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Dec
1993
Technical Reports
Parametric Analysis and Safety Concepts of CWR Track Buckling
Subject
Track
Keywords: Track Buckling, Dynamic Buckling, Lateral Stability, Continuous Welded Rail, Buckling Safety Limits, Parametric Study
Abstract: The work reported here is part of a major investigation conducted by the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center for the Federal Railroad Administration on the thermal...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-93/26
Office
RRD
30
Nov
1993
Technical Reports
Safety of High Speed Ground Transportation Systems: Work Breakdown Structure
Subject
Safety Advisories,
Safety Regulatory Analysis,
Safety Performance Measures
Keywords: Systems management, Systems engineering, Systems elements, subsystems, System safety, Magnetic levitation, maglev, High speed rail, Maglev safety, High speed guided ground transportation, Work breakdown structure
Abstract: This report provides a systems approach to the assessment of high-speed guided ground transportation (HSGGT) safety needs and presents one potential methodology by combining a...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-94/03
Office
RRD
1
Nov
1993
Other Reports
Summary of Accidents Investigated by the Federal Railroad Administration Calendar Year 1992
Subject
Accident Investigations
Abstract: The 1992 Summary of Accidents Investigated by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) includes 111 railroad accidents. This summary provides the following information: o the...
Office
RRS
1
Nov
1993
Technical Reports
Safety of High Speed Ground Transportation Systems - X2000 U.S. Demonstration Vehicle Dynamics Tests, Final Test Report
Subject
Maglev
Keywords: Cant Deficiency, Tilt Train, Lateral Acceleration, Curving, Safety Regulations
Abstract: This report docunents the procedures, events, and results of vehicle dynamic tests carried out on the ASEA-Brown Boveri (ABB) X2000 tilt body trainset in the U.S. between October...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/0RD-94/15
Office
RRD
31
Oct
1993
Other Reports
Design Data on Suspension Systems of Selected Rail Passenger Cars
Subject
Passenger Rail
Keywords: Rail transportation, rail passenger cars, passenger car trucks, rail vehicle dynamics, vehicl
Abstract: This report presents the results of an effort to compile data for the U.S. fleet of railroad passenger cars, and to describe the different passenger car truck designs and design...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-96-01
Office
RRD