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1 Sep 1998

Technical Reports

Tank Car Nondestructive Evaluation

Author
Gregory A. Garcia

Subject Evaluation

Keywords: Acoustic Emissions, Magnetic Particle, Nondestructive Evaluation, Damage Tolerance, Railway Progress Institute

Abstract: An evaluation of nondestructive testing (NDT) methods, authorized for use in replacing the current hydrostatic pressure test for qualification or re-qualification of railroad tank...

Office
RRD

1 Sep 1998

Technical Reports

Considerations for the Development of Alloys Suitable for Use in In-Line Hardening of Rails, Wheels, and Tank Car Plate having Lower Bainite Microstructures

Author
Roger K. Steele

Subject Evaluation

Keywords: Bainite Nose, Isothermal, Martensite, Pearlite, Quench, Transformation Temperature

Abstract: In-line hardening of rails to produce a very fine pearlitic microstructure has become a commercial reality. A question that this report seeks to answer is whether or not it is...

Report Number
DOT -VNTSC-FRA-98-11
Office
RRD

1 Jun 1998

Technical Reports

Stub Sill Tank Car Research Project: Full-Scale Damage Tolerance Test

Subject Evaluation

Keywords: Damage Tolerance Analysis, Full-Scale Fatigue Crack Growth

Abstract: The Federal Railroad Administration, with supplemental support from the Railway Progress Institute, contracted with the Association of American Railraods (AAR), Transportation...

Office
RRD

1 May 1998

Technical Reports

Improved Roller Bearing Wayside Detection Research - Phase I Laboratory Test Report

Author
G. B. Anderson, J. E. Cline, R. A. Graff, R. L. Smith

Subject Evaluation

Keywords: Acoustics, Roller Bearing Defects, Raceway Spalls, Water Etching, Loose Bearing Components, Spun Cones

Abstract: A series of tests were performed at the Bearing Test Facility at the Transportation Technology Center in Pueblo, Colorado, to gather acoustic and acceleration emissions for a...

Report Number
DTFR53-93-C-00001
Office
RRD

1 Mar 1998

Technical Reports

Ultrasonic Instrumentation to Measure Hoop Stress in Cast-Steel Railroad Wheel Rims

Author
Raymond E. Schramm

Subject Evaluation

Keywords: EMAT, Instrumentation, Nondestructive Testing, Railroad Wheel, Residual Stress, Ultrasonic

Abstract: This is Report No. 32 in a series covering research done by hte National Institute of Standards and Technology for the Federal Railroad Administration. We report on a project by...

Office
RRD