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1
Jan
1985
Technical Reports
Small Scale Impact Simulation Tests
Subject
Hazardous Materials
Keywords: Scale model; tank head; impact; puncture; mitigating material; low temperature; lading
Abstract: In derailments and switchyard operations, tank cars frequently experience impacts that result in tank car head puncture. From a cost effective viewpoint, it is not practical to...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-85/04
Office
RDI-20
1
Jan
1985
Technical Reports
An Experimental Investigation of the Discharge of a Flashing Liquid from a Finite Reservoir: A Fundamental Study of the Two-Phase Flow Phenomena Occurring During Venting from Rail Tank Cars
Subject
Hazardous Materials
Keywords: Two-Phase Flow; Pressure Vessel; Blowdown; Rail-Tank Car Venting; Two-Phase Boiling; Flashing Flow; Venting of Compressed Liquified Vapor
Abstract: The design of pressure relief valves for railroad tank cars containing pressurized liquid commodities is dependent on knowledge of venting rates during accidents. In turn,...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-85/05
Office
RDI-20
1
Jun
1984
Technical Reports
Temperatures, Pressures, and Liquid Levels of Tank Cars Engulfed in Fires : Volume 1, Results of Parametric Analyses
Subject
Facilities & Test Equipment,
Hazardous Materials
Keywords: tank cars; hazardous materials; tank car isulation; safety relief valves
Abstract: An analytical procedure has been developed for calculating the effects of fire on a railroad tank car containing a hazardous material. The procedure was developed so that the...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-84/08.I
Office
RRD
1
Feb
1984
Technical Reports
Description of Computer Program for Calculation of Temperatures, Pressures, and Liquid Levels of Tank Cars Engulfed in Fires: Volume II, Description of Analytical Procedure
Subject
Hazardous Materials
Keywords: tank cars; hazardous materials; tank car isulation; safety relief valves
Abstract: This report describes work that has been carried out under Federal Railroad Administration Contract No. DTFR53-81-C-00016, Task Order VC-4, entitled "Temperatures, Pressures and...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-84/08.II
Office
RDI-20
1
Nov
1983
Technical Reports
Event Probabilities and Impact Zones for Hazardous Materials Accidents on Railroads
Subject
Hazardous Materials
Keywords: hazardous Materials, Probabilities, Risk analysis
Abstract: Procedures are presented for evaluating the probability and impacts of hazardous material accidents in rail transportation. The significance of track class for accident...
Report Number
DOT/FRA/ORD-83/20
Office
RRD