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Strengthening Railway Vehicles Center of Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Kraljevo.

Unibo Team Leader: Dott. Giangiacomo Minak, Dip. di di Ingegneria delle Costruzioni Meccaniche, Nucleari, Aeronautiche e di Metallurgia-DIEM

The project aim is to enhance Railway Vehicles Centre of Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Kraljevo (University of Kragujevac, Serbia) potentials for railway vehicles research according to contemporary industry needs. The Centre is leading Serbian institution in the field of railway vehicles investigation and testing, providing research and development services to Serbian wagon factories (major Serbian wagon factory is also at Kraljevo) and Serbian Railways (national railway operator). It has also developed regional co-operation with other Balkan countries, and is, for its research experience, partner in current FP6 project RRTC for establishing regional railway transport research and education institution. Recent requests for research activities are focused to investigation of railway vehicles dynamics and investigation of fatigue of railway vehicles structures and components.

 

Coordinator

UNIVERZITET U KRAGUJEVCU MASINSKI FAKULTET KRALJEVO – Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Kraljevo – University of Kragujevac (Serbia)

 

Other participants
ALMA MATER STUDIORUM-UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA
- Dip. di di Ingegneria delle Costruzioni Meccaniche, Nucleari, Aeronautiche e di Metallurgia-DIEM
- Resp. Scientifico: Dott. Giangiacomo Minak

KTH Railway Group – (Sweden)
IMA-Technische Universität Wien (Austria)
Wagon Factory Kraljevo (Serbia)

 

Start date 01/05/2008

End date 30/04/2011

Duration 36 months

Project cost 1.166.313 EURO

Project Funding 1.041.975 EURO

Area FP7- CAPACITIES – REGPOT – RESEARCH POTENTIAL OF CONVERGENCE REGIONS

Contract type Coordination and support action-Support actions