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1
Aug
1979
Technical Reports
Truck Design Optimization Project (TDOP) Phase II: Phase I Data Evaluation and Analysis Report
Subject
Evaluation
Keywords: TDOP, Freight Car Trucks (Type I), Railroad Technology
Abstract: As part of the TDOP Phase II project, the FRA directed Wyle Laboratories to evaluate and analyze the test data acquired during TDOP Phase I for use in Phase II model validation...
Report Number
FRA/ORD-78/52
Office
RRD
1
Aug
1979
Technical Reports
Truck Design Optimization Project Phase II: Analytical Tool Assessment Report
Subject
Evaluation
Keywords: TDOP, Freight Car Truck Performance, Linear and Nonlinear Modeling, Rail Car Model Assessment, Railroad Technology
Abstract: One of the objectives of the Truck Design Optimization Project (TDOP) Phase II is to define the performance of newer Type II freight car truck designs versus the standard, three-...
Report Number
FRA/ORD-79/36
Office
RRD
19
Jul
1979
Technical Reports
Transportation of Vibration Sensitive Equipment by Highway Trailer On An Intermodal Railcar Volume I
Keywords: Railroad Research, Intermodal Transportation, Trailer-on-Flatcar, Piggyback, Vehicle Dynamics. Lading Response, Ride Quality
Abstract: This report includes the results of a cooperative research project between Government and industry to explore the potential for the use of highway trailers on intermodal ....
Report Number
FRA/ORD-79 /0 5.1
Office
RDI-20
1
Jul
1979
Technical Reports
Transportation of Vibration Sensitive Equipment By Highway Trailer on an Intermodal Railcar- Volume I
Subject
Evaluation
Keywords: Railroad Research, Intermodal Transportation, Trailer-on-Flatcar, Vehicle Dynamics, Lading Response, Ride Quality
Abstract: This report includes the results of a cooperative research project between Government and industry to explore the potential for the use of highway trailers on intermodal railcars...
Report Number
FRA/ORD-79/05.1
Office
RRD
1
Jul
1979
Technical Reports
Numerical Determination of Contact Pressures Between Closely Conforming Wheels and Rails
Subject
Track/Train Interactions
Keywords: Rail Wheel Interaction, Contact Stress, Conformal Contact, elasticity, Non-Hertzian Contact
Abstract: A numerical method is developed for the determination of the contact pressure that arises when two elastic bodies with closely conforming non-Hertzian frictionless surfaces are...
Report Number
FRA/ORD-79/41
Office
RRD