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1
Aug
2018
Research Results
Understanding the Splitting and Bursting Failure of Concrete Crossties
Subject
Analysis
Keywords: Pretensioned concrete crosstie, splitting crack, bursting crack, concrete release strength, prestressing wire, prestressing strand, bond strength, finite element analysis
Abstract: Under the sponsorship of the Federal Railroad Administration, finite element (FE) analyses were conducted at the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center)...
Report Number
RR 18-12
Office
RDI-21
28
Oct
2009
Technical Reports
Handbook for Railroad Noise Measurement and Analysis
Subject
Industrial Hygiene,
Occupational Noise Exposure
Keywords: noise exposure monitoring, load cell test stand
Abstract: This handbook is an update, restructuring and expansion of the 1982 document “Handbook for the Measurement, Analysis, and Abatement of Railroad Noise” originally developed by...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/RRS-09/10-IH
Office
RRS
27
Oct
2006
Compliance Manuals
Occupational Noise Exposure for Railroad Operating Employees 49 CFR Part 227 and Locomotive Cab Noise Standard 49 CFR Part 229.121
Subject
Industrial Hygiene,
Occupational Noise Exposure
Keywords: Noise Compliance Manual
Abstract: This discipline-specific manual prescribes technical guidance to Federal and State Industrial Hygienists, Operating Practices and Motive Power & Equipment Inspectors and...
Discipline
Operating Practices
1
Mar
2006
Other Reports
2003 Railroad Employee Fatalities: Case Studies and Analysis
Subject
Employee Fatalities
Abstract: This document contains the following materials: ! Narrative reports which provide in-depth coverage of 2003's 16 railroad employee fatalities, helping readers to visualize the...
Office
RRS
1
Sep
2005
Reports to Congress
Report to Congress: Costs and Benefits of Magnetic Levitation
Subject
Maglev,
Evaluation,
Analysis
Keywords: Report to Congress: Costs and Benefits of Magnetic Levitation
Abstract: response to a Congressional request to compare the costs and benefits of magnetic levitation (Maglev) with those of other modes, this report provides technical background on this...