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Jun
1981
Technical Reports
A Perspectival Review of Rail Behavior at the Facility for Accelerated Service Testing
Subject
Facilities & Test Equipment
Keywords: Fatigue Life, Gage Face Wear, FAST, Lubrication, Rail Metallurgy, Tie Plate Cant, Transverse Crack, Position-in-Curve Effect
Abstract: The rail metallurgy tests which have been undertaken at the Facility for Accelerated Service Testing (FAST) are described. The best of the premium metallurgies has been found to...
Report Number
FRA/TTC-81/07
Office
RRD
1
Apr
1981
Technical Reports
Rail-Highway Crossing Resource Allocation Model
Subject
Accident Reduction,
Grade Crossing Modeling and Simulation,
Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
Keywords: Hazard Index; Accident Prediction, Benefit/Cost Ratio; Warning Device
Abstract: This report describes a procedure for optimizing the safety impact of grade crossing funding distribution, based on accident rates and cost effectiveness of warning...
Report Number
FRA-RRS-81-001
Office
RRS
1
Feb
1981
Technical Reports
Dead Line Testing of Pantographs on the RTT Catenary System
Subject
Facilities & Test Equipment
Keywords: Aerodynamic Lift Forces, Phase Break, Dead Line Instrumentation, Lost of Contact
Abstract: The tests described in this report were carried out by the Transportation Test Center to verify the newly constructed overhead catenary system on the Railroad Test Track (RTT) and...
Report Number
FRA/TTC-81/01
Office
RRD
1
Jan
1981
Technical Reports
Railroad Car Coupling Shock, Vertical Motion, and Roller Bearing Temperature
Subject
Facilities & Test Equipment
Keywords: Impact Shock
Abstract: Data were collected in a study of railroad car operating environment. Measurements were made on wheel bearing operating temperatures, coupling impact shock, and vertical motion of...
Report Number
FRA/ORD-81/13
Office
RRD
1
Jan
1981
Technical Reports
Truck Design Optimization Project (TDOP) Phase II: Performance Characterization of Type I Freight Car Trucks
Subject
Facilities & Test Equipment,
Freight Operations
Keywords: Standard Trucks, Performance Regimes, Performance Characteristics, Lateral Stability, Trackability, Ride Quality, Steady State Curve Negotiation
Abstract: TDOP/Phase II is part of a series of studies being conducted by the FRA to define the engineering options available to the railroad industry to improve the efficiency and...
Report Number
FRA/ORD 81/10
Office
RRD