Mechanics

During the design phase of railway infrastructures, equipment and rolling stock, or during the qualification process, tests and measurements are essential to evaluate mechanical characteristics of the products and equipment.

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From the measurements performed and depending on the client’s requirements, Eurailtest will, if requested:
– Perform assessments
– Suggest optimisations
– Carry out expert analyses
on the mechanical behaviour of a vehicle or a sub-system.

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Flying Ballast Impact Stimulation
Contributing to the validation/type approval of protective products or coatings by checking their resistance to flying ballast.
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Heavy rail
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Dimensional controls
Better understand fracture, wear and deformation phenomena for both new and used parts.
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Heavy rail - Urban light rail
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Dynamic Behaviour of Metros and Trams
Analyzing the behaviour of a vehicle following abnormal behaviour in revenue service.
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Urban light rail
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Mechanical and metallurgical characterization
Designing, developing, qualifying and conducting expert appraisals on a wide variety of metal parts.
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Heavy rail - Urban light rail
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Door Closure Forces
Checking that the doors of a railway vehicle or the platform screen doors close properly for safety enhancement reasons.
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Trackside Measurements
Understand the physical behaviour of the “vehicle-track” system through trackside measurements.
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Rolling Resistance
Determining rolling resistance values in order to adjust the traction power of a new railway vehicle and/or infrastructure.
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Urban light rail
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Rolling Stock and Rail Structures
Checking that the roll flexibility coefficient of a rail vehicle provides a good interface with the infrastructure.
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Heavy rail - Urban light rail
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Residual stresses
Eurailtest offers to evaluate residual stresses in order to prevent failure. Residual stress analysis can also be conducted with a X-Ray diffraction method.
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Heavy rail - Urban light rail
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Tests on Assemblies
Eurailtest offers tests to expertise, check, qualify and analyse assemblies (welded, bolted or bonded assemblies).
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Heavy rail - Urban light rail
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Failure Analysis
Eurailtest conducts failure analysis to identify the causes of equipments malfunctioning. In some cases, Non-Destructive Testing can also be conducted.
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Network Diagnostics
Eurailtest offers to conduct dynamic measurements of the electrical and mechanical characteristics. Dynamic monitoring provides useful input for track maintenance by recording characteristic behaviour at interfaces.
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Urban light rail
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Vibratory Stress
Eurailtest offers tests to evaluate vibratory stresses and their effect on passengers comfort and on the life of vehicle components. To understand the structure behaviour, a modal analysis can be conducted.
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