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UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE
COUNTRY. DEP MECHANICAL

ENGINEERING

ENTITY PROFILE
Results achieved in topics related to railway dynamics which, during the last years, have
lead to 20 indexed Journal papers and to 30 papers in conferences, as well as to a patent.

AREAS OF ACTIVITY UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH CENTRES
• Railway dynamics, simulation, safety, • Rail corrugation, track dynamics and
passenger comfort. simulation.

• Wheel profi les synthesis, wheel and rail • Freight wagons dynamics.
wear.

R&D: PROJECTS AND PRODUCTS
Project Product National International
Increasing wheelset tonnage and speed of freight trains. Mechanical solutions
to the new wheel-rail contact conditions, Ministry of Research. Ongoing.
Enlarging Track life-cycle, Basque Railways – Euskal Trenbide Sarea.
Ongoing.
New optimization techniques applied to transport structures, components and
Systems, Research Department. Basque Government. Ongoing.
Structural optimization applied to transport systems, Research Department.
Basque Government.
A new methodology for the structural optimization of railway components;
CAF, S.A. and Basque Government.
Mid and long term behavior of slab and ballasted track; CEDEX - Ministry of
Transportation and Public Works.
Wheel-Rail Interaction: New methods to develop wheel profi les for double
gauge bogies; Ministry of Research and Ministry of Transp. and Public Works.
European Rail Research Network of Excellence EURNEX, 6th Framework
Programme.

ADDRESS CONTACT PERSON
ETSI. C/ Alameda Urquijo, s/n Ernesto García Vadillo
48013 Bilbao Department of Mechanical Engineering
Tel.: +34 946014223 Tel.: +34 946014223
www.ehu.es ernesto.garcíavadillo@ehu.es