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1
Sep
1984
Technical Reports
Safety Margin Testing of a 70-Ton Boxcar with Shifting Plywood Lading: Test Results Data
Subject
Facilities & Test Equipment
Keywords: Boxcar Vibration Testing, Boxcar Dynamics, Lading Dynamics, Freight Car Truck Data
Abstract: Tests were performed at the Transportation Test Center, Pueblo, Colorado, in a joint Association of American Railroads (AAR) and Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) effort in...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-84/15.02
1
Jun
1984
Technical Reports
Temperatures, Pressures, and Liquid Levels of Tank Cars Engulfed in Fires : Volume 1, Results of Parametric Analyses
Subject
Facilities & Test Equipment,
Hazardous Materials
Keywords: tank cars; hazardous materials; tank car isulation; safety relief valves
Abstract: An analytical procedure has been developed for calculating the effects of fire on a railroad tank car containing a hazardous material. The procedure was developed so that the...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-84/08.I
Office
RRD
1
Jun
1984
Technical Reports
Wheelclimb Derailment Processes and Derailment Criteria
Subject
Facilities & Test Equipment,
Track/Train Interactions
Keywords: scale model testing, wheelset dynamics
Abstract: The most widely accepted criterion for wheelclimb derailment defines an upper limit for safe operation on wheel/rail contact forces on the climbing wheel, with the limit varying...
Report Number
DOT/ FRA/ORD-84/05
Office
RRD
1
Jun
1984
Technical Reports
Validation of Track Geometry Input to the Vibration Test Unit (VTU) and the Endurance Capability of the VTU
Subject
Facilities & Test Equipment
Keywords: Carbody Response, Lading Response, Locomotive Track Hazard Detector, LTHD
Abstract: This report describes a series of tests conducted at the Transportation Test Center, Pueblo, Colorado, to validate two forms of track geometry inputs to the Vibration Test Unit (...
Report Number
FRA/ORD-84/09
Office
RRD
1
Jun
1984
Technical Reports
High Performance, High Cube Covered Hopper Car Program, Base Car Dynamic Performance Tests: Volume 4 - Summary
Subject
Facilities & Test Equipment
Keywords: Angle of Attack, Curving, Hunting, Pitch-and-Bounce, Rock-and-Roll, Spiral Twist, Vertical and Lateral Accelerations, Wear Index
Abstract: This report presents a summary of the dynamic performance tests of a 4750 cubic foot capacity high cube covered hopper car. All the tests were conducted at the Transportation...
Report Number
R-581
Office
RRD