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1 Sep 1975

Technical Reports

General Vehicle Test Plan (GVTP) for Urban Rail Transit Cars

Author
George W. Neat, Robert Lotz, Robert Kasameyer, Raymond Oren, Peter F. Brown

Subject Facilities & Test Equipment

Keywords: Rail Transit Vehicle Testing, Performance Testing, Structure Dynamics

Abstract: The General Vehicle Test Plan provides a system for general vehicle testing and for documenting and utilizing data and information in the testing of urban rail transit cars. Test...

Report Number
UMTA-MA-06-0025-75-14
Office
RRD

1 Aug 1975

Technical Reports

Evaluation of Prototype Head Shield for Hazardous Material Tank Car

Author
Milton R. Johnson

Subject Facilities & Test Equipment, Hazardous Materials

Keywords: Freight Car Impact, Tank Car Hazards, Impact Testing

Abstract: The structural integrity of a prototype tank car head shield for hazardous material railroad tank cars was evaluated under conditions of freight car coupling at moderate to high...

Office
RRD

1 Aug 1975

Technical Reports

Locomotive to Automobile Baseline Crash Tests

Author
R. L. Anderson

Subject Facilities & Test Equipment

Keywords: Grade Crossing Impacts, Automobile Tests, High Speed Impact

Abstract:

Four Locomotive to Automobile Crash tests were performed by the Dynamic Science Division of Ultrasystems at DOT's High Speed Ground Test Center under contract to the...

Report Number
FRA-OR&D-76-03
Office
RRD

1 May 1974

Technical Reports

Instrumentation for Measurement of Forces on Wheels of Rail Vehicles

Author
Association of American Railroads

Subject Facilities & Test Equipment

Keywords: Instrumented Wheel, Wheel Stresses, Wheel Forces, Force Measurement

Abstract:

The information in this report covers the procurement, development and testing of instrumentation designed to measure the dynamic forces and temperatures which are created in...

Report Number
FRA-ORD&D-75-11
Office
RDI-22

1 Dec 1973

Technical Reports

Railroad Tank Car Fire Test: Test No. 7

Author
Charles Anderson, William Townsend, John Zook, William Wright, Gregory Cowgill

Subject Facilities & Test Equipment, Hazardous Materials

Keywords: Liquified Petroleum Gases, Fire Research, Tank Cars

Abstract: A fire test was conducted on a one-fifth scale model pressurized railroad tank car on 7 February 1973, The test, designated as Test Number 7, was conducted by the Ballistic...

Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-75/37
Office
RDI-22