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Technical Reports
Feasibility of Flaw Detection in Railroad Wheels Using Acoustic Signatures
Keywords: Railroad cars, Vehicle wheels, Nondestructive tests, Defects, Acoustic signatures, Cracks, Pattern recognition, Computer printouts, BASIC programming language, ANSYS computer program
Abstract: The feasibility study on the use of acoustic signatures for detection of flaws in railway wheels was conducted with the ultimate objective of development of an intrack device for...
Technical Reports
Service Analysis of Tube Vehicle Systems
Keywords: Tube Vehicle Systems, Northeast Corridor, Transportation
Abstract: This report describes an analysis of the service characteristics, cost and performance of Tube Vehicle Systems operating within the Northeast Corridor of the United States in...