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15
Sep
2017
Technical Reports
Passenger Car Crippling End-Load Test and Analyses
Subject
Passenger Rail
Keywords: Passenger car, compressive load test, crippling, finite element analysis, finite element model, crash energy management
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-17/14
Office
RDI-22
15
Sep
2017
Technical Reports
Monitoring Longitudinal Rail Stress Using Diffuse Ultrasonic Backscatter
Subject
Rail and Infrastructure Integrity
Keywords: stress in rail; ultrasonic transducers; ultrasound scattering; theoretical model of the scattering process; prototype devices for stress estimations in rail; laboratory and field tests
Abstract: In this report, research was conducted at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln pertaining to the use of ultrasound scattering from polycrystalline grains to estimate and monitor...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-17/15
Office
RDI-21
1
Sep
2017
Technical Reports
Hybrid Locomotive for Energy Savings and Reduced Emissions
Subject
Locomotive Standards (Safety & Noise)
Keywords: Hybrid locomotive, battery, lithium-on battery, advanced lithium-on battery technology
Abstract: Norfolk Southern Corporation (NS) and Pennsylvania State University tested several different battery systems in hybrid locomotives. Advanced lithium-ion battery technology was...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-17/13
Office
RDI-22
21
Aug
2017
Technical Reports
Assessment of Battery Technology for Rail Propulsion Application
Keywords: Battery technologies, hybrid diesel-electric locomotives, lead-acid, lead-carbon, nickel cadmium, nickel metal hydride, bipolar nickel metal hydride, nickel super capacitor, molten sodium metal-halide, lithium-ion
Abstract: The study’s authors conducted a review of various battery chemistries, including information on basic electrochemistry and the critical parameters that drive battery design and...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-17/12
16
Aug
2017
Technical Reports
Blunt Impact Tests of Retired Passenger Locomotive Fuel Tanks
Subject
Crashworthiness - Tank Car
Keywords: Passenger locomotives, fuel tanks, impact testing, finite element analysis, diesel multiple unit, DMU, impact scenarios
Abstract: The Transportation Technology Center, Inc. conducted impact tests on three locomotive fuel tanks as part of the Federal Railroad Administration’s locomotive fuel tank...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-17/11
Office
RDI-22