Research Projects

Research in progress includes:

High Temperature Mechanics (Prof. Sören Sjöström, Prof. Sten Johansson, Docent/senior lecturer Johan Moverare and Kjell Simonsson )

• Short presentation of the research project "Fatigue in nickel-based superalloys under LCF and TMF conditions (PDF, in English)"
• Short presentation of the research project "Influence of high temperature hold times on the fatigue life on nickel-based superalloys (PDF, in English)"

Crashworthiness (prof. Larsgunnar Nilsson)

• Simulation Based Crashworthiness Design

Metal Forming (prof. Larsgunnar Nilsson)

• Prediction of Failure during Sheet Metal Forming
• Optimisation of Sheet Metal Forming Processes - Modelling Analysis and Simulation
• Simulation of Bending, Hydroforming and Mechanical Joining

Constitutive Modeling - Contact (prof. Larsgunnar Nilsson)

• Methods Development for Contact-Impact Problems

Coating Technology (prof. Sören Sjöström)

• Mechanics of Materials in High-Temperature Applications: Modelling and Characterisation for Realistic Thermomechanical Conditions

Dynamic Train/Track Interaction (prof. Tore Dahlberg)

• The Effect of Modal Coupling in Random Vibration Analysis
• Railroad Ballast, EUROBALT II, Bibliography
• Research for an Optimized Ballasted Railroad Track
• SUPERTRACK EU project Sustained Performance of Railway Tracks

Structural Optimization (ass. prof. Bo Torstenfelt/prof. Anders Klarbring)

• Optimal modules for affordable crashworthiness light weight structures
• Optimal modular product families
• Optimization driven design

The TRINITAS project (ass. prof. Bo Torstenfelt)

• A graphically driven general purpose finite element package for research and education