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19 Dec 2013

Technical Reports

Workstation Table Crashworthiness Tests

Author
Richard Stringfellow and Jay Nutting

Subject Facilities & Test Equipment, Occupant Protection, Crashworthiness - Passenger Equipment, Passenger Rail, Collision

Keywords: Crashworthiness, workstation table, full-scale train-to-train test, crash energy management, crush zones, rail cars, occupant survivability, collision, injury, impacts

Abstract: This report describes results from the Option C component of a research program aimed at improving crashworthiness of passenger train workstation tables. Research conducted in the...

Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-13/48
Office
RRD

1 Dec 1993

Other Reports

FRA/Volpe Center Task Force Observation of Operations at TVE Transrapid Test Facility, Addendum

Author
Federal Railroad Administration; Volpe National Transportation Systems Center High Speed Guided Ground Transportation Safety Task Force

Subject Facilities & Test Equipment

Keywords: Testing

Abstract: This report is an addendum to a report (No. DOT-VNTSC-RR393-PM-93-1) prepared in April 1993 describing the operatoins witnessed and the relevant information obtained by nine...

Report Number
DOT-VNTSC-RR393-PM-93-1A

1 Oct 1991

Technical Reports

Gas-Spray Repair of Rail Surface Defects

Author
Richard P. Reiff, Glenn Brave

Subject Facilities & Test Equipment, Rail and Infrastructure Integrity

Keywords: Electric Flash Butt Welds, Thermite Welds, TTC, Japanese National Railways

Abstract: An alternative weld repair process (gas-spray) was devised by the Japanese National Railways (JNR) which incorporates a oxyacetylene flame and a powdered filler metal. The gas-...

Report Number
FRA/ORD-91/17
Office
RRD

1 Jun 1984

Technical Reports

Wheelclimb Derailment Processes and Derailment Criteria

Author
L.M. Sweet, A. Karnel

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

Author
Britto R. Rajkumar, F. D. Irani

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