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Jan
2002
Technical Reports
Passenger Rail Car to Train Impact Test: Test Procedures, instrumentation, and Data
Subject
Crashworthiness - Passenger Equipment,
Safety Performance Measures,
Evaluation
Keywords: Impact Tests, Energy Absorption, Train Collisions, Crashworthiness Testing, Commuter Rail Passenger Car, Crash Dynamics
Abstract: A full-scale passenger rail car to train impact test was performed on January 31, 2002, at the Transportation Technology Center, Pueblo, Colorado. The actual speed of impact, as...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/RDV-3/17.III
Office
RRD
1
Jan
2002
Technical Reports
Passenger Rail Two-Car Impact Test Volume II: Summary of Occupant Protection Program
Keywords: Transporation; safety; crashworthiness, occupant protection, passenger rail
Abstract: Two full-scale impact tests of rail cars fitted with seat/occupant experiments were conducted at the Federal Railroad Administration’s Transportation Technology Center located in...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD/-01/22.II
Office
RRD
1
Jan
2002
Technical Reports
Railroad Tank Car Nondestructive Methods Evaluation
Subject
Hazardous Materials
Keywords: Acoustic emissions, liquid penetrant, magnetic particle, radiography, ultrasonics, and visual testing, probability of detection (POD), nondestructive evaluation (NDE), nondestructive testing (NDT), nondestructive inspection (NDI)
Abstract: An evaluation of nondestructive testing (NDT) methods, authorized for use in replacing the current hydrostatic pressure test for qualification or re-qualification of railroad...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-01/04
Office
RRD
1
Jan
2002
Technical Reports
Steel Alloys with Lower Bainite Microstructures for Use in Railroad Cars and Track
Subject
Hazardous Materials
Abstract: In-line hardening of railroad rails to produce a very fine pearlite microstructure has become a commercial reality. A question that this report seeks to answer is whether or not...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-01/15
Office
RRD
1
Jan
2002
Technical Reports
Passenger Rail Two Car Impact Test Volume I: Overview and Selected Results
Keywords: Passenger Rail Two Car Impact Test Volume I; Overview and Selected Results; Transportation; safety; crashworthiness; occupant protection; rail vehicles
Abstract: A full-scale, two-car impact test was conducted on April 4, 2000. Two coupled rail passenger cars impacted a fixed barrier at 26 mph. The cars were instrumented with strain gauges...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-01/22.I
Office
RDI-20