Scientific Publications

Below is a list of all Mat4Rail presentations to date. Scientific publications as well as conference posters, proceedings and presentations will be added when available.

Presentations

• 28th February-1st March 2018, Fire protection of rolling stock FPRS 2018, Berlin, Germany,  Per Blomqvist (RISE) "Mat4Rail: Research on fire safe composite materials within the Shift2Rail programme" download presentation
• 14th-17th May 2018, Epoxy and Resins Technology Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, Sandra Gómez (CIDETEC) "Towards a composite based carbody: Improving the FST properties of epoxy resins".
• 26th-28th June 2019, FPRM2019, Fire Retardant Polymeric Materials Nick Wolter (University of Bremen, Fraunhofer IFAM) and Anna Sandinge (RISE) Poster presentation "Manufacturing of fiber reinforced polybenzoxazine with advanced fire, smoke and toxicity properties".
• 11th-12th July 2019, AB2019 Conference, 5th International Conference on Structural Adhesive Bonding, Porto, Portugal, Augustin Chiminelli (ITAINNOVA)  "Analysis of fracture toughness characterization for a structural high crash resistance adhesive".
• 2nd-4th July 2019, MATCOMP 2019 XIII National Congress of Composite Materials, Galicia, Spain, (AIMPLAS) "Study of the influence of flame-retardant additives on the mechanical properties of epoxy-fiberglass and basalt composites" . Read more in the conference proceedings of the Matcomp17 Proceedings - Manufacturing Processes II and Advanced Materials .
• 1st-5th September 2019, EUROMAT 2019, European Congress and Exhibition on Advanced Materials and Processes, Johan Sandström (RISE)  "Composite materials for railways".
  

Publications

• Sandra Gómez-Fernández, Elena Jubete, Blai López, Arsenio Navarro, Inma Roig, Klaus Ritter, Christof Storz, Nicolas Gogibus, Alaitz Rekondo (2019). Paving the way for a wider use of composites in railway industry. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 1-12. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-019-08286-6
• Nick Wolter, Vinicius Carrillo Beber, Markus Brede, Katherina Koschek (2019). Adhesively- and hybrid- bonded joining of basalt and carbon fibre reinforced polybenzoxazine-based composites. Composite Structures, 236, 111800, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2019.111800
• Beber, V. C., Wolter, N., Schneider, B., & Koschek, K. (2020). Effect of aluminium substrate thickness on the lap-shear strength of adhesively bonded and hybrid riveted-bonded joints. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0954408920913434.
  
• N. Wolter, V.C. Beber, A. Sandinge, P. Blomqvist, F. Goethals, M. Van Hove, E. Jubete, B. Mayer, K. Koschek, Carbon, Glass and Basalt Fiber Reinforced Polybenzoxazine: The Effects of Fiber Reinforcement on Mechanical, Fire, Smoke and Toxicity Properties, Polymers 2020, 12, 2379; doi: 10.3390/polym12102379
  
  

Reports
Mat4Rail continuously reports its results and progress to the European Commission. Some of these reports (called "Deliverables") are public and are made available for download here.

• D9.2 Mat4Rail Website Download Report