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8
May
2018
Research Results
High-Speed Rail Learning System: Education and Training Web Portal
Subject
Track
Keywords: High-speed rail, rail, on-line learning, workforce development, education, rail education
Abstract: The United States has begun moving towards developing a High-Speed Rail (HSR) network. However, the necessary workforce and expertise for planning, design, construction, and...
Report Number
RR 18-08
Office
RDI-22
10
Apr
2018
Research Results
Feasibility of Track Energy Metric
Subject
Track
Keywords: Track, energy, damage, wheel rail forces, vehicle-track interaction, axle-box acceleration, VTI, track energy metric, TEM
Abstract: Identifying track locations with rapid degradation potential and derailment risks due to structural failure is important for the railroad industry. Among the tools used to...
Report Number
RR 18-07
Office
RDI-21
28
Mar
2018
Research Results
Full-Scale Shell Impact of a DOT-105 Tank Car
Subject
Hazardous Materials
Keywords: DOT-105, tank cars, impact testing, puncture resistance, hazardous materials, hazmat, finite element analysis, FEA
Abstract: On April 27, 2016, FRA conducted a full-scale shell impact test of a DOT105A500W (DOT-105) tank car at the Transportation Technology Center (TTC) in Pueblo, CO. The shell of the...
Report Number
RR 18-06
2
Mar
2018
Research Results
Impact Test of a Diesel Multiple Unit Fuel Tank
Subject
Passenger Rail
Keywords: Fuel tanks, finite element modeling, FE, diesel multiple unit, DMU, impact testing, puncture resistance, finite element analysis, FEA, passenger locomotive
Abstract: On June 28, 2016, the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Office of Research, Development and Technology performed a dynamic impact test of a fuel tank from a Diesel...
Report Number
RR 18-05
Office
RDI-22
27
Feb
2018
Research Results
Performance of No. 20 Frogs of Various Designs in Revenue Service
Subject
Heavy Axle Load (HAL),
Track
Keywords: Special trackwork, turnout frogs, frog heel, frog point, HAL
Abstract: Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) tested and evaluated the performance of four No. 20 fixed-point frogs on the Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) track as part of the...
Report Number
RR 18-04
Office
RDI-21