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Jul
2002
Technical Reports
Safety of Railroad Passenger Vehicle Dynamics: Final Summary Report
Subject
Safety Advisories,
Safety Regulatory Analysis,
Safety Performance Measures
Keywords: Passenger rail vehicles, Safety Assessment Methodology
Abstract: This report is a summary of all the work done by Foster-Miller on passenger rail vehicle dynamic safety under the contract awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration. The...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-01/05
Office
RRD
1
Jul
2002
Technical Reports
Safety of Railroad Passenger Vehicle Dynamics: OMNISIM Simulation and Test Correlations of Passenger Rail Cars
Subject
Track,
Tracks & Structures,
Track/Train Interactions
Keywords: Passenger rail vehicles, OMNISIM
Abstract: The purpose of the work is to validate the safety assessment methodology previously developed for passenger rail vehicle dynamics, which requires the application of simulation...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-01/07
1
Jul
2002
Technical Reports
Commuter Rail Seat Testing and Analysis
Subject
Evaluation
Keywords: Commuter Rail, M-Style Seat, Walkover Seat, Static Testing, Dynamic Testing, Structural Integrity, Occupant Safety
Abstract: The need to determine the structural integrity and passenger safety provided by existing commuter rail seats was identified by the Construction/Structural Subgroup of the...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-01/06
Office
RRD
1
Jul
2002
Technical Reports
Human-Centered Incident Investigation Methods for the Railroad Industry: Conference Summary
Subject
Human Factors
Keywords: Human factors, Incident investigation, Safety, Accident analysis
Abstract: This report presents a summary of a one-day educational conference on human-centered incident investigation methods for the railroad industry. Fifty-seven participants from the...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-02/06
Office
RDI-22
1
Jun
2002
Technical Reports
General Health Effects of Transportation Noise
Keywords: Noise; health effects; people; annoyance; hearing; impairment; speech interference; sleep disturbance; wildlife; noise effects
Abstract: The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) sponsored preparation of this report to support a rulemaking process about the use of locomotive horns and the accompanying environmental...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-03/01
Office
RRD