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Jun
2020
Technical Reports
Full-Scale Rollover Test and Corresponding Analytical Modeling – Survivability of Top Fittings for CPC-1232 Tank Car
Subject
Crashworthiness - Tank Car,
Hazardous Materials
Keywords: Full-scale testing, fittings, protection, rollover, tank car, tank car safety, CPC-1232 car
Abstract: A full-scale rollover test was performed on a CPC-1232 tank car body to determine the survivability of the top fittings and provide a comparison to past tank car-type rollover...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-20/22
Office
RDI-22
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
22
Dec
2016
Technical Reports
Force Environment Evaluation of Stub Sills on Tank Cars Using Autonomous Over-the-Road Testing of the Instrumented Tank Car
Subject
Hazardous Materials,
Crashworthiness - Tank Car
Keywords: Tank cars, stub sills, ENSCO, track geometry, measurement, load environment, operating conditions, instrumented tank cars, data collection, vertical coupler force, longitudinal coupler force
Abstract: Fractures have been observed on stub sill tank cars for many years. Undetected and unattended, these fractures can develop into a variety of tank car failures. While tank car...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-16/39
Office
RDI-22
1
Oct
2007
Technical Reports
Development and Application of Methodology for Reliability Assessment of Tank Car Structures: Phase I
Subject
Hazardous Materials,
Crashworthiness - Tank Car
Keywords: Reliability-centered maintenance, reliability analysis, tank car structure
Abstract: Safe packaging and transport of hazardous materials is of vital importance to tank car builders, users, Federal regulatory agencies, and the general public. Reliability-centered...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-07/29
Office
RRD
1
Dec
2005
Technical Reports
Damage Assessment of Railroad Tank Cars Involved in Accidents: Phase I - Literature Search and Evaluation
Subject
Hazardous Materials,
Crashworthiness - Tank Car
Keywords: Tank cars, damage assessment, guidelines
Abstract: Transportation Technology Center, Inc., a subsidiary of the Association of American Railroads, is conducting a research project titled, "Damage Assessment of Tank Cars Involved in...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-06/12
Office
RRD