We would like to thank for the kind financial support of the following organizations:

- Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences - Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
- Delft Centre for Computational Science and Engineering (DCSE), The Netherlands
- Rijkswaterstaat (Dutch Directorate General of Public Works), The Netherlands
- Goodyear, USA
- Delft Institute of Applied Mathematics (DIAM), The Netherlands
- VORtech bv., The Netherlands
- Vredestein, The Netherlands
- Delft Centre for Materials (DCMat), The Netherlands
- Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Germany
- Railway Technical Research Institute (RTRI), Japan
- Lloyd's Register Rail, The Netherlands
- ProRail, The Netherlands
- OCÉ, The Netherlands