[Lecture] Wheel–Rail Contact and Related Problems in the Netherlands
Speaker: Dr. Zhen Yang, TU Delft, Netherlands
Time: 15:30, October 28, 2022, GMT+8
Venue: Tencent Meeting ID: 731 801 255, Password: 123456
Abstract:
The presentation will show some of the main research results and findings on wheel-rail contact conducted by TU Delft Railway Section in recent years, including numerical modelling, laboratory and field experiments. Combined with the situation and practice of the Dutch railway, existing problems and challenges will be discussed, and the research lines of TU Delft in the field of wheel-rail contact in the coming years will be proposed.
Biography:
Zhen Yang received his BSc, MSc and PhD degrees from Beijing Institute of Technology (2009), Tongji University (2012) and TU Delft (2018), respectively. He has been a tenure-track assistant professor at TU Delft since July 2019. His research expertise includes wheel–rail contact and train/track structural dynamics, aiming to provide new insights into the fundamental study of dynamic friction and contribute to the prediction, detection, and mitigation of the track structural degradation, vibration and noise.
