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1 Dec 1982

Technical Reports

Freight Car Reflectorization

Author
J. L. Poage, J. C. Pomfret, J. B. Hopkins

Subject Grade Crossing Technology, Highway-Rail Grade Crossings

Keywords: Railroad-Highway Crossings, Grade Crossings, Railroad Safety, Retroreflectors

Abstract:

This report examines five factors, including cost and safety, of adding reflective materials to freight cars to reduce the number of night time grade crossing accidents.

Report Number
FRA-RRS-83-1
Office
RRD

1 Nov 1982

Technical Reports

Noise Test-Resilient Wheels Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Green Line

Author
E.J. Rickley, M.J. Brien

Subject Evaluation

Keywords: Resilient Wheels, Solid-Steel Wheels, Wheel Squeal, Ground-borne Vibration, Rapid Transit Noise

Abstract: The purpose of this effort was to compare the noise and vibration characteristics of the Sab-V resilient wheels with those of Acoustaflex (resilient) and solid-steel wheels, which...

Report Number
DOT-TSC-UMTA-82-16
Office
RRD

1 Nov 1982

Technical Reports

Analysis of Thermal Buckling Tests on U.S. Railroads

Author
Federal Railroad Administration

Keywords: track buckling; track lateral stability; buckling tests; buckling analysis; continuous welded rail (CWR)

Abstract: Thermal buckling of railroad tracks in the lateral plane is an important problem in the design and maintenance of continuous welded rails (CWR). The severity of the problem is...

Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-82/45
Office
RDI-20

1 Sep 1982

Technical Reports

Analysis of Locomotive Cabs

Author
National Space Technology Laboratories

Subject Evaluation

Keywords: Accident Statistics, Crashworthy, Trade-Off Study, Performance Guidelines, Structures Evaluations

Abstract: This report covers research that was performed to investigate the present crashworthiness state of in-service locomotives and design applications for new locomotives to protect...

Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-81/84
Office
RRD

1 Sep 1982

Technical Reports

Interaction and Load Transfer in Track Support Structures, Part 1: One-, Two- and Three-Dimensional Nonlinear Soil-Structure Interaction Finite Element Procedures and Verification

Author
C. S. Desai, H. J. Siriwardane, R. Janardhanam

Subject Tracks & Structures

Keywords: Truly Triaxial Testing, Cyclic Shear Testing, Constitutive Modelling, Verifications, Design, Maintenance

Abstract: This final report is presented in two parts, and is in continuation of two previous reports prepared under this contract. Part 1 contains details of the development of finite...

Report Number
DOT/RSPA/DMA-50/83/11
Office
RRD