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1
Dec
1993
Technical Reports
Fire Safety of Passenger Trains: A Review of U.S. and Foreign Approaches
Subject
Safety Advisories,
Safety Regulatory Analysis,
Safety Performance Measures
Keywords: Fire safety, Passenger trains, Passenger rail, Railroad safety, Safety, High speed ground transportation, High speed rail, Large scale fire tests, Small scale fire tests, Fire test methods
Abstract: While the historical record has been very good and few serious passsenger train fires have occurred, minor incidents could develop into potentially life-threatening events. Fire...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-93/23
Office
RRD
1
Dec
1993
Technical Reports
Bridge Tests by Using the Track Loading Vehicle
Subject
Bridge and Structures Safety
Keywords: Bridges, Trusses, Static Tests, Dynamic Tests, Track Loading Vehicle, Influence Line, Impact Percentage, Damping Ratio, Strain, Axial Force, Power Spectral Density, Mode, Frequency
Abstract: The Track Loading Vehicle (TLV) was used to conduct a series of bridge tests. The Big Creek Through Truss Bridge on the Norfolk Southern Railroad in Tennessee was used for thee...
Report Number
R-837
Office
RRD
30
Nov
1993
Technical Reports
Safety of High Speed Ground Transportation Systems: Work Breakdown Structure
Subject
Safety Advisories,
Safety Regulatory Analysis,
Safety Performance Measures
Keywords: Systems management, Systems engineering, Systems elements, subsystems, System safety, Magnetic levitation, maglev, High speed rail, Maglev safety, High speed guided ground transportation, Work breakdown structure
Abstract: This report provides a systems approach to the assessment of high-speed guided ground transportation (HSGGT) safety needs and presents one potential methodology by combining a...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-94/03
Office
RRD
1
Aug
1993
Technical Reports
Safety of High Speed Guided Ground Transportation Systems: EMF Exposure Environments Summary Reports
Subject
Safety Advisories,
Safety Regulatory Analysis,
Safety Performance Measures
Keywords: Electric and Magnetic fields, EMF, Exposure assessments, Occupations and sources of EMF, Residential Electric and magnetic fields exposures, Electric and magnetic exposure protocol and equipment
Abstract: This paper presents an overview of American exposure assessments for electric and magnetic fields (EMF) in the frequency range from 0 to 3 kHz. The exposure information available...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-93/28
Office
RRD
1
Aug
1993
Technical Reports
Safety of High Speed Guided Ground Transportation Systems: The Biological Effects of Maglev Magnetic Field Exposures
Subject
Maglev,
Safety Advisories,
Safety Regulatory Analysis,
Safety Performance Measures
Keywords: Magnetic levitation, Maglev, Biological effects, Neurotransmitter effects, Pineal Effects, Melatonin
Abstract: This report describes selected biological effects on transformed human cell lines and on rats from exposure to simulated maglev magnetic fields (MFs). Rats (n = 6 per group) were...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-93/30
Office
RRD