In April, TRAIN graduate student researchers Matthew Friar and Aluisio Fernando de Oliveira Filho travelled to Dallas, Texas to attend the WRI Heavy Haul Principles Course. The course uses a derailment investigation scenario to introduce attendees to the complex nature of the wheel-rail interface and its interactions with track infrastructure and rail vehicle design. The course concepts directly apply to ongoing TRAIN research into derailment safety. Thank you to the WRI organizers and National University Rail Center of Excellence for sponsoring student attendance at this event!
