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1
Feb
1979
Technical Reports
SLRV Engineering Tests at Department of Transportation Transportation Test Center: Volume IV - Data Logs
Subject
Facilities & Test Equipment
Keywords: TTC, General Vehicle Tests, Standard Light Rail Vehicle
Abstract: In May 1973, Boeing Vertol Company was awarded a contract to build Light Rail Vehicles to a specification sponsored by Department of Transportation's Urban Mass Transportation...
Report Number
UMTA-MA-06-0025-79-5, III
Office
RRD
1
Jan
1979
Technical Reports
Aerodynamic Forces on Various Configurations of Railroad Cars and Carrying Trailers and Containers
Subject
Facilities & Test Equipment,
Freight Operations,
Evaluation
Keywords: Intermodal, TOFC, PIggyback Aerodynamics, Train Resistance, Wind Tunnel Testing
Abstract: Toward improving the energy efficiency of rail intermodal service, the aerodynamic characteristics of the rolling stock offer a significant opportunity for betterment. At speeds...
Report Number
FRA/ORD-79/39
Office
RRD
1
Sep
1978
Technical Reports
FRATE, Volume I: User's Manual
Subject
Facilities & Test Equipment
Keywords: Freight Car Response Analysis and Test Evaluation, Freight Car Vibration Analysis, TOFC, Dynamic Response, Computer Program
Abstract: FRATE (Freight Car Response Analysis and Test Evaluation) is the name of a digital computer program which numerically solves the structural dynamic equations of motion of a single...
Report Number
FRA/ORD-78/59
Office
RRD
15
Aug
1978
Technical Reports
Users' Manual for Kalker's "Exact" Nonlinear Creep Theory
Subject
Facilities & Test Equipment,
Evaluation
Keywords: Creepage, Creep Forces, Spin Moment, Steady-State Rolling, Hertz Contact, Computer Program
Abstract: The conversion of the computer program, "A Programme for Three-Dimensional Steady State Rolling" developed by Professor J. J. Kalker, from the original Algol language to FORTRAN...
Report Number
FRA/ORD-78/50
Office
RRD
1
Feb
1978
Technical Reports
Freight Car Truck Design Optimization: Vol. II - Phase I Final Report
Subject
Facilities & Test Equipment,
Evaluation
Keywords: General Purpose Freight Trucks, Equipment Tests, Instrumentation, Test Tracks, Car Torsional Rigidity, Centerplate Friction
Abstract: Tasks assigned to Phase I of the Truck Design Optimization Project (TDOP) are now concluded. This report includes lists of data tapes, reports already filed through FRA with...
Report Number
FRA/ORD-78/12.II
Office
RRD