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1
Sep
1981
Technical Reports
Truck Design Optimization Project (TDOP) Phase II: Guideline Test Specifications for Freight Car Trucks
Subject
Freight Operations
Keywords: Field Tests, Laboratory Tests, Performance Regimes, Lateral Stability, Trackability, Ride Quality, Steady State Curve Negotiation
Abstract: Under the Federal Railroad Administration-sponsored Truck Design Optimization Project Phase II, a set of standard test specifications were developed to evaluate and characterize...
Report Number
FRA/ORD-81/36-II
Office
RRD
1
Aug
1981
Technical Reports
Truck Design Optimization Project (TDOP) Phase II: Performance Specification for Type II Freight Car Trucks
Subject
Freight Operations
Keywords: Performance Regimes, Performance Characteristics, Lateral Stability, Trackability, Ride Quality, Steady State Curve Negotiation
Abstract: One of the important goals of the Truck Design Optimization Project (TDOP) Phase II is to provide the railroad industry with a basis for performance specifications for the new...
Report Number
FRA/ORD-81/36-I
Office
RRD
1
May
1981
Technical Reports
Constant Warning Time Concept Development for Motorist Warning At Grade Crossings
Subject
Communications,
Grade Crossing Technology,
Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Warning Systems,
Signal and Train Control
Keywords: CWT, Magnetic Transducers, Acoustic Transducers
Abstract: This report investigates multiple methods for providing consistent warning times of the arrival of trains. Magnetic and acoustic detection methods showed the most promise.
Report Number
FRA/ORD-81/07
1
Apr
1981
Technical Reports
Brake System Design Optimization- Volume II: Supplemental Data
Subject
Braking Systems,
Freight Operations
Keywords: thermal capacity
Abstract: This report presents supplemental data which support Volume I, A Survey and Assessment, DOT-TSC-FRA-78-1,I,FRA/ORD-78/20,I, dated June 1978, 140 pages. A detailed description of...
Report Number
FRA/ORD-78/20. II
Office
RRD
1
Feb
1981
Technical Reports
Low-Profile, Lightweight Intermodal Railcar Volume I: Performance Specification
Subject
Freight Operations
Keywords: Intermodal Freight Transportation, Rail Technology, Rail Vehicle Dynamics, Piggyback Freight, Containerized Transportation
Abstract: The Performance Specification and Acceptance Test Plan, respectively contained in Volumes I and II of this report, define the requirements for a low- profile, light-weight...
Report Number
FRA/ORD-81/04.I
Office
RRD