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Jun
1976
Technical Reports
A Metallurgical Investigation of a Full-Scale Insulated Rail Tank Car Filled with LPG Subjected to a Fire Environment
Subject
Hazardous Materials
Abstract: An analysis of the failure of an insulated rail tank car, RAX 202, which had been tested to failure in a fire environment at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, was requested...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-75/52
Office
RRD
1
Jun
1976
Technical Reports
Mechanical Properties of AAR M128-69-B Steel Plate Samples Taken From Insulated Fire-tested Tank Car RAX 202
Subject
Hazardous Materials
Abstract: Studies were undertaken to measure the elevated-temperature mechanical properties and to determine the elevated-temperature fracture behavior of selected AAR M128-B steel plates....
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-76/74
Office
RRD
1
Jun
1976
Technical Reports
Pilot Study for the Characterization and Reduction of Wheel/Rail Loads - Field Measurement and Data Reduction Plan
Subject
Track/Train Interactions,
Evaluation
Keywords: Load Measurement Instrumentation, Track Dynamic Response, Vehicle Dynamic Response
Abstract: This report was prepared as part of the Improved Track Structures Research Program sponsored by the Office of Rail Safety Research of the Federal Railroad Administration. A survey...
Office
RRD
1
Jun
1976
Technical Reports
Tank Car Head Puncture Mechanisms
Subject
Hazardous Materials,
Accident Reduction
Keywords: Coupler, Mechanisms, Impact
Abstract: In a number of railroad accidents the shell heads of hazardous material tank cars have been punctured. This report is concerned with the description and analysis of head puncture...
Report Number
FRA-ORD-76/269
Office
RRD
1
Jun
1976
Other Reports
Rail-Highway Grade-Crossing Accident For the Year Ended December 31, 1975
Subject
Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
Keywords: Accident Reports, Incident Reports, Casualties
Abstract: This is the forty-first annual statistical report on rail-highway grade crossing accidents/incidents based upon reports of rail carriers filed with the Federal Railroad...
Office
RRS