT II 3Prof Tore Dahlberg 4Mr Johan OscarssonTS6Identification of dynamicforces in trainsProf Thomas Abrahamsson/Dr Peter MöllerMr Lars Nordström 1VB6Interaction of train, soiland buildings 3Dr Johan JonssonProfs Thomas Abrahamsson and Kent GylltoftMU6Rolling contact fatigue of rails 3Prof Lennart JosefsonMr Jonas Ringsberg 2MU14Damage in track switchesDr Magnus Ekh/Prof Kenneth RunessonMr Göran JohanssonEU6HIPERWHEELProf Roger LundénDoc Jens Nielsen/Dr Anders EkbergTS7Dynamics of track switchesDoc Jens Nielsen/Prof Tore Dahlberg 4Mr Elias KassaVB7Vibration transmissionin railway vehiclesProf Thomas Abrahamsson/Doc Tomas McKelveyMr Per KallingMU7Laser treatment of wheelsand railsProf Birger KarlssonMr Simon Niederhauser 1MU15Microstructural developmentduring laser coatingProf Birger KarlssonDr Johan AhlströmEU7INFRASTARProf Lennart Josefson/Prof Roger LundénDoc Jens Nielsen/Dr Jonas Ringsberg/Prof Birger KarlssonTS8Integrated track dynamicsDoc Jens NielsenProf Tore Dahlberg 4VB8Ground vibrations from railwaysProf Anders BoströmMr Anders KarlströmMU8Butt-welding of railsProf Lennart Josefson/Dr Jonas RingsbergMr Anders Skyttebol 1MU16Alternative materialsfor wheels and railsDr Johan Ahlström/Prof Birger KarlssonMr Niklas KöppenEU8ERSProf Roger LundénMr Martin Helgen/Doc Jan Henrik Sällström/Mr Tore VernerssonTS9Track dynamics and sleepersProf Thomas Abrahamsson/Doc Jens NielsenMs Johanna LiljaNOTES1. Licentiate (teknologie licentiat)2. PhD (teknologie doktor)3. This project has been finished4. Now at Linköping Institute of TechnologyUpper name(s): Project leader(s) and supervisor(s)Lower name(s):Doctoral candidate(s) or other co-worker(s)The abbreviation Doc is used for Docent which is the highest academicqualification in Sweden (above the doctor’s level, see page 60)DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED AT CHALMERSApplied Mechanics, Computer Engineering, Machine andVehicle Systems, Materials Science and Engineering, Signalsand Systems, Structural Engineering and Mechanics3 4
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PARTNERS IN EU PROJECTSOur partners
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SPECIAL EVENTS AND ACHIEVEMENTSSome
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