DTU CONSTRUCT Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering
Section of Manufacturing Engineering
Produktionstorvet
Building 425, room 212
2800 Kgs. Lyngby
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A collaboration between Banedanmark and DTU has identified several new opportunities for smarter monitoring and maintenance of switches.
Danish research has solved the riddle of the large quantity of cracks observed in European rails in the past 10-15 years.
With the help of two new grants, Professor Dr. Techn. Dorte Juul Jensen will develop new equipment and increase knowledge about metals and processing techniques.
When metals roll against each other under high loads, damage may occur in the form of plastic deformation, lipping, rolling contact fatigue etc. This may lead to crack initiation, evolution and finally to failure of the metal component. This is the situation for components such as gears and bearings in wind turbines and for rails and wheels...