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Dec
2006
Technical Reports
Variable Amplitude Fatigue Crack Growth Characteristics of Railroad Tank Car Steel: Volume III
Subject
Hazardous Materials
Keywords: Load history, variable amplitude loading, fatigue crack growth, loading conditions,
Abstract: The load history that railroad tank cars experience has a significant variable amplitude characteristic. Although previous efforts have been directed toward understanding baseline...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-06/04.III
Office
RRD
1
Dec
2006
Technical Reports
Fatigue Crack Growth Behavior of Railroad Tank Car Steel TC-128B Subjected to Various Environments: Volume II - Appendices
Subject
Hazardous Materials
Keywords: Fatigue crack growth, damage tolerance, tank cars, baseline material behavior, environmental
Abstract: This is Volume II-Appendices of Fatigue Crack Growth Behavior of Railroad Tank Car Steel TC-128B Subjected to Various Environments. This document contains miscellaneous supporting...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-06/04.II
Office
RRD
1
Dec
2006
Technical Reports
Fatigue Crack Growth Behavior of Railroad Tank Car Steel TC-128B Subjected to Various Environments: Volume I
Subject
Hazardous Materials
Keywords: Fatigue crack growth, damage tolerance, tank cars, baseline material behavior, environmental
Abstract: As part of an effort to apply damage tolerance concepts to railroad tank cars, the fatigue crack growth (FCG) behavior of two lots of TC-128B steel was investigated. In addition...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-06/04.I
Office
RRD
1
Dec
2006
Technical Reports
Development of Conventional Passenger Cab Car End Structure Designs for Full Scale Testing
Keywords: Transportation, safety, crashworthiness, passenger rail vehicles, cab car end structure
Abstract: The Volpe Center is supporting the Federal Railroad Administration’s full-scale testingprogram to understand and improve rail vehicle crashworthiness. The objective of one of the...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-06/20
Office
RRD
1
Dec
2006
Technical Reports
Proof-of-Concept Demonstration: Controlling Rolling Contact Fatigue with Top of Rail Friction Control
Subject
Rail and Infrastructure Integrity
Keywords: Top of Rail, Rolling Contact Fatigue, Friction Modifier, Dye Penetrant
Abstract: A proof of concept demonstration was conducted on two curves to demonstrate the effectiveness of wayside based top of rail (TOR) friction control in reducing occurrence and growth...
Office
RRD