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Emergency Orders
UTLX Tank Cars Movement for Repair
Technical Reports
Development of a Computer Program for Modeling the Heat Effects on a Railroad Tank Car
Keywords: tank car; liquefied petroleum gases, heat transfer, self-pressurization
Abstract: A mathematical model has been programmed in FORTRAN IV that represents the response to a fire environment of a railroad tank car laden with a volatile, flammable fluid. Inputs...
Emergency Orders
Movement for Repair, UTLX Tank Cars
Technical Reports
A Metallugical Analysis of Eleven Steel Plates Taken from a Tank Car Accident near Callao, Missouri
Keywords: A Metallugical Analysis of Eleven Steel Plates Taken from a Tank Car Accident near Callao, Missouri
Abstract: A metallurgical analysis of eleven steel plate samples designed as Callao samples K-1, K-2, K-3, and K-5 to K-12 was requested by the Bureau of Railroad Safety, Federal...
Technical Reports
A Metallurgical Analysis of Five Steel Plates Taken from a Tank Car Accident Near Crescent City, Illinois
Abstract: A metallurgical analysis of five steel samples (numbered FRA-1 through FRA-5) was requested by the Bureau of Railroad Safety, Federal Railroad Administration, Department of...