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Technical Reports
Engineering Data on Selected High Speed Passenger Trucks (Reprint)
Keywords: Spring Mass, Unsprung Mass, Stiffness, Damping, Passenger Car
Abstract: The purpose of this Project is to compile a list of high speed truck engineering parameters for characterization in dynamic performance modeling activities. Data tabulations are...
Technical Reports
Handbook for Railroad Track Stabilization Using Lime Slurry Pressure Injection
Keywords: Track Maintenance, Roadbed Stabilization, Laboratory Tests
Abstract: This handbook includes chapters dealing with the technology of lime injection, surface and subsurface soil exploration and laboratory testing, environmental considerations and...
Technical Reports
Railroad Research Bulletin: Spring 1979 - Volume 6, Number 1
Keywords: Rail Transportation, Advanced Systems, High Speed Ground Transportation, Bibliography and Documentation, Abstracts
Abstract: This publication contains 1078 abstracts of journal articles and research reports and descriptions of computer programs and magnetic data tapes. It also has 442 summaries of...
Technical Reports
On-Board Failure-Protection Requirements for Railroad-Vehicle Equipment
Keywords: derailments, railroad equipment, wayside inspection, hotbox detector
Abstract: An analysis of the 1975 railroad-equipment-caused accidents was made.
Technical Reports
Modern Concrete Crosstie Practice in France and Mexico
Keywords: Concrete Crossties, Crosstie Fabrication, Failure Inducing Conditions, Performance Requirements, Concrete Constituent Analyses
Abstract: Considered briefly is the history of concrete crosstie development in France. Failure of some crossties in 1973 led to a determination of the failure modes and a rigorous analysis...