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Dec
2018
Technical Reports
Evaluation of Rail Car Floor Fire Resistance Exposure and Test Article Scaling
Subject
Rolling Stock
Keywords: Rail car floor, fire resistance test, exposure duration, thermo-structural analysis, standard and realistic fires, floor fire barrier test, floor assembly
Abstract: The focus of this research was to determine the appropriate fire resistance exposure severity and duration for passenger rail car floor assemblies, as well as an assessment of the...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-18/38
Office
RDI-22
16
Jul
2018
Technical Reports
Blunt Impact Testing of a Diesel Multiple Unit Fuel Tank
Subject
Rolling Stock
Keywords: Diesel multiple unit, DMU, fuel tanks, impact test, crashworthiness, finite element analysis, FEA, puncture resistance, passenger locomotive, fuel tanks
Abstract: The Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Office of Research, Development and Technology has been conducting research into passenger locomotive fuel tank crashworthiness. FRA...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-18/22
Office
RDI-22
29
Dec
2017
Technical Reports
Measurement of Wheel Load Environment of a Standard 3-piece Truck
Subject
Rolling Stock
Keywords: Rolling contact fatigue, RCF, wheel shelling, shakedown
Abstract: To increase the understanding of the conditions under which wheel rolling contact fatigue (RCF) damage accumulates, wheel load environment data was collected from a car running in...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-17/25
Office
RDI-22
29
Sep
2017
Technical Reports
Measurement of Wheel Load Environment of AAR M-976 Approved Truck
Subject
Rolling Stock
Keywords: Rolling contact fatigue, wheel shelling, shakedown
Abstract: Measurement of Wheel Load Environment of AAR M-976 Approved Truck study (FRA Task Order 319) is the continuation of the Measurement of Wheel Load Environment of a 3-piece Truck...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-17/22
Office
RDI-22
26
May
2017
Research Results
Industry Survey of Bolsters and Side Frames Removed from Service
Subject
Best Practices,
Facilities & Test Equipment,
Rolling Stock
Keywords: Bolster, side frame, casting, survey, steel
Abstract: Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) conducted an industry survey of defective bolsters and side frames removed from service. Scrapped components (approximately 70...
Report Number
RR 17-07
Office
RDI-22