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Technical Reports
Evaluation of Fiber Optic Broken Rail Detection Systems : Appendices A Through B
Keywords: Broken rail detection evaluation, fiber optic, Distributed Acoustic Sensing, DAS, track circuits
Abstract: Appendix A: TTCI have run a 25-week trial at the Facility for Accelerated Service Testing (FAST) site near Pueblo, Colorado, in which several fiber optic acoustic detection (FOAD...
Technical Reports
Evaluation of Fiber Optic Broken Rail Detection Systems
Keywords: Broken rail detection evaluation, fiber optic, Distributed Acoustic Sensing, DAS, track circuits
Abstract: Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) conducted a baseline fiber optic broken rail detection evaluation on the High Tonnage Loop (HTL). Three different Distributed...
Technical Reports
Rail Tank Car Total Containment Fire Testing
Keywords: Tank cars, fire testing, total containment, caustic transport, Analysis of Fire Effects on Tank Cars, AFFTAC, Non-Accident Releases, NARs
Abstract: A series of seven fully-engulfing fire tests were conducted by Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und –prüfung (BAM) personnel on one-third scale test tanks to evaluate the...
Technical Reports
Objective Evaluation of Risk Reduction from Tank Car Design and Operations Improvements – Extended Study
Keywords: Hazardous materials, probability of puncture, risk evaluation, tank car puncture resistance
Abstract: This report describes a novel and objective methodology for quantifying and characterizing how changes to tank car designs or the tank car operating environment lead to reductions...
Technical Reports
Railroad Energy Intensity and Criteria Pollutant Emissions
Keywords: Railroad, energy intensity, emissions, life cycle analysis, GREET®, greenhouse gases, regulated emissions, energy, air pollutant emissions, locomotive, diesel fuel, alternative fuel
Abstract: A tiered emission factors table was developed by Argonne National Laboratory to populate its Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy Use in Transportation (GREET®) model...