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Technical Reports
Analysis of Lateral Rail Restraint
Keywords: Rail Restraint, Gauge Widening, Rail Deflection
Abstract: Rail restraint failure is one of the most prevalent derailment modes in railroad operation. Analytical and experimental investigations of track gauge widening have been undertaken...
Technical Reports
Parametric Studies on Lateral Stability of Welded Rail Track
Keywords: Track buckling, buckling, welded track
Abstract: Thermal buckling of railroad tracks in the lateral plane is an important problem in the design and maintenance of continuous welded rails (CWR). The severity of the problem is...
Technical Reports
Determination of Residual Stresses in Rails
Keywords: Fatigue, Rail stress
Abstract: A destructive sectioning technique for measuring the complete three-dimensional residual stresses in a rail cross section was developed. The technique was applied to four tangent...
Technical Reports
Data Analysis Results of 70 Ton Boxcar Vibration Tests
Keywords: Boxcar Dynamics, Lading Dynamics, Freight Car Truck Data
Abstract: This is the second of three volumes covering tests performed in April and May of 1981 at the Transportation Test Center (TTC) in Pueblo, Colorado on a 70 ton boxcar with Barber S-...
Technical Reports
Truck Design Optimization Project (TDOP): Wear Data Collection Program
Keywords: Freight Trucks, Wear Performance Data, Wear Points
Abstract: The Wear Data Collection Program was a field testing study associated with the Truck Design Optimization Project in which test trucks in unit coal train service were monitored for...