PROJECTS
Funding
Spain
Duration
-
Status
Ongoing
Geo-spatial type
Network corridors
Total project cost
€106 480
EU Contribution
€0
Project Acronym
CONFRIC
STRIA Roadmaps
Transport mode
Overview
Objectives
The project pursues the development of new and more precise models that include the friction phenomenon and that, therefore, can be used to obtain wheel-rail contact results as accurate as possible to those being produced in real railway traffic conditions. The project includes theoretical aspects as well experimental work in real tracks.
Funding
Parent Programmes
Funding Source
Spanish State Research Agency (AEI)
Results
The new models are aimed at obtaining more precise results on the wheels and rails wear, the analysis of vehicle stability, lateral forces on rails, risk of derailment, squeal noise, rail corrugation, vehicle curve negotiation, modeling of the conformal contact between rail flank and transition to the flange of the wheel tread, traction and braking limits, adhesion problems, etc.
Partners
Lead Organisation
Partner Organisations
Organisation
N/a
Address
United Kingdom
Technologies
Technology Theme
Infrastructure management
Technology
Track improvements for higher reliability and reduced maintenance