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1
Jan
1973
Technical Reports
Development of a Computer Program for Modeling the Heat Effects on a Railroad Tank Car
Subject
Hazardous Materials
Keywords: tank car; liquefied petroleum gases, heat transfer, self-pressurization
Abstract: A mathematical model has been programmed in FORTRAN IV that represents the response to a fire environment of a railroad tank car laden with a volatile, flammable fluid. Inputs...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-75/33
Office
RDI-22
1
Jan
1973
Technical Reports
Rock Fracture Research- Surfactants
Subject
Evaluation
Keywords: Tunneling, Rock Fracture, Sufactants
Abstract: In order to reduce the resistance of hard rocks to excavation by available cutters, and in order to reduce wear on cutters and thus to increase the efficiency of conventional...
Report Number
FRA-RT-73-22
Office
RRD
1
Jan
1973
Technical Reports
High Speed Ground Transportation Alternatives Study
Subject
Passenger Rail,
Social & Economic Impacts
Keywords: Tracked Air Cushion Vehicle, Improved Passenger Train, Magnetic Levitation, Intercity Corridors
Abstract: A comprehensive analysis is provided of the economic, technological, and institutional factors involved in implementing Improved Passenger Train service and High Speed Tracked...
1
Oct
1972
Technical Reports
Light Rail Transit Systems: a Definition and Evalution
Subject
Intercity Passenger Rail Investment ,
Passenger Rail,
Evaluation
Keywords: Light Rail, Public Transportation, Urban Rail
Abstract: Rail transit represents a family of modes ranging from light rail to regional rapid transit systems, and it can be utilized in a number of different cities and types of...
Report Number
DOT-TSC-310-1
Office
RRD
1
Sep
1972
Technical Reports
A Metallugical Analysis of Eleven Steel Plates Taken from a Tank Car Accident near Callao, Missouri
Subject
Hazardous Materials
Keywords: A Metallugical Analysis of Eleven Steel Plates Taken from a Tank Car Accident near Callao, Missouri
Abstract: A metallurgical analysis of eleven steel plate samples designed as Callao samples K-1, K-2, K-3, and K-5 to K-12 was requested by the Bureau of Railroad Safety, Federal...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-75/49
Office
RRD