2013 Dr. Nannan Zong
Wheel – Rail Interface Award 2013
THESIS: DEVELOPMENTS OF OPTIMAL DESIGNS OF INSULATED RAIL JOINTS.
Place of Study: The Queensland University of Technology
The thesis develops a novel method of shape optimization of the railhead designed to eliminate the pressure of stress singularities through changes to the original sharp-corner shaped railhead into an arc profile in the longitudinal direction
\RUNNERS UP
Dr. Nirmal Kumar Mandal.
Thesis: Failure of Railhead Material of Insulated Rail Joints.
Place of Study: The Central Queensland University.
and
Dr. Sajith Mohan
Thesis: Development of a method for the early detection of Rail Squats using Eddy Current Inspection.
Place of Study: The Central Queensland University.
Dr. Nirmal Kumar Mandal accepting the Wheel-Rail Interface Runner-up Award in 2013 from Alex Howie
Dr. Sajith Mohan accepting the Wheel-Rail Interface Runner-up Award in 2013 from Alex Howie