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Technical Reports
Handbook for Railroad Track Stabilization Using Lime Slurry Pressure Injection
Keywords: Track Maintenance, Roadbed Stabilization, Laboratory Tests
Abstract: This handbook includes chapters dealing with the technology of lime injection, surface and subsurface soil exploration and laboratory testing, environmental considerations and...
Technical Reports
Design and Analysis of a Track Compliance Measurement System
Keywords: Track Dynamic Compliance, Electrohydraulic-Excitation System, Track Stiffness
Abstract: This report covers the design of a vehicle for measuring the static and dynamic compliance of railroad track. The static compliance system uses the rail deflections due to...
Technical Reports
Track Geometry Measurement System
Keywords: Track Geometry Measurement System, Gage, Crosslevel, Superelevation, Warp, Twist, Curvature, Limiting Speed, Track Safety Standards
Abstract: This report describes the Track Geometry Measurement System (TGMS) developed fro the Department of Transportation under contract no. DOT-TSC-1367. This report also contains a...
Technical Reports
Thermal Buckling of Straight Tracks: Fundamentals, Analyses, and Preventive Measures
Keywords: Thermal Forces in Track, Track Maintenance, Railroad Track
Abstract: This report, written mainly for the practicing railroad engineer, explains the phenomenon of thermal buckling of straight tracks, shows how to analyze it, and describes measures...
Technical Reports
An Experimental Evaluation of Techniques for Measuring the Dynamic Compliance of Railroad Track
Keywords: Track, Track modules, Track dynamic compliance, Track impedance, Track stiffness
Abstract: This report covers the initial track measurement task of a 3-phase program to design and fabricate equipment for measuring track dynamic characteristics. The objective of this...