Björn A. Pålsson

Chalmers University of Technology — Sweden

Engineering · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Railway Engineering and Dynamics(50), Mechanical stress and fatigue analysis(20), Railway Systems and Energy Efficiency(10), Structural Health Monitoring Techniques(8), Gear and Bearing Dynamics Analysis(8)

Publications59 total

A geometric approach to wheel–rail contact accounting for non-prismatic rails in turnouts
Vehicle System Dynamics·2025
Identification of Trapped Foreign Objects in Railway Switches Using Drive Outputs
2025Open Access
Multibody simulation of derailment risk in railway switches due to gauge narrowing caused by foreign objects
Vehicle System Dynamics·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Structural Optimisation of Fixed Railway Crossing Panels for Reduced Environmental Impact - Improvement Areas and Design Trade-Offs
SSRN Electronic Journal·2025Open Access
Development and Calibration of a Crossing Panel Model - Comparison of Beam and 3D Representations of the Crossing Rail
Lecture notes in mechanical engineering·2024
Multibody Simulation of Derailment Risk in Railway Switches Due to Switch Rail Irregularities Caused by Foreign Objects
Lecture notes in mechanical engineering·2024
Evaluating the mix of maintenance activities on railway crossings with respect to life-cycle costs
European journal of transport and infrastructure research·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Inverse wheel–rail contact force and crossing irregularity identification from measured sleeper accelerations – A model-based Green's function approach
Journal of Sound and Vibration·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Dynamic vehicle–track interaction and structural loading in a crossing panel – calibration and assessment of a model with a 3D representation of the crossing rail
Vehicle System Dynamics·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Dynamic vehicle–track interaction and loading in a railway crossing panel – calibration of a structural track model to comprehensive field measurements
Vehicle System Dynamics·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Calibration of a model for dynamic vehicle-trackinteraction in crossing panels to comprehensivefield measurements
Civil-comp conferences·2023Open Access
Reconstruction of sleeper displacements from measured accelerations for model-based condition monitoring of railway crossing panels
Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing·2023· 13 citedOpen Access
Editorial for S&C benchmark special issue
Vehicle System Dynamics·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Fast Simulation of Wheel-Rail Contact Using Proper Generalized Decomposition
2023Open Access
Inverse Wheel–Rail Contact Force and Crossing Irregularity Identification from Measured Sleeper Accelerations – a Model-Based Green's Function Approach
SSRN Electronic Journal·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Model-Based Remote Health Monitoring of Ballast Conditions in Railway Crossing Panels
Lecture notes in civil engineering·2022· 3 cited
Condition Monitoring of Railway Crossing Geometry via Measured and Simulated Track Responses
Sensors·2022· 27 citedOpen Access
Demonstration of a Digital Twin Framework for Model-Based Operational Condition Monitoring of Crossing Panels
Lecture notes in mechanical engineering·2022· 4 cited
A whole system model framework to predict damage in turnouts
Vehicle System Dynamics·2021· 16 citedOpen Access
A comparison of track model formulations for simulation of dynamic vehicle–track interaction in switches and crossings
Vehicle System Dynamics·2021· 33 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Jens C. O. Nielsen(29), Magnus Ekh(9), Rostyslav Skrypnyk(7), Marko D. G. Milošević(7), Arne Nissen(7), Håkan Johansson(6), Uwe Oßberger(5), Anders Johansson(3), Peter Torstensson(3), Yann Bezin(3), Henrik Vilhelmson(3), Michael Sehner(3), Harald Loy(3), Mats Ander(2), Jim Brouzoulis(2), Michel Sébès(2), Ping Wang(2), Klaus Six(2), Kamil Sazgetdinov(2), Werner Daves(2)