IIT Kharagpur | Two-week short course on Heavy-Haul Railways: Towards Safe, Efficient and Sustainable Design, Apply Now!
OVERVIEW:
Two-week short course on Heavy-Haul Railways: Towards Safe, Efficient and Sustainable Design from Tuesday, August 02, 2022, to Friday, August 12, 2022, | 13:30 – 20:30 hrs (AEST) | 9:00 – 16:00 hrs (IST).
TOPICS:
- Introduction to railway tracks
- Train loading and stress-transfer mechanism
- Virtual laboratory testing
- Finite element modeling of railway tracks
- Design, construction, and maintenance of heavy-haul tracks
- Design of heavy-haul railway capturing climate change and complex geometry
- Improvement in track performance
WHO CAN APPLY?
- Practicing engineers from construction and consultancy firms, government and public sector agencies
- Scientists/engineers from R&D establishments
- Faculty members, postgraduate students from engineering colleges having an interest in railways
EVENT DETAILS:
- This short course will be delivered online
- Prior registration is free and mandatory for all
- Registered participants will receive an email about the schedule of the short course
- Registered participants will be given lecture notes and a certificate
- For other queries, please reach out to us at: heavyhaul2022@gmail.com