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Technical Reports
Interaction and Load Transfer in Track Support Structures, Part 1: One-, Two- and Three-Dimensional Nonlinear Soil-Structure Interaction Finite Element Procedures and Verification
Keywords: Truly Triaxial Testing, Cyclic Shear Testing, Constitutive Modelling, Verifications, Design, Maintenance
Abstract: This final report is presented in two parts, and is in continuation of two previous reports prepared under this contract. Part 1 contains details of the development of finite...
Technical Reports
Interaction and Load Transfer in Track Support Structures, Part 2: "Testing and Constitutive Modelling of Materials and Interfaces"
Keywords: Truly Triaxial Testing, Cyclic Shear Testing, Constitutive Modelling, Verifications, Design, Maintenance
Abstract: This final report is presented in two parts, and is in continuation of two previous reports prepared under this contract. Part 1 contains details of the development of finite...
Technical Reports
Post Accident Procedures for Chemicals and Propellants
Keywords: Vapor Dispersion, Hazardous Materials, Accident Assessment, Emergency Response, Hazards Mitigation, Wreckage Removal, Cleanup/Disposal
Abstract: This report presents production volumes, storage capacities, shipment quantities, containers used for highway and rail shipments, general commodity flow patterns and disposal...
Technical Reports
Summary of the Department of Transportation Rail-Highway Crossing Accident Prediction Formulas and Resource Allocation Model
Keywords: cost benefit
Abstract: This report describes a procedure for optimizing the safety impact of grade crossing funding distribution, based on accident rates and cost effectiveness of warning...
Other Reports
Small Scale Impact Reports
Keywords: Literature Review, Tank Car Design, New Methodology
Abstract: [From the Executive Summary] An extensive literature search was conducted to examine past work regarding failure modes; quantitative estimates of impact parameters such as impact...