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1 Oct 1994

Technical Reports

Safety of High Speed Guided Ground Transportation Systems: Human Factors Phase I - Function Analyses and Theoretical Considerations

Author
T. Sheridan, E. Lanzilotta and S. Askey

Subject High-Speed Passenger Rail, Human Factors

Keywords: Human factors, transportation, high-speed trains, safety, human performance, workload, situation awareness, decision aids, displays, human-in-the-loop simulation, model-in-the-loop simulation

Abstract: Although the speed of guided ground transportation continues to increase, the reaction time as well as the sensory and information processing capacities of on- and off-board...

Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-94/24
Office
RRD

1 Sep 1994

Reports to Congress

Forward Through the 90s: Selected Issues in the Transportation by Rail of Hazardous Materials

Author
Federal Railroad Administration

Subject Hazardous Materials

Keywords: Hazardous Materials Release, Train Accidents, In-Train Placement

Abstract: Railroads play a major role in meeting the American economy's need to transport large volumes of hazardous materials economically and safely. More than 1.4 million carloads of...

1 Sep 1994

Technical Reports

Thermal Boundary Conditions from Engulfing Fires

Author
Koski, Brown, Gianoulakis, Nicolette, Baibbridge, Keltner, Nakos and Sobolik

Subject Hazardous Materials

Keywords: heat flux; fire; thermal boundary conditions, large pool fire

Abstract: Determination of a realistic fire boundary condition provides cask designers with a tool to predict accurately the response of a cask in a fire. In one approach to determining...

Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-94/23
Office
RRD

1 Aug 1994

Technical Reports

Controlled Tank Car Impact Tests

Author
R. K. Larson Jr. and B.R. Rajkumar

Subject Hazardous Materials

Keywords: tank car impact; safety vent nozzle surge pressures during impact; impact conditions resulting in frangible disk rupture; safety vent nozzle surge pressure reducer devices

Abstract: A series of controlled tank car impact tests were performed by the Association of American Railroads as part of a Federal Railroad Administration Task Order entitled “Hazardous...

Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-92/28
Office
RRD

1 Jun 1994

Other Reports

Safety of High Speed Guided Ground Transportation Systems: Study of the Startle Effect

Author
John Guidnard, L. Stephen Jennings, John Springer

Subject Human Factors

Keywords: Traffic Accidents, Startle Mitigation, Accident Prevention

Abstract: This report was undertaken to address the question of whether or not the rapid passage of high-speed guided ground transportation (HSGGT) vehicles is likely to startle motorists...

Office
RRD