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19 Sep 2024

Research Results

Railroad Spike Failure Mitigation: Investigation of Tie Plate Hold-Down Elements

Author
Marcus Dersch, Rahat Mahmud Khan

Subject Research, Track

Keywords: Broken spikes; spring washers; spring specifications; hold-down load; resiliency; elastic fasteners; stress relaxation

Abstract:

The Rail Transportation and Engineering Center (RailTEC) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) investigated methods to mitigate timber tie spike failures. This...

Report Number
RR 24-11
Office
RDI-21

22 Aug 2024

Research Results

Expanding the Talent Pool: Tracks to the Future Program for High School Students

Author
Jason Wornoff; Pasi Lautala

Subject Research, Human Factors

Keywords: Railway engineering education; workforce development; K-12 education; remote learning

Report Number
RR 24-08
Office
RDI-24

5 Jul 2024

Research Results

Full-Scale Shell Impact Test of a DOT-105J500W Tank Car Designed to Carry Liquid Carbon Dioxide

Author
Federal Railroad Administration,
Brian Won

Subject Research, Rolling Stock

Keywords: DOT-105, tank cars, impact testing, puncture resistance, hazardous materials, hazmat, finite element analysis, model validation, carbon dioxide

Report Number
RR 24-07
Office
RDI-22

8 Aug 2017

Research Results

A Preliminary Design for a Heads-Up Display for Rail Operations

Author
Federal Railroad Administration

Subject Intelligent Railroad Systems

Keywords: CTILWEB, Heads-Up Display, situation awareness, engineer, locomotive, hybrid Cognitive Task Analysis, information requirements, head/body tracking

Abstract:

This research project designed a locomotive Heads-Up Display (HUD), a secondary display that helps the operator locate possible hazards in the surrounding environment while...

Report Number
RR 17-08
Office
RDI-24