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1 Jul 1977

Technical Reports

Methods for Joining of Rails: Survey Report

Author
Daniel Hauser

Subject Continuous Welded Rail

Keywords: Continuous Welded Rail, Rail Joints, Adhesive Bonding, Rail Joint Properties, Joint Defects

Abstract: The performance of track structures depends greatly on the integrity of the connections between rail sections. Because the majority of service and detected rail failures occur at...

Report Number
FRA/ORD- 77/16
Office
RRD

1 Oct 1976

Technical Reports

Feasibility of Flaw Detection in Railroad Wheels Using Acoustic Signatures

Author
Nagy K.; Finch, R. D.

Subject Railroad System Oversight

Keywords: Railroad cars, Vehicle wheels, Nondestructive tests, Defects, Acoustic signatures, Cracks, Pattern recognition, Computer printouts, BASIC programming language, ANSYS computer program

Abstract: The feasibility study on the use of acoustic signatures for detection of flaws in railway wheels was conducted with the ultimate objective of development of an intrack device for...

Report Number
DOT-TSC-FRA-76-6; FRA/ORD-76/290
Office
RRD

1 Dec 1969

Technical Reports

Service Analysis of Tube Vehicle Systems

Author
HSGT

Subject Railroad System Oversight

Keywords: Tube Vehicle Systems, Northeast Corridor, Transportation

Abstract:

This report describes an analysis of the service characteristics, cost and performance of Tube Vehicle Systems operating within the Northeast Corridor of the United States in...

Report Number
FRA-RT-70-33
Office
RDI-22

1 Jan 1967

Technical Reports

Longitudinal Forces in Railroad Track

Author
A. Ya Kogan, M. Yanowitch

Subject Continuous Welded Rail

Keywords: Longitudinal Forces, Displacements, Continuous Welded Rail, Track Stability, Force-Displacement Diagrams, Track, Thermal Forces

Abstract:

This work is devoted to the theory of design computations for track subjected to thermal and creep forces. The theory of longitudinal forces and displacements arising in...

Report Number
FRA-ORD 76-11
Office
RDI-21