Enabling the Future of Railway Systems

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Enabling Future of Railway Systems

The ongoing pressure to tackle technological hurdles for new applications and growing environmental sensitivity are confronting the transport sector with a range of new challenges. The standard materials used for many years, such as concrete, wood or rubber, as well as various incompatible coating materials along the tracks are no longer sufficient for a viable and sustainable rail system.

Soaring railroad traffic density and rising ballast loads require enhanced ballast track systems design. The installation of precisely designed elastic elements, for instance, may contribute towards meeting requirements such as sufficient elastic performance to prevent track settlement, to reduce vibrations and noise, as well as to save track maintenance expenses.

Novel engineering and materials solutions are required to increase the longevity of the railroad line as well as to optimize flexibility or strength, and low emissions of the various components. Given the complexity of the overall rail network and the need for a comprehensive and sustainable modernization of current systems, you may tackle one of the following challenge tracks and develop a solution to address the problem.

Within this challenge you can work on one of the following three tracks:

More Information on the specific challenge tracks and their requirements can be found in the tab 'Important Details' as well as 'Submission'