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1 Sep 1984

Technical Reports

Strain-Life Fatigue Analysis

Author
Jen C. Shang

Subject Rail and Infrastructure Integrity

Keywords: Design Methodology, Local Plastic Strains, Materials

Abstract: The strain-life approach to characterize the fatigue behavior of materials and its applications to railroad equipment design have been investigated. A logical means of accounting...

Report Number
R-589
Office
RRD

1 Aug 1984

Technical Reports

Ballast Testing at FAST: 1976-82

Author
J. Heiss

Subject Rail and Infrastructure Integrity

Keywords: Ballast Depth, Shape Factors, Stress and Strain, Ballast Shoulder Width, Geotextiles, Gradation,

Abstract: The railroads, for whom ballast has long been a subject of serious study, have sought to develop criteria for choosing, maintaining, and predicting ballast performance in revenue...

Report Number
FRA/ORD-84/18
Office
RRD

1 May 1983

Technical Reports

Cold Weather Transit Technology Program - Investigation of the High Incidence of Rail Pull Aparts on Continuous Welded Rail

Author
Y. J. Elizondo, R. E. Duvall

Subject Rail and Infrastructure Integrity

Keywords: Thermite Welds, Ultrasonic Inspections, Metallurgical Analysis

Abstract: This report presents the results of an investigation of the high incidence of rail pull aparts occurring on the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority's rapid transit system during...

Report Number
UMTA-IN-06-0009-83-3
Office
RRD

1 Jul 1982

Technical Reports

Observations of In-Service Wear of Railroad Wheels and Rails Under Conditions of Widely Varying Lubrication

Author
Roger K. Steele

Subject Rail and Infrastructure Integrity

Keywords: Wheel Flange Wear, Rail Gage Face Wear, Wear Mode Model, Metallurgy:Lubrication Interaction

Abstract: Some of the wheel and rail wear results from the current test at the Facility for Accelerated Service Testing are analyzed in the light of both adhesive and fatigue wear theories...

Report Number
FRA/TTC-82/05
Office
RRD

1 Nov 1981

Technical Reports

Engineering Data Characterizing the Fleet of U.S.Railway Rolling Stock Volume II: Methodology and Data

Author
Federal Railroad Administration; P.G. Przybylinski; G.B. Anderson

Subject Freight Operations, Hazardous Materials, Rail and Infrastructure Integrity

Keywords: Freight car; Freight wheels; ladings

Abstract: This report contains engineering parameter descriptions of major and distinctive freight vehicle configurations covering approximately 96% of the U.S. freight vehicle fleet. This...

Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-81/75.II
Office
RDI-20