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Other Reports
Quiet Zone Locations by City and State
Keywords: Quiet Zones, Locations
Abstract: The purpose of this report is to provide latest information of Quiet Zone Locations by City and State as of 4/15/2020.
Reports to Congress
FRA Report to Congress: FY21 Q3 CRISI/Fed State Grant Status
Keywords: CRISI, Fed State, Fed-State, Federal State Partnership, Congress
Environmental Review Projects
Dearborn Intermodal Rail Passenger Facility
Technical Reports
Rail Base Corrosion and Cracking Prevention: Phase 2
Keywords: Corrosion, rail, rail base corrosion, coatings, corrosion testing, premature rail failure
Abstract: In March 2014, EWI was engaged by the Federal Railroad Administration to research rail treatments to prevent rail base corrosion in corrosive environments. A coating system was...
Technical Reports
Monitoring Longitudinal Rail Stress Using Diffuse Ultrasonic Backscatter
Keywords: stress in rail; ultrasonic transducers; ultrasound scattering; theoretical model of the scattering process; prototype devices for stress estimations in rail; laboratory and field tests
Abstract: In this report, research was conducted at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln pertaining to the use of ultrasound scattering from polycrystalline grains to estimate and monitor...