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Research Award - Best Paper by a University Researcher

15-07-2013

José Nuno Varandas and Manuel Gonçalves da Silva, both from Civil Engineering Department, were award the Prize for the best paper by a university researcher at the 12th International Conference and Exhibition Railway Engineering 2013, held in Londres 10th - 11th July.

The paper, in co-authorship with Eng. Nuno Lopes from REFER, as the title: 'Ground Vibration induced by Railway Traffic in Areas with Corrugated Rail'.

The work was done with support from the project: 'SMARTRACK - SysteM dynamics Assessment of Railway TRACKs: a vehicle-infrastructure integrated approach'. The institution-members of SMARTRACK are FCT/UNL, IDMEC/IST and REFER.