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May
2024
Technical Reports
Advanced Modeling of Wheel-Rail Friction Phenomena
Subject
Track
Keywords: wheel-rail contact, creep force, friction, interfacial layer, simulation
Abstract: From 2017–2019, the Federal Railroad Administration sponsored VORtech and its project partners to develop advanced physics-based modeling of wheel-rail friction. Sub-models...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-24/18
Office
RDI-21
17
May
2024
Technical Reports
Aerodynamic Assessment and Mitigation – Design Considerations for High-Speed Rail
Subject
Track
Keywords: High-speed rail, train aerodynamics, train slipstream, pressure pulse, tunnels, passenger safety, passenger comfort, ballast flight, aerodynamic drag, crosswinds, aerodynamic testing, aerodynamics, aerodynamic assessment
Abstract: This report presents the means to identify and assess impacts and mitigation methods for aerodynamic effects of high-speed trains on high-speed rail corridors for designers,...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-22/28
Office
RDI-21
12
Feb
2024
Research Results
Expansion of Rail Flaw Library at the Transportation Technology Center
Subject
Track
Keywords: Rail, rail wear, rail defect, rail flaw library, ultrasonic testing, UT, phased array ultrasonic testing, PAUT, Miniprof, Rail Flaw Library of Associated Defects, RF-LOAD, non-destructive evaluation, NDE, track
Report Number
RR 22-36
Office
RDI-21
9
Feb
2024
Technical Reports
Mechanistic Investigation of Timber Crosstie Spike Fastener Failures – Phase I: The Magnitude of the Spike Failure Challenge
Subject
Track
Keywords: track research, cut spikes, drive spikes, screw spikes, elastic fastening systems, failure analysis, broken spikes
Abstract: The Rail Transportation and Engineering Center (RailTEC) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) performed a literature review, conducted an industry-wide...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-24-06
Office
RDI-21
8
Feb
2024
Policy and Guidance
Drug and Alcohol Management Information System (DAMIS) Internet Reporting User Manual
Subject
Drug and Alcohol Program
Keywords: MIS, DAMIS