Railway Research
Innovation center for railway technology and mobility
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Railway Research, Innovation center for railway technology and mobility
Rooms: A3.11, R1.061, R1.062
Phone: -1665, -3106, -3197
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The selection Railway Research Group is an initiative to network teachers and researchers in the field of railway technology at the university. New technologies for railway technology are being researched, tested and applied. The section is characterized by an interdisciplinary approach and many years of industrial experience of its members.
Prof. Dr. -Ing. Matthias Niessner
Priorities:
- Construction and calculation of railway components
- Brake technology, brake discs and pads, driving simulation
- Crash safety of rail vehicles
- Assistance with claims and product optimization
Course:
Current research projects:
- Neurobrake - Safely calculate braking distances of rail vehicles with the help of artificial neural networks and Fuzzy Logic, 2015-2017, funding by the Bavarian Ministry of Science.
- Penalty process for the frictional evaluation of modern brake pads (cooperation with Knorr-Bremse systems for rail vehicles)
- Predictable and Optimised Braking, RSSB, UK
- Additive manufacturing of metallic components in railway technology
- MovingIDEAS Challenge of the DB - Package of measures Modern diesel engine (research project together with Prof. Andreas Rau, FK03
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Wilhelm (FK03)
Priorities:
- Manufacturing technology Rail vehicles
- Advanced Materials and Arc Processes Research and Development Center
- Industrial cooperation
- Support for claims and welding process optimization
Current research projects:
- Discontinuous energy input during MSG welding of components from the curable aluminium alloy AW 6082 for rail vehicle construction, objectives of the work
- Effects of discontinuous energy input on microstructure
- Quantitative prediction of the correlations of Rm, Rp0,2 and elongation at break, based on measurements of HV1
- Development of a FEM model for the calculation of transient deformation
Current releases:
Wilhelm, G.: The development of modern MSG welding processes based on task-specific optimization of energy components in the arc area. 2nd Vienna Production Technology Congress, Vienna 2014
Siewert, E.; Wilhelm, G.; Häßler, M.; Schein, J.; Hanson, T.; Schnick, M.; Füssel, U.: Visualization of gas flows in electric arcs by the Schlieren measuring technique, Supplement to the Welding Journal, January 2014
Wilhelm, G.; Jaeschke, B.; Stacey, B.; Stacey, M.; Weglowski, M.: Advanced arc processes meet customer needs for automated steel welding. 66th IIW Annual Assembly, International conference on “Automation in Welding”, Essen 2013
2014: Project Rupeancy Analysis according to UIC (Cooperation with Knorr-Bremse Systems for Rail Vehicles)