Esen, Ahmet

Project Title

Experimental and Numerical Analysis of High Speed Rail Track Infrastructure

Abstract

The development of high speed rail is taking place across the world and many designers are looking towards the next generation of high rail track infrastructure. This sponsored PhD project is in collaboration with the train manufacturer Alstom and involves the numerical and experimental analysis of different track forms for high-speed railways.

Both in-house and commercial software will be used combined with experimental testing in the GRAFT II test facility as appropriate. GRAFT II is a large track testing facility located at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh and is capable of testing full scale sections of railway track to the equivalent of many years of track use.

Supervisors

Professor Omar Laghrouche and Dr David Connolly

Contact

Email: afe1@hw.ac.uk