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Technical Reports
Rail Transit System Cost Study
Keywords: Rapid Rail, Light Rail, Commuter Rail, Cost Analysis
Abstract:
The Transportation Systems Center serves as Systems Manager for the Rail Supporting Technology Program of the Urban Mass Transportation Administration. One task under this...
Technical Reports
Study of Friction and Creep Between Steel Wheels and Rails
Keywords: Adhesion, Traction, Contact Zone
Abstract: A systematic experimental, parametric and similitude investigation of the friction and creep behavior of a steel wheel rolling on a steel rail is given. Laboratory investigation...
Technical Reports
Nondestructive Measurement of Longitudinal Rail Stresses (Interim Report)
Keywords: Rail Stress, Measurement, Rail Material Properties
Abstract: A study of the effect of applied stress on the wave velocity (acoustoelasticity) of railroad rail steel has shown that a potentially useful technique exists for the nondestructive...
Technical Reports
A Metallurgical Investigation of a Full-Scale Insulated Rail Tank Car Filled with LPG Subjected to a Fire Environment
Abstract: An analysis of the failure of an insulated rail tank car, RAX 202, which had been tested to failure in a fire environment at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, was requested...
Technical Reports
Mechanical Properties of AAR M128-69-B Steel Plate Samples Taken From Insulated Fire-tested Tank Car RAX 202
Abstract: Studies were undertaken to measure the elevated-temperature mechanical properties and to determine the elevated-temperature fracture behavior of selected AAR M128-B steel plates....