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1
Oct
2009
Technical Reports
North Carolina "Sealed Corridor" Phase I, II, and III Assessment
Keywords: Accident reduction, alternative safety measures, sealed corridor, education and enforcement, highway-rail intersections, safety, violation reduction
Abstract: The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) tasked the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center to document the further success of the North Carolina DOT “Sealed...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-09/17
Office
RRD
1
Oct
2009
Technical Reports
Illinois High-Speed Rail Four-Quadrant Gate Reliability Assessment
Subject
Grade Crossing Technology,
High-Speed Passenger Rail
Keywords: Four Quadrant Gate; highway-rail intersection; accident reduction; alternative safety measures; safety; reliability assessment; high speed rail; signaling/control technologies; vehicle detection; inductive loops
Abstract: This study assesses the reliability of four-quadrant gates and vehicle detection equipment for a future high-speed rail corridor between Chicago and St. Louis.
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-09/19
Office
RDI-20
1
Jul
2009
Technical Reports
A Practical Risk Assessment Methodology for Safety-Critical Train Control Systems
Keywords: Accident reduction, risk assessment, Base Case risk, Proposed Case risk, acceptable safety 12performance limit, tolerable hazard rates
Abstract: This project proposes a Practical Risk Assessment Methodology (PRAM) for analyzing railroad accident data and assessing the risk and benefit of safety-critical train control...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-09/15
Office
RRD
1
Jul
2009
Technical Reports
Occupant Protection Experiments in Support of A Full-Scale Train-to-Train Crash Energy Management Equipment Collision Test
Subject
Occupant Protection,
Crashworthiness - Passenger Equipment,
Collision
Keywords: Occupant protection, train-to-train, full-scale, strain gage, accelerometer, occupant configurations, head-on collision, Crash Emergency Management (CEM), Anthropomorphic Test Devices (ATDs), seat configuration loads, accelerations, displacements.
Abstract: The Federal Railroad Administration sponsored a full-scale train-to-train crash energy management (CEM) technology test that was conducted on March 23, 2006, at the Transportation...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-09/14
Office
RRD
1
Jun
2009
Technical Reports
Development of an Adaptive Predictive Braking Enforcement Algorithm
Keywords: Positive train control, Adaptive Enforcement Algorithm, North American Joint Positive Train Control program, Train Operations and Energy Simulator (TOES™), Test Controller/Logger (TCL), simulation
Abstract: Predictive enforcement braking is one of the key concepts behind positive train control (PTC) systems. If a train is on the verge of overrunning a target stopping location, such...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-09/13
Office
RRD