Research at the Chair of Planinng and Design of Railway Infrastructure
The first railway ran in 1825 from Stockton to Darlington in England. Since then or even longer, railways have been the subject of engineering developments and scientific research. Many innovations have been created, and many continue to be needed for modern pioneering rail systems ...
Railway research in the context of recent demands
Although the basic principle of railways - steel wheel on steel rail - has hardly changed for almost 200 years, its essential system parameters have multiplied by about a factor of 10 since then - both the speed (35 km / h to 350 km / h ) as well as the axle load (2.5 t to 25 t). Above all, today's challenge is to master the disproportionately high demands and at the same time meet customer expectations: in the field of railway infrastructure through sustainable structures and customer-friendly, efficient and environmentally friendly transport systems with minimal lifecycle costs. We are working on that.