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1
Oct
1978
Technical Reports
Railroad Research Bulletin - Autumn 1978 Volume 5, Number 2
Subject
Best Practices
Keywords: Rail Transportation, Advanced Systems, Bibliography and Documentation, Abstracts, High Speed Ground Transportation
Abstract: This publication contains 1,195 abstracts of journal articles and research reports and descriptions of computer programs and magnetic data tapes. It also has 466 summaries of...
Report Number
FRA/ORD-78/58
Office
RRD
7
Sep
1978
Technical Reports
The U.S. DOT/TSC Train Performance Simulator
Keywords: Railroad trains, Routing, Simulators, Velocity, Time studies, Rolling friction, Traction, Acceleration, Deceleration, Computer programming, Computerized simulation, Train performance simulators, TPS computer program, Elapsed time
Abstract: A Train Performance Simulator (TPS) is a computer program which simulates the operation of a train over a railway route. It may be used for a variety of purposes to determine the...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-77/48
Office
RDI-20
1
Sep
1978
Technical Reports
Truck Design Optimization Project (TDOP) Phase II- Phase I Data Evaluation and Analysis Plan
Subject
Freight Operations
Keywords: Rail Transportation, Railroad Technology, Track-Train Dynamics, Freight Cars, Data Processing
Abstract: This document describes a plan for evaluating and analyzing the TDOP Phase I test data for Type I freight car trucks. The plan proposes that the initial tasks should include...
Report Number
TDOP TR-01
Office
RRD
1
Sep
1978
Technical Reports
FRATE, Volume I: User's Manual
Subject
Facilities & Test Equipment
Keywords: Freight Car Response Analysis and Test Evaluation, Freight Car Vibration Analysis, TOFC, Dynamic Response, Computer Program
Abstract: FRATE (Freight Car Response Analysis and Test Evaluation) is the name of a digital computer program which numerically solves the structural dynamic equations of motion of a single...
Report Number
FRA/ORD-78/59
Office
RRD
1
Sep
1978
Technical Reports
Thermal Buckling of Straight Tracks: Fundamentals, Analyses, and Preventive Measures
Subject
Track
Keywords: Thermal Forces in Track, Track Maintenance, Railroad Track
Abstract: This report, written mainly for the practicing railroad engineer, explains the phenomenon of thermal buckling of straight tracks, shows how to analyze it, and describes measures...
Report Number
FRA/ORD-78/49
Office
RDI-22