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13
Sep
2022
Technical Reports
Side Impact Test and Analyses of a DOT-113 Surrogate Tank Car with Cryogenic Lading
Subject
Hazardous Materials
Keywords: Impact test, surrogate DOT-113 tank car, tank car performance, transportation safety, tank car, hazardous materials, rolling stock, test
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-22/33
Office
RDI-22
13
Sep
2022
Technical Reports
Development of Locomotive Powered Freight Car Electrical Power Supply System (EPSS): Method for Electrical Power Distribution on Freight Trains
Subject
Rolling Stock
Keywords: Electrical power supply system, EPSS, Electrically Driven Set & Release Hand Brakes, EDHB, Hand brake release sensors, HBRS, remote controlled angle cocks, RCAC, remote controlled cut levers, RCCL, remote release hand brake, RCHB, alternating current, AC
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-22/34
Office
RDI-22
29
Aug
2022
Technical Reports
Feasibility of a Train Horn with Optimized Directivity: Environmental and Occupational Noise Benefit of an Ideal Train Horn
Subject
Grade Crossing Technology,
Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
Keywords: Horn, noise, highway-rail grade crossing, safety, environment, occupational, detectability, acoustic hailing device, rolling stock, train horn
Abstract: This views the feasibility of and suggests an acoustical specification for an optimized horn. Decibel of the horn inside vehicles was compared to the optimized horn and several...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-22/32
Office
RDI-22
22
Aug
2022
Technical Reports
Finite Element Analyses of Side Impacts to DOT-113 Surrogate Tank Cars with Water and Liquid Nitrogen
Subject
Hazardous Materials
Keywords: Impact test, DOT-113 tank car, tank car performance, transportation safety, liquefied natural gas, LNG, liquid nitrogen, LN2, finite element analysis, FEA, hazardous materials, rolling stock, cryogenic
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-22/22
Office
RDI-22
18
Aug
2022
Technical Reports
Leveraging Connected Highway Vehicle Platooning Technology to Improve the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Train Fleeting under Moving Blocks
Subject
Train Control
Keywords: Train control and communication, Positive Train Control, PTC, moving blocks, Intelligent Railroad Systems, connected vehicles, train fleeting, train platooning, adaptive cruise control, energy efficiency, line capacity
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-22/29
Office
RDI-23