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Technical Reports
Thermal Boundary Conditions from Engulfing Fires
Keywords: heat flux; fire; thermal boundary conditions, large pool fire
Abstract: Determination of a realistic fire boundary condition provides cask designers with a tool to predict accurately the response of a cask in a fire. In one approach to determining...
Other Reports
Trespasser Bulletin: Volume 3, Calendar Year 1993
Keywords: Accident Reports, Incident Reports, Casualties
Abstract: [From the Introduction] The third annual report, issued by the Federal Railroad Administration's (FRA) Office of Safety, provides information concerning trespassers who were...
Technical Reports
Controlled Tank Car Impact Tests
Keywords: tank car impact; safety vent nozzle surge pressures during impact; impact conditions resulting in frangible disk rupture; safety vent nozzle surge pressure reducer devices
Abstract: A series of controlled tank car impact tests were performed by the Association of American Railroads as part of a Federal Railroad Administration Task Order entitled “Hazardous...
Other Reports
Accident/Incident Bulletin No. 162: Calendar Year 1993
Abstract: Railroads must file monthly accident/incident reports with the Federal Railroad Administration's (FRA) Office of Safety. Bulletin 162 is a summary of accident/incident data...
Technical Reports
Handbook for Vent and Burn Method of Field Product Removal
Keywords: Tank Cars, Emergency Response, Explosives, Shaped Charges
Abstract: The Federal Railroad Administration tasked the Association of American Railroads (AAR), Transportation Test Center Hazardous Materials Training Center (TTC) to research and...