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7
Aug
2023
Reports to Congress
Report to Congress on Automated Track Inspection Technologies
Subject
Automated Track Inspection Program (ATIP)
Keywords: Automatic Track Inspection; ATI;
9
Apr
2018
Technical Reports
Rail Base Corrosion and Cracking Prevention: Phase 2
Subject
Rail and Infrastructure Integrity
Keywords: Corrosion, rail, rail base corrosion, coatings, corrosion testing, premature rail failure
Abstract: In March 2014, EWI was engaged by the Federal Railroad Administration to research rail treatments to prevent rail base corrosion in corrosive environments. A coating system was...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-18/09
Office
RDI-21
23
Feb
2018
Technical Reports
Unmanned Aircraft System Applications in International Railroads
Subject
Intelligent Railroad Systems
Keywords: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, UAV, Unmanned Aircraft Systems, UAS, international railroad, Beyond Visual Line of Sight, BVLOS, ground penetrating radar, UAS technology
Abstract: This report summarizes the current uses and issues associated with Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in railroad applications, and provides the use cases employed by railroads. The...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-18/04
Office
RDI-21
15
Sep
2017
Technical Reports
Monitoring Longitudinal Rail Stress Using Diffuse Ultrasonic Backscatter
Subject
Rail and Infrastructure Integrity
Keywords: stress in rail; ultrasonic transducers; ultrasound scattering; theoretical model of the scattering process; prototype devices for stress estimations in rail; laboratory and field tests
Abstract: In this report, research was conducted at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln pertaining to the use of ultrasound scattering from polycrystalline grains to estimate and monitor...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-17/15
Office
RDI-21
8
Aug
2017
Research Results
A Preliminary Design for a Heads-Up Display for Rail Operations
Subject
Intelligent Railroad Systems
Keywords: CTILWEB, Heads-Up Display, situation awareness, engineer, locomotive, hybrid Cognitive Task Analysis, information requirements, head/body tracking
Abstract: This research project designed a locomotive Heads-Up Display (HUD), a secondary display that helps the operator locate possible hazards in the surrounding environment while...
Report Number
RR 17-08
Office
RDI-24