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1
Feb
1975
Technical Reports
Computer Simulation of Tank Car Head Puncture Mechanisms
Subject
Hazardous Materials
Keywords: tank car; accident; simulation; verticle motion; coupler; puncture
Abstract: A number of railroad accidents have been aggravated by couplers puncturing the shell head of hazardous material tank cars. Development of means for identifying possible puncture...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-75/23
Office
RRD
1
Feb
1975
Technical Reports
Conceptual Design and Analysis of the Tracked Magnetically Levitated Vehicle Technology Program (TMLV). Repulsion Scheme. Volume I. Technical Studies.
Keywords: maglev; TMLV; repulsion scheme
Abstract: This report summarizes the studies of a program to establish the technology of magnetic suspension for ultimate use in a passenger-carrying high-speed ground transportation (HSGT...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-75/21.I
Office
RDI-20
1
Feb
1975
Technical Reports
Conceptual Design and Analysis of the Tracked Magnetically Levitated Vehicle Technology Program (TMLV). Repulsion Scheme. Volume II - Appendices A-F
Keywords: maglev; TMLV; repulsion scheme
Abstract: This report summarizes the studies of a program to establish the technology of magnetic suspension for ultimate use in a passenger-carrying high-speed ground transportation (HSGT...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-75/21.II
Office
RDI-20
1
Feb
1975
Technical Reports
Comparison of Two HSGT Magnetic Suspension Systems (Attraction)
Subject
Maglev
Keywords: Tracked Levitated Vehicles, Electromagnetic Suspension, High Speed Ground Transportation
Abstract: Two alternate attraction magnetic suspension systems are compared on a magnetic performance basis as well as on their lift-to-weight (l/w) capabilities. On an equal current basis...
Report Number
FRA-OR & D75-75
Office
RRD
1
Feb
1975
Technical Reports
Conceptual Design and Analysis of the Tracked Magnetically Levitated Vehicle Technology Program (TMLV). Repulsion Scheme. Executive Summary
Subject
High-Speed Passenger Rail,
Maglev
Keywords: Vehicle Dynamics, Ride Quality, Superconducting Magnets, Guideway and Systems Analysis
Abstract: This report is an Executive Summary of FRA report 0R&D-75-21 which summarizes studies to establish the technology of repulsion magnetic suspension for ultimate use in a...
Report Number
FRA-OR&D-75-21C
Office
RRD